. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/141 
28 September 2005 
 (05-4284) 
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:   Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), 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:  info@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):   Pest Control Products  
(ICS:  65.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notice of Intent – 
Proposed Revisions to the Pest Control Products Regulations (NOI2005-02) 
(14 pages, in English;  22 pages, in French)  
6. Description of content:   The Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) and Pest Control Products 
Regulations  provide the legislative mandate to regul ate pest control products in Canada. 
The Pest Control Products Regulations contain provisions describing the types of products 
requiring registration, registration process pr ocedures (including labelling requirements for 
pest control products), storage, display, packaging, sampling, import and detention, distribution, prohibitions respecting use, the types of pest control products that are exempt from registration under the Pest Control Products Act as well as definitions of terms used 
throughout the regulations.  
 In December 2002, the new PCPA received Roya l Assent.  The new PCPA will strengthen 
Canada’s safeguards against the risks to peopl e and the environment from using pesticides.  G/TBT/N/CAN/141 
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 Health Canada is proposing revisions to the Pest Control Products Regulations  (the 
Regulations) of the Pest Control Products Act .  The proposed revisions will make the 
Regulations consistent with the new PCPA , clarify and modernize provisions in the 
Regulations and formalize existi ng procedures in the Regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety and the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site: 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pubs/noi-e.html  
Publications, Notices of Intent – NOI Series, NOI2005-02. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }31 December 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   24 November 2005 
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 Notice of Intent can be downloaded at:   
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pubs/noi-e.html