G/TBT/N/CAN/410  
 
24 March 2014  
(14-1801)  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 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 :  Canadian 
Enquiry Point, 200-270 Albert Street, 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 [X], 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):  Cigarettes 
(ICS: 65.160). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulations 
Repealing the Cigarette Ignition Propensity Regulations made under the Tobacco Act and 
making of the proposed Cigarette Ignition Propensity (Consumer Products) Regulations 
under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (12 pages, available in English and French). 
6. Description of content:  Upon review of the Cigarette Ignition Propensity Regulations 
under the Tobacco Act it was deemed that regulation was better suited to be enacted 
under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act . The Cigarette Ignition Propensity 
(Consumer Products) Regulations would replace the Cigarette Ignition Propensity 
Regulations (which would be repealed after these new Regulations are made). 
The proposed Cigarette Ignition Propensity (Consumer Products) Regulations would 
require that cigarettes burn their full length no more than 25% of the time, when tested 
on 10 layers of filter paper using standard ISO 12863 entitled Standard  test method for 
assessing the ignition propensity of cigarettes . This method closely aligns with the ASTM 
International Method E2187 - 04 currently referenced in the Cigarette Ignition Propensity 
Regulations . 
Once the Cigarette Ignition Propensity (Consumer Products) Regulations have been 
made, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act would expressly prohibit the 
manufacture (including for the purpose of ex port), the import (including for personal 
use), the sale (including distribution) and the advertisement of cigarettes in Canada that do not meet the prescribed cigarette ignition propensity standard. However, these 
Regulations would not apply to cigarettes that are imported by an organization for the 
purposes of research, laboratory testing or analysis. 
Given that the performance standard would remain unchanged, cigarette manufacturers 
would not be required to make changes to currently marketed cigarettes in order to be 
compliant with the proposed Cigarette Ignition Propensity (Consumer Products) 
Regulations . G/TBT/N/CAN/410 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of Human health or Safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 8 March 2014, Pages 595-606 (Available 
in English and French)   
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. 
These Regulations come into force on the 
day on which they are registered. 
10. Final date for comments:  22 May 2014 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   The 
electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/ rp-pr/p1/2014/2014-03-08/ pdf/g1-14810.pdf#page=27