G/TBT/N/CAN/512  
 
9 January 2017  
(17-0089) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original : English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member : CANADA   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Transport  
Name and add ress (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above :  
Canada's SPS & TBT Notification Authority and  Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB)  
111, promenade Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: (343) 203 -4273 
Fax: 613 -943-0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@i nternational.gc.ca   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Dangerous  Goods 
(ICS:13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Regulations 
Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (International Harmonization 
Update, 2016) (95 pages, available in English and French) . 
6. Desc ription of content:  This amendment has several objectives. The first is to 
har­monize the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations  (TDGR) with international 
regulatory require­ments by updating the TDGR to incorporate changes introduced in the 
19th ed ition of the UN Recommenda­tions, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods 
Code (IMDG Code) 2014 and the 2015?2016 International Civil Aviation Organization 
(ICAO) Tech­nical Instructions with respect to safety marks, classifica­tion information, 
shippin g names, special provisions and marine pollutants.   
The second objective is to introduce ambulatory refer­ences (also known as dynamic 
references) for the inter­national codes incorporated in the TDGR. Canadian stakeholders 
would be required to use the mos t recent versions of the UN Recommendations, the IMDG 
Code, the ICAO Technical Instructions and the Supplement to the ICAO Technical 
Instructions as well as the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (MOTC) and 14 technical 
standards.  
Another objective of this pr oposal is to reduce regulatory barriers to cross -border trade 
with the United States by formally recognizing aspects of the United States regula­tory 
regime and by increasing reciprocity of regulatory requirements for pressure receptacles 
and approvals bet ween Canada and the United States by aligning national standards and G/TBT/N/ CAN/512  
 
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  regulations.  
This proposal would also eliminate the need to obtain an equivalency certificate in order to 
transport hot air bal­loon cylinders of propane by road, rail or ship.  
7. Objec tive and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human safety  
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette , Part I, 26 November 2016, 
pages  3664-3758 (available in English and French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: Six (6) months of publication in the Canadian Gazette, Part I.  
Proposed date of entry into force: These Regulations come into force on the day on 
which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
Transitional provision: A person may, for a six month per iod that begins on the day on which 
these Regulations come into force, comply with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods 
Regulations as they read immediately before that day.   
10. Final date for comments:  5 March 2017  
11. Texts available from : National e nquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:  The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -11-26/html/reg3 -eng.php  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -11-26/html/reg3 -fra.php