WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/234 
11 April 2008 
 (08-1710) 
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 Natural Resources 
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, Onta rio, 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 [ X ], 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):   Energy-using products: 
residential dehumidifiers; residential dishwash ers; commercial ice-makers; residential gas 
furnaces; commercial clothes washers; residen tial wine chillers; commercial and industrial 
gas unit heaters; torchieres (floor lamps); ceiling fan lighting; traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules; general service lamps, ge neral service incandescent reflector lamps and 
compact fluorescent lamps (ICS: 29.140, 93.080,  97.030, 97.040, 97.060, 97.100, 97.180). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Energy Efficiency Regulations  (55 pages, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:    
Pursuant to the Energy Efficiency Act , the Energy Efficiency Regulations encourage the 
efficient and economic use of energy. The Ac t and its accompanying Regulations contribute 
to the competitiveness of Canada’s economy and help Canada to  address national and 
international climate change goals.   
The Energy Efficiency Regulations  have been in effect since 1995. Currently, the Energy 
Efficiency Regulations  are supported by the Clean Air Regulatory Agenda (CARA). This 
amendment addresses three principle immediate outcomes of CARA: the approval of the Governor in Council of the first amendment to the Energy Efficiency Regulations  under 
CARA, the increased scope of the comparative labeling regime and the increased engagement of various publics in energy  efficiency under these labeling regimes. 
 
The purpose of the minimum energy-perfo rmance standards (MEPS) implemented under 
the Energy Efficiency Regulations  is to eliminate shipment of inefficient, energy-using 
products that are either (1) imported into Canada, or (2) manufactured in Canada and 
transported between provinces for the purpose of sale or lease.  G/TBT/N/CAN/234 
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  Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has calculate d that, by 2010, the MEPS put into effect 
by the Energy Efficiency Regulations  (since 1995) will have achieved a reduction in GHG 
emissions of 25.6 megatonnes (Mt) per year . Under CARA, three additional amendments 
are planned, of which this proposed amendment is the first. The Energy Efficiency 
Regulations , under CARA, will contribute an estimat ed annual, aggregate impact in 2010–
2011 of 
- energy reductions between 13.37 and 14.85 petajoules per year;  
- GHG reductions between 1.4 and 1.6 Mt per year (using current conversions); and  
- air pollutant reductions, the most significant of which are 725–1 002 tonnes of NO
x, 
837–3 446 tonnes of SO 2 and 204–1 155 tonnes of PM 10.  
This proposed amendment will account for approximately one-third of the CARA Energy 
Efficiency Regulations ’ contribution—0.5 Mt in 2010, rising to 9.7 Mt in 2020. 
  
The proposed amendment   
 NRCan expects the Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations (“the 
proposed amendment”) to 
- increase the stringency of existing MEPS for currently regulated products:  
- Residential dehumidifiers - Residential dishwashers 
- Commercial ice-makers 
- Residential gas furnaces  
 - introduce new MEPS and associated repor ting and compliance requirements for six 
products:  
- Commercial clothes washers 
- Residential wine chillers  
- Commercial and industrial gas unit heaters - Torchieres (floor lamps)  - Ceiling fan lighting - Traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules 
 
- introduce MEPS for general service lamps; and   
- require consumer energy performance la belling for general service lamps, general 
service incandescent reflector lamps and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette,  Part I, 29 March 2008, Pages 941-995 (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.  The 
minimum energy-performance standards (MEPS) and the labelling requirements for the above-noted energy-using products come into effect on the diverse dates cited in the 
Regulations.  G/TBT/N/CAN/234 
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  10. Final date for comments:   12 June 2008 
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 regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080329/pdf/g1-14213.pdf  (Canada Gazette ) 
or  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/part I/2008/20080329/html/regle4-e.html (English)   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080329/html/regle4-f.html (French)