. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/304 
12 March 2010  
 (10-1345) 
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):  Surface coating materials 
(ICS:  87.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Order 
Amending Schedule I to the Hazar dous Products Act (Surface Coati ng Materials) (5 pages, in 
English and French) 
Proposed Amendment to the Surface Coating Mate rials Regulations (2 pa ges, in English and 
French). 
6. Description of content:  The Hazardous Products Act (HPA ) prohibits or restricts the 
advertisement, sale and importa tion of products which are, or are likely to be, a danger to the 
health or safety of the public.  Under the Su rface Coating Materials Regulations, in effect 
since April 19, 2005 (notified under G/TBT/N/CA N/68), Health Canada set a 600 mg/kg total 
lead limit for surface coating materials, including paints or other similar materials that dry to a 
solid film when a layer of it is applied to a surface, but not including materials that become a 
part of the substrate.  Health  Canada also prohibits, under Part  I of Schedule I to the HPA, 
children's toys (paragraph 9(b)), furniture and other articles for children other than toys 
(item 2) as well as pencils and artists' brushes (item 18) that have a surface coating material 
applied to them that contains more than 600 mg/kg total lead.  
The purpose of this proposal is to align Canada w ith the United States in respect of total lead 
levels in surface coating materials and certain products with surface co ating materials applied 
to them by: 
- lowering the total lead limit in surface coating materials from 600 mg/kg to 90 mg/kg 
under subsections 4(1) and 5(1) and secti on 8 of the Surface Coatings Materials 
Regulations;  and  G/TBT/N/CAN/304 
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  - lowering the total lead limit from 600 mg/kg to 90 mg/kg in surfa ce coating materials 
applied to furniture and other articles for children (item 2), toys, equipment and other 
products for use by a child in learning or pl ay (paragraph 9(b)) a nd pencils and artists' 
brushes (item 18) under Part I of Schedule I to the HPA.  
The following administrative amendments are also proposed: 
- renumbering paragraph 9(b) of Part I of Schedule I to the HP A as paragraph 9(a);  and  
- rewording item 2, paragraph 9( a) and item 18 of Part I of Schedule I to the HPA as 
required to ensure consistency.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part  I, 27 February 2010, Pa ges 311-317 (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:  13 May 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/reg2-eng.html
 (Order_English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-27/html/reg2-fra.html  (Order_French) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-27/html/reg3-eng.html  (Reg_English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-27/html/reg3-fra.html  (Reg_French)