WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/317 
29 June 2010  
 (10-3532) 
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 Natural Resources 
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: 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):  Energy-using products: 
Electric motors; Residential gas boilers; Residential oil boilers; Dry-type transformers; Large air-conditioners and heat pumps; Commercial  self-contained refrigeration; Room air-
conditioners; General service incandescent reflector lamps (ICS: 23.080, 23.100, 23.120, 
27.060, 27.080, 27.200, 29.040, 29.140; 29.180,75.100, 97.130) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment 
to the Energy Efficiency Regulations ( 79 pages, in English and French)     
6. Description of content:  Pursuant to the Energy Effici ency Act (the Act), the Energy 
Efficiency Regulations encourage the efficient and economic use of energy. The Act and its 
accompanying Regulations contri bute to the competitiveness of  Canada’s economy and help 
Canada to address national and in ternational climate change goals.  
The Energy Efficiency Regula tions have been in effect since 1995. The purpose of the 
minimum energy performance standards (MEPS)  implemented under the Energy Efficiency 
Regulations is to eliminate shipment of ineffici ent, energy-using products that for the purpose 
of sale or lease are either imported into Canada, or transported between provinces.  
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan ) has calculated that, by 2010, the MEPS put into effect by 
the Energy Efficiency Regulatio ns (since 1995), including the fi rst of three Canada’s Clean 
Air  Regulatory  Agenda  (CARA)  amendments,  will  have  achieved  a  reduction  in  GHG  G/TBT/N/CAN/317 
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  emissions of 26 megatonnes (M t) per year. This proposed amendment is the second of the 
three planned CARA amendments. (The  first amendment was notified under 
G/TBT/N/CAN/234). When combined , these three amendments alo ng with related efforts in 
labelling are estimated to have an a nnual, aggregate impact in 2010–2011 of 
• energy reductions between 13.37 and 14.85 petajoules per year;  
• GHG reductions between 1.4 and 1.6 Mt per year (using current conversions); and  
• air pollutant reductions, the most significa nt of which are 725–1 002 tonnes of NOx, 837–3 
446 tonnes of SO2 and 204–1 155 tonnes of PM10.  
This proposed amendment will contribute to the goal of clean energy and a clean environment 
for all Canadians. The specific objectives of this proposed amendment to the Energy 
Efficiency Regulations are 
• to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions and associated harmful air pollutants through 
the elimination of the leas t efficient products by  
increasing the stringency and/or scope of existing minimum energy  performance standards 
(MEPS) for eight curren tly regulated products: 
• Electric motors 
• Residential gas boilers • Residential oil boilers • Dry-type transformers • Large air-conditioners and heat pumps 
• Commercial self-contained refrigeration 
• Room air-conditioners • General service incande scent reflector lamps 
introducing MEPS and associated reporting and compliance requirements for six new 
products:        
• Standby for electronic products 
• External power supplies 
• Digital TV adaptors • Electric boilers • Portable air-conditioners • Single package vertical air-conditioners and heat pumps 
and 
• to ensure Canada remains competitive and a ha rmonized leader in reaping the benefits of 
energy efficiency stock improvements and asso ciated energy savings for all Canadians.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I,  12 June 2010, Pages 1538-1617 (Available in 
English and French)    G/TBT/N/CAN/317 
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  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.  The minimum energy-performance standards (MEPS) and the labelling requirements for the 
above-noted energy-using products come into 
effect on the diverse dates cited in the Regulations. 
10. Final date for comments:  26 August 2010 
11. Text 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 
regulatory text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2010/2010-06-12/pdf/g1-14424.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
or  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-06-12/html/reg4-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-06-12/html/reg4-fra.html  (French)