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G/TBT/N/CAN/311/Add.3 
8 August 2011  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 27 July 2011, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Canada.  
 
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 Renewable Fuels Regulations 
   The proposed Regulations notified in G/TBT/ N/CAN/311/Add.2 (dated 21 March 2011) were 
adopted 29 June 2011 as the Renewable Fuels Regulations.   
 
 The Regulations Amending the Renewable Fuels Regulations  (the Amendments) set a date of 
coming into force of the 2% requirement for diesel fuel and heating distillate oil.  The coming into 
force of this requirement will provide further re ductions in greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to 
the reductions estimated from the 5% in gasoline requirement of the Regulations. 
 
 The Regulations already include full provisions  to require fuel producers and importers of 
diesel fuel and heating distillate oil to have an aver age annual renewable fuel content equal to at least 
2% of the volume of distillates that they produ ce and import.  However, the Regulations do not 
specify a start date for this requirement.  Section 17 of the Amendments am ends subsection 40(3) of 
the Regulations to set a coming-into-force date of  the 2% requirement for diesel fuel and heating 
distillate oil of 1 July 2011.  This requi rement leads to the following changes: 
  Subsection 1(1) clarifies the definition of "pre-distillate compliance period" by explicitly 
including the exact dates, specifically from 15 December 2010, to 30 June 2011.  This does not result in any change of the actual requirements;  and 
 
 Subsection 1(2) clarifies the definition of "distillate compliance period" by explicitly 
including the exact dates; specifically, the fi rst compliance period is from 1 July 2011, to 
31 December 2012.  This does not result in any change to the actual requirements. 
 
 In finalizing the coming-into-force date, the Government has carefully considered all the 
comments received and is balancing competitiveness impacts on eastern refiners with the need to 
minimize delays to support the Canadian biodi esel industry in moving forward.  A permanent 
exemption is being provided for diesel fuel and heating distillate oil sold in Newfoundland and 
Labrador and temporary exemptions for the firs t compliance period for diesel fuel and heating 
distillate oil sold in Quebec and all other Atlantic  provinces.  Further flexibilities also include an 
extended first compliance period (1 July 2011, to 31 December 2012), as was proposed in the Canada 
Gazette , Part I, as well as having carrying forward of  pre-distillate compliance units, trading of G/TBT/N/CAN/311/Add.3 
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  compliance units, carrying back of compliance units and other flexibilities already in the Regulations.  
The coming-into-force date is maintained as 1 July 2011.   The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded at:    
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/201 1/2011-07-20/html/sor-dors143-eng.html  (English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/20 11/2011-07-20/html/sor-dors143-fra.html  (French) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2011/2011-07-20/p df/g2-14515.pdf  (SOR/2011-143) 
 
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