G/TBT/N/CAN/698  
21 June 2023  
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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 Health  
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 Auth ority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tents: of 
synthetic fibres (HS Code 6306.22.00), of nylon or other polyamides (6306.22.00.30), of 
polyesters (HS Code 6306.22.00.40), other (HS Code 6306.22.00.90), of oth er textile 
materials (HS Code 6306.29.00.00).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Tents 
Regulations; (27 page(s), in English), (27 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  Health Canada is proposing to replace the current flammability 
and fire -safety labelling requirements in the Tents Regulations  with contemporary 
requirements developed by the Canadian General Standards Board. Health Canada is also 
proposing to add appropri ate flammability performance and fire -safety labelling 
requirements to the Toys Regulations in order to continue regulating children's play tents 
not intended to be used as outdoor shelters because Health Canada proposes to exclude 
them from the Tents Regu lations . 
The proposed amendments intend to:  
1. Update the existing fire -safety labelling and flammability performance 
requirements of the Tents Regulations  with the requirements set out in the 
national standard CAN/CGSB -182.1 -2020 Flammability and Labelling 
Requirements for Tents , using an ambulatory incorporation by reference  G/TBT/N/CAN/698  
 
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  2. Include children's play tents in the Toys Regulations  by adding appropriate fire -
safety labelling and flammability performance requirements from the 
international standard ISO 8124 -2:201 4 Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability , 
for these products and defining them as a "toy intended to be entered by a child"  
3. Update the Textile Flammability Regulations  to exclude products captured in the 
scope of the amended  Toys Regulations  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The current performance requirements in the Tents Regulations are less 
suited to address the flammability risks of the types of tent materials sold in the market 
today. Tent  manufacturers may also apply flame retardant chemicals to tent materials in 
order to comply with the requirements.  
The proposal seeks to improve on the requirements in the Tents Regulations  and Toys 
Regulations  by continuing to provide health and safety p rotections to people of Canada 
from flammability hazards posed by tents and children's play tent products, while reducing 
regulatory burden for industry.  
The updated requirements in the Tents Regulations  would utilize a more balanced 
approach to assess the  flammability performance and would be better suited to address 
the flammability hazards of the types of material used in tents today. Similarly, children's 
play tents would be subject to requirements that set out appropriate flammability 
performance for t his group of products. While specifying contemporary flammability 
performance requirements, these proposed amendments would also benefit people of 
Canada by helping to reduce exposure to flame retardant chemicals used in tents and 
children's play tents.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette, Part I, 17 June 2023, pages 2062 -2088 (available in English and French) 
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2023/2023 -06-17/pdf/g1 -15724.pdf#page=45  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  On the date of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  These Regulations would come into force on the 
day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. These proposed 
Regulations include a transitional provision that allows a product compliant to the current 
Regulations to continue to be manufactured, imported, advertised, or sold in Canada for 
365 days beginning on the day the proposed Regulations come into force. During this 
time, regulated parties may comply with either the previous Regulations or the proposed 
Regulations.  
10. Final date for comments:  26 August 2023  
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 found at:  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2023/2023 -06-17/html/reg2 -eng.html  (English) 
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2023/2023 -06-17/html/reg2 -fra.html  (French)