G/TBT/N/CAN/507  
 
21 December 2016   
(16-6985) 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 Canad a 
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 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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in additi on, where applicable):  Ozone -depleting 
substances (ODSs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) (ICS: 13.020, 71.080, 71.100).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Proposed 
Amendment to the Ozone -depleting Substances and Halocarbon A lternatives Regulations 
(12 pages, available in English and French).  
6. Description of content:  GHG emissions, including HFCs and CO 2, are contributing to a 
global warming trend that is associated with climate change. HFCs have global warming 
potentials hundreds to thousands of times greater than that of CO 2. Without immediate 
action, annual HFC emissions in Canada are projected to increase from 6 Mt of CO 2e 
emissions per year in 2013 to 22 Mt per year in 2030, underlining the important 
contribution of HF Cs to global warming. HFC emissions are projected to increase at a faster 
rate than economic growth due to increased utilization as they replace HCFCs that have 
been phased out under the Montreal Protocol.  
The proposed Regulations Amending the Ozone -deplet ing Substances and Halocarbon 
Alternatives Regulations  (proposed Regulations) aim to reduce the supply of HFCs that 
enter into Canada and the demand for HFCs in manufactured products, thereby averting 
future HFC releases to the environment. This would redu ce Canadian GHG emissions, help 
limit global wa rming, and contribute to Canada' s international obligations to combat 
climate change. The proposed Regulations also aim to put Canada in a position to ratify 
the amendment to the Montreal Protocol.  
The propose d Regulations Amending the Ozone -depleting Substances and Halocarbon 
Alternatives Regulations would establish controls on HFCs by combining a phase -down of 
the consumption of HFCs with prohibitions on the import and manufacture of certain 
products that con tain HFCs above a specified limit, including air conditioning and 
refrigeration equipment, foam products, and aerosols.  G/TBT/N/CAN/507  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment and human health . 
In October 2016, Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted an amendment to phase down 
the production and consumption of HFCs. In order to ratify this amendment, the 
Department would need to put regulatory measures in place that would allow Canada to 
meet its  obligations to phase down HFCs according to the conditions set out in the 
amendment.  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulations Amending the Ozone -depleting Substances and 
Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations : Canada Gazette , Part I, 26 November 2016, 
Pages  3649-3661 (available in English and French);  
Ozone -depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations:  Canada Gazette , 
Part II, 29 June 2016, Pages 1613 -1662 (available in English and French).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: Within 12 months of publica tion in the Canada Gazette, Part  I  
Proposed date of entry into force:  These Regulations come into force on the 180th day 
after the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.   
10. Final date for comments:  8 February 2017  
11. Texts a vailable from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:  The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -11-26/html/reg1 -eng.php  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -11-26/html/reg1 -fra.php  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -11-26/html/reg2 -eng.php  
http://www.gazette. gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2016/2016 -11-26/html/reg2 -fra.php