G/TBT/N/CAN/568  
 
25 October 2018  
(18-6687) 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: Natural Resources Canada  
Name and address (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 Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343)203 -4273 
Fax: (613)943 -0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.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. I CS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Energy 
efficiency standards for consumer and commercial products (ICS): standards for 
consumer and commercial products (ICS): Electric furnaces - 97.100.10/91.140.10 Gas 
boilers (commercial) - 97.100.20/27.060.30/91.140.10 Gas -fired instantaneous water 
heaters (household and commercial) - 91.140.65 Oil -fired boilers (commercial) - 
97.100.40/27.060.30/91.140.10 Electric water heaters (commercial) - 91.140.65 Gas -
fired storage water heaters (commercia l) - 91.140.65 Oil -fired water heaters 
(commercial) - 91.140.65 Gas boilers (household) - 97.100.20/27.060.30/91.140.10 Gas 
fireplaces - 97.100.20 Gas furnaces - 97.100.20/91.140.10 Oil -fired boilers (household) 
- 97.100.40/27.060.30/91.140.10 Heat/Energy recovery ventilators - 91.140.30/23.120  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulations 
amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (79 pages, available in English and 
French)  
6. Description of content: The Energy Efficiency Regulations  prescribe minimum energy 
performance standards (MEPS) for consumer and commercial energy -using products. 
They also prescribe labelling requirements for certain products to disclose and compare 
the energy use of a given product model relative to others in their category. The 
Regulations are amended regularly to introduce MEPS for new products and update 
existing MEPS.    
This proposed amendment to the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 would:  
a) introduce MEPS, labelling and reporting req uirements for 7 new product 
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  b) introduce more stringent MEPS and/or update testing standards, as necessary, 
for 4 currently regulated product categories; and,  
c) introduce labelling and reporting requirements for 1 new product category.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The goals of the proposed Regulations are to:  
• Reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption associated with associated energy -
using products in a manner that aligns with other  jurisdictions, where feasible and 
appropriate; and,  
• Reduce energy costs incurred by consumers and businesses  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Canada Gazette, Part I, 20 October 2018, pages 3495 -3573 (available in English 
and French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: Normally within 12 months of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I  
Proposed date of entry into force: These Regulations come into force six months after 
the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II  
10. Final date for comments: 22 December 2018  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -10-20/pdf/g1 -15242.pdf  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -10-20/html/reg3 -eng.html  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -10-20/html/reg3 -fra.html