. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/327 
1 March 2011  
 (11-1046) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of the Environment 
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 : 
Canadian Enquiry Point 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7  Tel.:  + 1 613 238 3222  
Fax:  + 1 613 569 7808  
E-mail:  mailto:enquirypoint@scc.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 addition, where applicable):  Off-Road Compression-
Ignition Engine Emissions (ICS: 13.040, 27.020, 53.100). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment 
to the Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission  Regulations (3 0 pages, in English 
and French). 
6. Description of content:  Emissions from off-road compressi on-ignition engines (hereinafter 
referred to as "off-road diesel engines") contribute towards the problem of air pollution in Canada. Air pollution leads to health-related problems such as cardiovascular ailments and respiratory distress as well as causes acid ra in, reduced vegetation pr oductivity, and building 
soiling and corrosion. These emission s are currently regulated under the Off-road 
compression-ignition engine emission regulations  (hereinafter referred to as "the 
Regulations").  
The objective of the proposed Regulations Amending the Off-Road Compression-Ignition 
Engine Emission Regulations  (hereinafter referred to as "the proposed Amendments") is to 
further reduce emissions from off-road diesel  engines in Canada by establishing more 
stringent Canadian off-road diesel emission s standards and test procedures. The proposed 
Amendments would align Canadian emission st andards with those of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The U.S. EPA introduced interim Tier 4 and 
Tier 4 emission standards in 2004 and began phas ing in these standards for the 2008 to 2015  G/TBT/N/CAN/327 
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  model years and beyond. The proposed Amendments  apply to off-road diesel engines used in 
machines such as tractors, bulldozers and log loaders. 
The proposed Amendments would reduce emission s from off-road diesel engines by setting 
new standards for emissions of volatile orga nic compounds (VOCs), nitrogen oxide (NOx), 
particulate matter (PM), and othe r pollutants listed as "toxic substances" in Schedule 1 of the 
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (CEPA 1999). In addition, the proposed 
Amendments would minimize the regulatory  burden on manufacturers  and importers by 
recognizing U.S. EPA certificates  as evidence of compliance. Furthermore, the proposed 
Amendments would allow companies to use th e transition engine provisions, and these 
provisions would also be available to companies that sell exclusively to Canada. 
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, 12 Fe bruary 2011, Pages 261-290 (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:  13 April 2011 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2011/2011-02-12/pdf/g1-14507.pdf  (Canada Gazette ) 
or http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-02-12/html/reg1-eng.html
 (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-02-12/html/reg1-fra.html  (French)