G/TBT/N/CAN/98/Rev.2  
 
29 July 2015  
(15-3898)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: CANADA 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:  Health Canada 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB) 
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. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  Cribs, 
cradles and bassinets, accessories and stands (ICS: 97.140, 97.190) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Proposed Cribs, 
Cradles and Bassinets Regulations (63 pages, available in English and French). 
6. Description of content: Cribs, cradles and bassinets are the only products intended to 
provide unsupervised sleeping accommodation for infants and young children. To protect 
this vulnerable population, it is important that these products and their accessories provide 
a safe sleep environment and are constructed in a manner that protects against known hazards, which may result in injuries and deaths. The current Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets 
Regulations  (CCBR) have strict requirements for th e construction and performance of these 
products (G/TBT/N/CAN/98/Rev.1). However, in  collaboration with the ASTM International 
working groups for cribs, cradles and bassinets, Health Canada has identified further hazards not yet addressed by these Regulations, such as those associated with the 
deformation and breakage of hardware on traditional crib drop-sides. Therefore, Health 
Canada is proposing to introduce new Regulations to address these hazards.  
The proposed CCBR of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  (CCPSA) would repeal and 
replace the existing CCBR, which were promulgated under the Hazardous Products Act . 
The proposed new CCBR would introduce a number of major modifications to address identified hazards, including a prohibition on the sale, importation, manufacture and advertisement of traditional drop-side cribs, and the introduction of performance 
requirements and test methods for accessories to cribs, cradles and bassinets and stands G/TBT/N/CAN/98/Rev.2 
 
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  for cribs, cradles and bassinets. The new CCBR are intended to help improve the safety of 
these products to further safeguard against incidents, while bringing many of the Canadian regulatory requirements in line with those of the United States, which, in turn, will help 
provide clarity for industry.  
 
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this proposal is to help protect infants and young children 
from known hazards posed by cribs, cradles, bassinets, accessories and stands.   
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette , Part I, April 11, 2009 
http://publications.gc.ca/gazette/archi ves/p1/2009/2009-04-11/pdf/g1-14315.pdf  
Canada Gazette , Part I, July 25, 2015, pages 2033-2095 (available in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Normally within 5 to 8 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;  
Transition Period: The proposed CCBR would provide for a transition period of six months 
during which time the current CCBR would continue to apply to all cribs, cradles and 
bassinets sold, advertised, imported or manufactured in Canada. This provision would allow 
industry the opportunity to modify or re-design their products to meet regulatory requirements, and verify the regulatory co mpliance of their products through product 
testing.  
10. Final date for comments: 8 October 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry po int [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  The 
electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2015/2015-07-25/pd f/g1-14930.pdf 
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2015/2015-07-25/html/reg1-eng.php  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2015/2015-07-25/html/reg1-fra.php