G/TBT/N/CAN/511  
 
4 January 2017  
(17-0006) Page: 1/2 
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 addres s (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 Authority and Enquiry Poin t 
Global Affairs 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.c a 
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):   
 Products intended for use in learning or play (toys) by children between the ages of 
3 years and under 14 years   
 Children's clothing and accessories  
 Products intended to facilitate the relaxation, sleep, hygiene, carrying or transport of 
a child under 4 years of age   
(ICS: 77.120,  97.120)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Consumer Products 
Containing Lead Regulations (21 pages, in English and French).  
6. Description of content:  The Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth) 
Regulatio ns impose a total lead limit of 90 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) for the 
following:  
 products, other than kitchen utensils, that are brought into contact with the users 
mouth in the course of normal use, such as beverage straws, drinking spouts, 
sports m outhpieces, and mouthpieces of musical instruments; and,   
 products intended for use in learning or play (toys) by children under three years 
of age  
The proposed  Consumer Products Containing Lead Regulations  would extend the 90 mg/kg 
lead limit under the Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth Regulations 
to include the additional product categories listed under section 4 of this notification. To 
reflect the increased regulatory scope, the proposed Consumer Products Containing Lead G/TBT/N/CAN/511  
 
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  Regulations  would repeal and replace the Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact 
with Mouth) Regulations  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The objective of the proposed regulatory amendments is to enhance the pr otection of 
children against lead in products that they ar e most likely to be exposed to.  
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette , Part I, December 3, 2016, Vol. 150, No. 49; 
pages 3907 to 3927 (available in English and French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not stated  
Proposed date of entry into force: These Regulations would come into force on the day 
that, in the sixth month after the month in which they are published in the Canada Gazette, 
Part II, has the same calendar number as the day on which they ar e published or, if that 
sixth month has no day with that number, the last day of that sixth month.   
10. Final date for comments:  17 February 2017  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and web site address es, if available , of other body:  The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -12-03/html/ reg4-eng.php  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -12-03/html/reg4 -fra.php