. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/269 
4 June 2009  
 (09-2676) 
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 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):  Kettles for household use 
(ICS :  97.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment 
to the Hazardous Products (Kettles) Regulations (3 pages, available in English and French)     
6. Description of content:  Health Canada is responsible  for the administration and 
enforcement of the Hazardous Products Act (H PA) and its regulations. The purpose of the 
HPA is to protect the health and safety of Canadians by prohibiting or regulating the sale, 
advertisement and importat ion of products which are, or are likely to pose, a danger to human 
health or safety. In 1974, the Hazardous Pr oducts (Kettles) Regula tions established a 
maximum permissible level of leachable lead  in kettles, with a subsequent amendment 
occurring in 1991. These regulati ons are among the many others cited in Health Canada’s 
“Lead Risk Reduction Strategy for Consumer Products” that will serve to minimize the 
Canadian population’s exposure to lead through the use of consumer products.  The proposed 
amendment will bring the Hazardous Products (K ettles) Regulations in line with the safe 
levels identified in the 2007 version of the “Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality” by lowering the maximum leachable lead level from 0.05 ppm to 0.01 ppm. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 23 May 2009, Pages 1567-1569 (available in 
English and French)   
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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. 
10. Final date for comments:  6 August 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, 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/p1/2009/2009-05-23/pdf/g1-14321.pdf
 (Canada Gazette) 
or 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2009/2009-05-23/html/reg8-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2009/2009-05-23/html/reg8-fra.html   (French)