. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/254 
3 October 2008 
 (08-4706) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of the Environm ent and Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 [   ], 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):   Toxic substances  
(ICS: 13.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Order 
Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to th e Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 
1999 (10 pages, available in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Chemical substances used in human activity can have detrimental 
effects on the environment and human health  when released in a certain quantity or 
concentration in the environment. Scientific  assessments of the impact of human and 
environmental exposure to a number of these  substances have determined that these 
substances are toxic to human health a nd the environment as per section 64 of the Canadian 
Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (CEPA 1999). 
The objective of the proposed Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the 
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (hereinafter referred to as the proposed 
Order) made pursuant to subsection 90(1) of CEPA 1999, is to add the following substances: 
• Propanedinitrile, [[4-[[2-(4-cyclohexylphenoxy)ethyl]ethylamino]-2-
methylphenyl]methylene]- (CAS No. 54079-53-7);  
• Methyloxirane (CAS No. 75-56-9);  
• Ethyloxirane (CAS No. 106-88-7);  
• Naphthalene (CAS No. 91-20-3);  
• Toluene diisocyanates (three substan ces: CAS No. 26471-62- 5, 584-84-9 and 91-
08-7);  G/TBT/N/CAN/254 
Page 2  
 
  • 1,2-Benzenediol (CAS No. 120-80-9); and  
• 1,4-Benzenediol (CAS No. 123-31-9),  
to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999. This addition would enable 
the departments to develop management measu res with respect to taking preventive or 
control actions in relation to these substances. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 20 September 2008, Pages 2668-2677 
(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. 
On the date the measure is adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:   19 November 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
The electronic version of the regul atory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.c a/partI/2008/20080920/pdf/g1-14238.pdf   (Canada Gazette ) 
or  http://canadagazette.gc.ca/part I/2008/20080920/html/regle3-e.html#k101
 (English)   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080920/html/regle3-f.html  (French)