. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/164 
7 July 2006 
 (06-3284) 
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 Environm ent and Department of Health 
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,  
Ontario,  
Canada, K1P 6N7  
Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222,  
Fax.: +1 613 569 7808,  E-mail: info@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 Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to th e Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 
1999 (pages 1933-1938; English and French). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this initiative is  to add perfluorooctane sulfonate 
(PFOS), its salts and compounds that contain one of the following groups to Schedule 1 to 
the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (CEPA 1999): C 8F17SO 2, C 8F17SO 3 or 
C8F17SO 2N. 
 PFOS, its salts and its precursors are not manufact ured in Canada but rather are imported as 
chemicals or products from the United States for Canadian uses.  The principal applications 
of PFOS and its precursors are for water, oil, soil and grease repellents for use on rugs, 
carpets, fabric and upholstery, and in food p ackaging, as well as sp ecialized chemical 
applications such as fire-fighting foams, hydr aulic fluids, carpet spot removers, mining and 
oil well surfactants and other specialized chemical formulations.  G/TBT/N/CAN/164 
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  A scientific assessment conducted indicates that these substances are entering the 
environment in a quantity or concentration or  under conditions that have or may have an 
immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity and 
thus satisfy the criterion set out under paragraph 64( a) of CEPA 1999.  Therefore, these 
substances are proposed for additi on to Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999. 
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, 1 July 2006 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
On the date the measure is adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:   30 August 2006 
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 the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060701/pdf/g1-14026.pdf