. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/247 
4 July 2008 
 (08-3229) 
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 Environment 
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, Onta rio, 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):   Household laundry 
detergents, commercial and industrial lau ndry detergents, dish-washing compounds and 
household cleaners (ICS: 71.100.40) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Phosphorus Concentration Regulations  (22 pages, available in English and French) 
6. Description of content:    
Canada’s Phosphorus Concentration Regulations  (the Regulations) came into effect in 
1989, and include a concentration limit of 2.2% for laundry detergents. The proposed 
Regulations Amending the Phosphor us Concentration Regulations  (the proposed 
amendments) would broaden the scope of the Re gulations to include other detergents and 
cleaners, and to lower the limits on permissi ble phosphorus concentrations. Specifically, the 
proposed amendments would: 
- lower the phosphorus concentration limit for household laundry detergents from the 
current limit of 2.2% to 0.5%;  
- clarify that a phosphorus concentration limit of 2.2% would still apply to commercial and 
industrial laundry detergents;  
- introduce a phosphorus concentration limit for household dish-washing compounds of 
0.5% (including hand dish-washing soap and detergent for automatic dish-washers); and  
- introduce a phosphorus concentration limit for household cleaners of 0.5%.  
The proposed amendments would come into force on 1 July 2010. G/TBT/N/CAN/247 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 28 J une 2008, Pages 1999-2020 (available in 
English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
1 July 2010 
10. Final date for comments:   27 August 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 this doc ument can be downloaded from:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080628/pdf/g1-14226.pdf  (Canada Gazette)  
or  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080628/html/regle2-e.html (English)  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080628/html/regle2-f.html (French)