. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/324 
12 November 2010  
 (10-6044) 
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 the Environmen t and Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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, Ontario 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):  Toxic substances 
ICS 13.020 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Order Adding 
Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Ca nadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 
(10 pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:  Canadians depend on chemical substa nces that are used in hundreds 
of goods, from medicines to comput ers, fabrics, and fuels.  Unfortunately, some chemical 
substances can negatively affect our health and environment when released in a certain 
quantity or concentration in the environment.  Scientific assessments of the impact of human 
and environmental exposure have determined that a number of these substances constitute or 
may constitute a danger to human health or to th e environment as per the criteria set out under 
section 64 of the Canadian Environm ental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999).  
The objective of the proposed Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Canadian 
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the proposed Order) made 
under subsection 90(1) of CEPA 1999 is to add the following substances to the List of Toxic 
Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999: 
– Vanadium pentoxide (Chemical Abstracts Service [CAS] Registry No. 1314–62–1), 
also known as V2O5; G/TBT/N/CAN/324 
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  – Oxirane, 2,2,2,2– [1,2–eth anediylidenetetrakis(4,1phenyle neoxymethylene)]tetrakis– 
(CAS No. 7328–97–4), hereafter referred to as "TGOPE"; 
– Bromic acid, potassium salt (CAS No. 7758–01–2), also known as "Potassium 
bromate";  and 
– Benzene, 1,2–dimethoxy–4– (2–propenyl)  – (CAS No. 93–15–2), commonly called 
"Methyl eugenol". 
This addition enables the development of regul atory instruments for these substances under 
CEPA 1999.  The Ministers may, however, choos e to develop non–regulatory instruments to 
manage human health and environmen tal risks posed by these substances. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 30 Oc tober 2010, pages 2796–2805 (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:  29 December 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:  
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2010/2010-10-30/pdf/g1-14444.pdf   (Canada Gazette) 
or http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-10-30/html/reg1-eng.html
  (English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-10-30/html/reg1-fra.html   (French)