. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/129 
20 June 2005 
 (05-2597) 
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 Transport 
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):    
Ballast Water (ICS:  13.060, 47.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Ballast 
Water Control and Management  Regulations (pages 2129-2144, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Scientific evidence suggests that  ballast water (which includes the 
suspended matter in the water) carried on board a ship can be a vector by which harmful 
aquatic organisms and pathogens  are unintentionally transported around the world. These 
organisms and pathogens carried in ballast wa ter can potentially invade an ecosystem when 
a ship discharges untreated ballast water.  When non-indigenous organisms are discharged 
into waters where environmental conditions are such that they grow and flourish, they can 
become invasive and decimate native flora and fauna.  The purpose of the proposed Regulations is to require ships to manage ba llast water in such a manner as to reduce the 
potential of such invasions. 
The proposed Regulations are made pursuant to section 657.1 of the Canada Shipping Act, 
which provides the authority for the Governor  in Council to make Regulations respecting 
the control and management of ballast water.  The Regulations make several of the existing 
voluntary measures outlined in Transport Cana da Publication No. 13617, "Guidelines for  G/TBT/N/CAN/129 
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 the Control of Ballast Water Discharge from Sh ips in Waters under Canadian Jurisdiction" 
(TP 13617), mandatory for all ships designed to carry ballast water that enter waters under 
Canadian jurisdiction and incorporate some of the principles enshrined in the international 
convention. TP 13617 will be am ended and is now designed to be a "Guide" to the proposed 
Regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 11 June 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }not stated 
10. Final date for comments:    25 August 2005 
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/2005/20050611/pdf/g1-13924.pdf