G/TBT/N/CAN/418  
 
1 July 2014  
(14-3769)  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 the Environment and Department of Health 
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, promenade Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Canada 
Tel: (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 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Multi-sector air 
pollutants (ICS Code: 13.020, 27.020, 27.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Multi-sector Air 
Pollutants Regulations (140 pages, available in English and French). 
6. Description of content: The Multi-sector Air Pollutants Regulations  (“proposed 
Regulations”) would impose mandatory national performance standards on specific sector/equipment groups, in order to establish a nationally consistent emissions “floor.” 
Within the proposed Regulations, performance standards for the cement sector and two 
equipment types (i.e. gaseous-fuel-fired non-utility boilers and heaters [“boilers and heaters”], and stationary spark-ignition gaseous-fuel-fired engines [“engines”]) are included. 
It is expected that requirements for additional sectors/equipment groups would come 
forward in the near future. The performance standards impose limits on the amount of nitrogen oxides (NO
x) and sulphur dioxide (SO 2) that can be emitted from cement 
manufacturing facilities, and limits the amount of NO x that can be emitted from the two 
equipment types. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human health and the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette , Part I, 7 June 2014, Pages 1321-1460 (available in 
English and French)    
9. Proposed date of adoption: Normally within 6 to 8 months of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I. G/TBT/N/CAN/418 
 
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  Proposed date of entry into force:   These Regulations, except section 67, come into 
force on 1 January 2015. Section 67 comes into force on 1 January 2017.   
10. Final date for comments: 6 August 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and 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/p1/2014/2014-06-07/ pdf/g1-14823.pdf#page=32 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2014/2014-06 -07/html/reg 2-eng.html  
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2014/2014-06 -07/html/reg2-fra.html