. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/303 
12 March 2010  
 (10-1340) 
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 Environmen t and Department of Health 
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, Ontari o, 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):  Toxic substances 
(ICS:  13.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Order Adding 
a Toxic Substance to Schedule 1 to the Cana dian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  
(8 pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:  Canadians depend on chemical substa nces that are used in hundreds 
of goods, from medicines to computers, fabric s, and fuels. Unfortunately, some chemical 
substances can negatively affect our health and environment when released in a certain 
quantity or concentration in the environment. A scientific assessment of the impact of human 
and environmental exposure to Benzene, (chloromethyl)-, hereinafter referred to as "benzyl chloride," has determined that it constitutes or  may constitute a danger in Canada to human 
life or health as set out under paragraph 64(c) of the Canadian  Environmental Protection Act, 
1999 (CEPA 1999).  
The objective of the proposed Order Adding a Toxi c Substance to Schedule 1 to the Canadian 
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as  the proposed Order) to be 
made under subsection 90(1) of CEPA 1999 is to add benzyl chloride to the List of Toxic 
Substances in Schedule 1 of the Act. This add ition would enable the development of measures 
(which could include regulatory and non-regu latory instruments) under CEPA 1999 to 
manage human health risks posed by this substance. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment  G/TBT/N/CAN/303 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 27 Febr uary 2010, Pages 303-310 ( 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:  28 April 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 regul atory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2010/2010-02-27/pdf/g1-14409.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
or  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-27/html/reg1-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-27/html/reg1-fra.html  (French)