G/TBT/N/CAN/407/Add.1  
 
10 July 2014  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 9 July 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada. 
 
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Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dang erous Goods Regulations (Update of Standards) 
These Regulations combine new requirements that were published at different times under two 
separate regulatory proposals in the Canada Gazette , Part I. The Regulations Amending the 
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Safety Standard TP14877: Containers for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) , published 11 January 2014 and notified as 
G/TBT/N/CAN/407, proposed the adoption of a new standard for the manufacture and use of tank 
cars for the transportation of dangerous goods by rail, along with new requirements for the classification of dangerous goods. The proposal published on 16 November 2013, Regulations 
Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Update of Standards)  notified as 
G/TBT/N/CAN/404, sought to update standards incorporated by reference in the Regulations for the design, manufacture, selection and use of other means of containment such as highway tanks, portable tanks and cylinders. Since both proposal s deal with updating technical standards, they 
have been combined into a single package. 
These Regulations come into force on 15 July 2014. A person may, for a period of six months that begins on 15 July 2014, comply with the 
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations  as they read on 13 July 2014. 
To minimize the economic impact, the revised standard for the selection and use of gases (CSA 
B340-08) allows for a transitional period of 30 years for companies involved in the transportation 
of helium. This allows non-standardized means of  containment of up to 550 litres capacity and 
manufactured before January 2008 to be used for transportation of helium before being replaced with the standardized TC-4LM specification cylinders. This 30-year transition period will be sufficient to ensure that all existing means of cont ainment utilized for the transportation of helium 
remain useable for their entire lifespan, thus  ensuring no additional cost to industry. 
To further minimize the economic impact, a 12-month transition period will be permitted for 
compliance with the consignor certification requirement. This is to allow sufficient time to liquidate 
existing waste manifest stock and integrate change s required to software and printing equipment. 
The full text of the adopted measure can be do wnloaded from the Inte rnet addresses below: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2014/2014- 07-02/pdf/g2-14814.pd f (SOR/2014-152) 
http://www.canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2 014/2014-07-02/html/sor-dors152-eng.php  
http://www.canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2 014/2014-07-02/html/sor-dors152-fra.php  G/TBT/N/CAN/407/Add.1 
 
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