. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/228 
25 February 2008 
 (08-0814) 
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 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):   Consumer chemical 
products  (ICS: 71.100, 55.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Re gulations, 2001  (15 pages, in English and 
French). 
6. Description of content:    
The Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001  (CCCR, 2001) were published 
in the Canada Gazette , Part II, on 15 August 2001. These Regulations established 
classification criteria, labelling and packaging requirements for chemical products used by 
consumers. The classification criteria are based  on a scientific assessment of the hazards 
that a product may pose during reasonably foreseeable use. The labelling requirements take the form of hazard symbols, bilingual warning statements and a description of first-aid treatments. The labelling and packaging re quirements are determined from the product 
classification. 
These proposed amendments are composed of ten technical updates which will clarify 
certain regulatory requirements, correct editorial e rrors and ensure that the original intent of 
the Regulations is maintained.  
The technical updates, each of which are discu ssed in Appendix A of the statement, are: 
- LC50 criteria for gases and vapours—change in units of measurement;  G/TBT/N/CAN/228 
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  - Hydrocyanic acid or its salts—correcting the English version of the table to subsection 
34(1) to reflect the French version;  - Fuel containers—clarification of exception;  - Very flammable fuels—removal of improper reference; - Spray containers that have a fl ashback—clarification of exception;  
- Toxic product labelling—update of first-aid information; 
- Corrosive product labelling—update of safety information; - Referenced standards—update  of outdated standards; 
- Toxic substances of special concern—clarification of requirements; and  - Flame projection test—simplification of test method.  
 
The proposed updates to the CCCR, 2001 will fac ilitate compliance and enforcement, as the 
existing requirements will be detailed in a more  precise manner. This will allow industry to 
better understand and comply  with the Regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 16 February 2008, Pages 390-404 (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:   1 May 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 regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080216/pdf/g1-14207.pdf (Canada Gazette)  
or  http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080216/html/regle1-e.html 
(English)   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080216/html/regle1-f.html (French)