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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/371 
15 October 2012  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of the Environmen t and 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 :   
Canadian Enquiry Point, 200-270 Albert St reet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7 
Tel.: +1 613 238 3222, Fax:  +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: enquirypoint@scc.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):  Hazardous chemicals and 
pesticides (ICS: 13.020, 65.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Order 
Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Envi ronmental Protection Act, 1999 (5 pages, 
available in English and French)     
6. Description of content:  Canada has committed to shared  responsibility and cooperative 
efforts to address the Internatio nal Trade of chemicals and pest icides. The Export Control List 
(ECL) in Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (CEPA 1999) and 
the associated regulations help Canada meet  its international oblig ations. The proposed Order 
Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (hereinafter 
referred to as the Order) would add the pe sticide endosulfan, which has been added to 
Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention, to Part 2 of the ECL.  
Part 2 includes substances for which notification or consent for export is required pursuant to 
an international agreement. These substances ar e subject to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) 
procedure of the Rotterdam Convention.  
The substance endosulfan is not currently manu factured in Canada, but it is imported as a 
pesticide. However, the use of endosulfan wi ll be phased out in Canada by 1 January 2017. 
The addition of endosulfan to the ECL is an effective means of ensuring Canada's continued 
compliance with its international obligations under the Rotterdam Convention. G/TBT/N/CAN/371 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment.  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 29 September, 2012, Pages 2749-2753 
(available in English and French). 
In August 2011, the proposed Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations  
was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I (G/TBTN/CAN/343).  This new instrument would 
merge, revise, and streamline the Export Control List Notification Regulations  (ECLN 
Regulations) and the Export of Substances Under the Rotterdam Convention Regulations  
(ESURC Regulations) and would introduce new pr ovisions to allow Canada to deliver more 
effectively on export-related commitme nts made under the Stockholm Convention. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in 
the Canada Gazette, Part I. On the day on which the measure is adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:  13 December  2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2012/2012-09-29/pdf/g1-14639.pdf#page=35 ( Canada 
Gazette ) 
or  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2012/2012-09-29/html/reg2-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2012/2012-09-29/html/reg2-fra.html  (French)