G/TBT/N/CAN/687  
 
5 January 2023  
(23-0158) 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:   
Environment and Climate Change Canada  
Name and address (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 abo ve:  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111, promenade Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, 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 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national t ariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Mercury -
containing products, including but not limited to the following: Lamps, Batteries, Dental 
Amalgam, Thermostats, Switches and relays, Thermometers, Other Measuring Devices, 
Tire Balancers (ICS: 11.060, 17.020, 17.200, 29.120, 29.140, 29.220, 43.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Regulations amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations ; (49 page(s), in 
English), (49 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed Regulations amending the Products Containing 
Mercury Regulations  (the proposed Amendments) would make changes to the Products 
Containing Mercury Regulations (the Regulations) to align with the re quirements under 
the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The Regulations, which came into force in 2015, 
prohibit the manufacture, import and sale of products containing mercury, with some 
exemptions for essential products which have no viable alternatives (fo r example lamps, 
certain health, safety and research applications and dental amalgam).  
The proposed Amendments would:  
• Lower the allowable mercury content limits of three lamp products that are 
exempt from the general mercury prohibition, including straight  fluorescent lamps 
for general lighting purposes, cold cathode fluorescent lamps, and external 
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  • Add prohibition dates for certain mercury -containing products and for 
replacement lamps after a transitionary period;  
• Remove other e xemptions for products no longer in use in Canada and products 
whose exemption period has expired.  
Other amendments to the Regulations are proposed to clarify some provisions of the 
regulatory text, such as those related to labelling, testing, reporting, a nd recordkeeping.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment and human health  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part I, December 24, 2022, pages 6175 -6223, https://gazette.gc.ca/rp -
pr/p1/2022/2022 -12-24/pdf/g1 -15652.pdf  (available in English and French)  
Products Containing Mercury Reg ulations  : https://laws -
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR -2014-254/FullText.html  
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 , sub -section 93(1): https://laws -
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C -15.31/  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within 18 months of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The proposed Amendments would come into force 
3 months after the date of registration. However, the proposed Amendments would 
provide for a three -year transition period during which industry would be allowed to adjust 
to the new requirements.  
10. Final date f or comments:  75 days from publication in Canada Gazette, Part I – 9 March 
2023 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found at:  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -12-24/html/reg1 -eng.html  (English)  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -12-24/html/reg1 -fra.html  (French)