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ORGANIZATION  TN/TE/W/50/Suppl.1 
1 July 2005 
 
 (05-2846) 
Committee on Trade and Environment 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
 
 
CANADA'S INITIAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 
 
Submission by Canada  
 
Paragraph 31(iii)  
 
Statement by Canada at the CTESS Informal Meeting of 10 June 2005  
 
Supplement  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 1 July 2005,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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 1. Canada is pleased to submit this Initial List of  Environmental Goods for consideration in the 
negotiations pursuant to paragraph 31(iii) of the D oha Ministerial Declaration.  We would like to 
underscore that this list is without prejudice to Canada's position as these negotiations proceed.  
2. The products nominated on Canada’s list are id entified by their six-digit Harmonised System 
(HS) customs classifications and their product names.   Those products that require greater specificity 
than six-digit codes are identified by a descripto r in the "Additional Product Specification" column. 
3. We have also organized our list by categories further to our July 2004 submission on the use 
of detailed categories (JOB(04)/98).  As we noted in that submission, we see the use of categories as a 
useful point of reference for the CTESS in the construction of a list of  environmental goods.  
Categories are a useful tool to catalogue the many, often technical, products whose purpose or 
function may not have been evident from the HS 6- digit code.  At the same time, categories are 
merely a tool to help Members st ructure their lists, and using categories is without prejudice as to 
whether the goods therein could be acceptable as part of  an agreed list.  We think a flexible approach 
needs to be taken on the use of categories given that they are merely a tool in the more important task 
at hand – establishing a list of environmental goods.  Canada employed some, not  all of the categories 
contained in the OECD list as outlined in TN/TE/W/ 18.  In keeping with the living list concept put 
forward by New Zealand, we would see further refi nements to categories as being in keeping with the 
living list concept put forward by New Zealand.   
4. Regarding the linkages between the environmenta l goods and services, we agree that there are 
many environmental activities that entail the deliver y of services in conjunction with the use of goods.  
Indeed, development of our Initial List of Environm ental Goods was informed by the sorts of products 
used in the environmental services.  Canadian o fficials working in the two areas compare notes on an 
on-going basis in order to identify synergies a nd to ensure a mutually supportive approach. TN/TE/W/50/Suppl.1 
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5. Canada would also like to underscore that we view these negotiations as an important 
contribution to sustainable development.  We are pa rticularly interested in ensuring that developing 
country Members have the opportunity to effectiv ely participate in these negotiations, and seek to 
have their interests reflected in a multilaterally agreed list of environmental goods.  To this end, 
Canada has provided financial c ontributions to UNCTAD to assist developing country Members in 
preparing their own lists of environmental goods.  Canada has also been mindful of the need to 
include environmental goods of export interest to de veloping countries in our own submission to the 
CTESS, and we are considering a range of goo ds for further analysis in Canada.   
6. It is Canada's wish that, at the next WTO Mi nisterial in Hong Kong, Ministers have before 
them an initial list of environmental goods reflec ting the trade and environmental interests of both 
developed and developing countries.  
 
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