G/TBT/N/CAN/541/Add.1  
 
31 October 2018  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 31 October 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada .  
 
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Prohibition of Asbestos and  Products Containing Asbestos Regulations   
The proposed Prohibition notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/541 (dated 16 January 2018) was adopted 
17 October 2018 as the Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations.  
These Regulations come into for ce on 30 December 2018.  
The Regulations prohibit the import, sale, and use of processed asbestos fibres. The Regulations also 
prohibit the manufacture, import, sale, and use of products containing processed asbestos fibres, 
and of consumer products contain ing asbestos in greater than trace amounts, with a limited number 
of exclusions. In addition to the exclusions listed in the proposed regulations, the following exclusions 
and permit provisions have been revised or added:  
• an exclusion until 31 December  2029 for the import and use of asbestos in the chlor -alkali 
industry;  
• an exclusion until 31 December  2022 for the import, sale and use of products containing 
asbestos to service equipment in nuclear facilities if no technically or economically feasible 
asbest os-free alternative is available;  
• an exclusion until 31 December  2022 for the import, sale and use of products containing 
asbestos to service military equipment if there is no technically or economically feasible 
asbestos -free alternative available;  
• an ong oing exclusion for the import, sale and use of military equipment serviced with a 
product   containing asbestos while it was outside of Canada for the purpose of a military 
operation if no technically or economically feasible asbestos -free alternative is av ailable;  
• an ongoing exclusion for the re -use of asbestos in existing road infrastructure into new road 
infrastructure or in asbestos mining site restoration;  
• An ongoing exclusion for the transfer of physical possession or control of asbestos or a 
product containing asbestos to allow its disposal.  
In most cases, people performing an excluded activity, and permit holders, are subject to reporting 
and record -keeping requirements, and must implement an asbestos management plan. A statement 
indicating that no t echnically or economically feasible asbestos -free alternative was available is 
required for the time -limited exclusions for the import, sale, and use of products containing asbestos 
to service military equipment and equipment in a nuclear facility.  
Starti ng January 1, 2023, the Regulations also include permit provisions for the import and use of 
replacement parts containing asbestos to service equipment in a nuclear facility and military 
equipment when no technically or economically feasible asbestos -free alternative is available. 
Permits issued will be valid for three years and the permit holder will be subject to reporting 
requirements.  G/TBT/N/CAN/541/Add.1  
 
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  These Regulations do not apply to asbestos or a product containing asbestos that is in transit through 
Canada, from a p lace outside Canada to another place outside Canada.  
The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from the Internet addresses below:  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2018/2018 -10-17/html/sor -dors196 -eng.html  (English)  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2018/2018 -10-17/html/sor -dors196 -fra.html  (French)  
or requested from:   
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regul ations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
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