. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/262 
23 April 2009  
 (09-1937) 
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 Environment 
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):  Cars and light-duty trucks 
(ICS: 13.040, 43.040, 43.080, 43.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notice of intent to 
develop regulations limiting car bon dioxide emission from new cars and light-duty trucks 
(3 pages, available in English and French).  
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given that the Department of the Environment is 
initiating the development of regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 
1999 to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from  new cars and light-duty trucks to take 
effect beginning with the 2011 model year. 
A new approach: Development of regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection 
Act, 1999. 
The Government of Canada is proceeding with  the immediate development of regulations 
under the Canadian Environmental Protection Ac t, 1999 (CEPA 1999) to limit emissions of 
carbon dioxide (CO2) from cars and light-duty tr ucks to take effect beginning with the 2011 
model year. The Government recognizes th e importance of a strong and competitive 
Canadian automotive industry and is worki ng towards the implementation of common North 
American standards for 2011 and later model y ear vehicles. CEPA 1999 provides authority to 
establish federal regula tions to limit greenhouse gas emissi ons from motor vehicles. CO2 is 
the predominant greenhouse gas emitted from vehicl es and is directly related to the amount of 
fuel consumed by a vehicle. Accordingly, CO2 emission regulations will  be established under 
CEPA 1999 that are equivalent to the U.S. national fuel economy standards that were 
announced on March 27, 2009, for 2011 model year  vehicles. The U.S. National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration es timates that these new standard s will raise the U.S. industry G/TBT/N/CAN/262 
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  wide average fuel economy of new cars and lig ht trucks to 27.3 miles per gallon in the 2011 
model year (i.e. equivalent to  about 202 grams of CO2 per kilo metre). The implementation of 
these standards is a first step towards achievi ng the U.S. fuel economy target of 35 miles per 
gallon by 2020, which corresponds to a CO2 emis sion target of about 158 grams of CO2 per 
kilometre. 
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, 4 Ap ril  2009, Pages 841-843 () available in 
English and French 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not stated for this notice.  Will be stated in 
subsequent Revision to this notification.  
10. Final date for comments:  This document is not for comment at this time.  A comment 
period will be provided in a Re vision of this notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009 /2009-04-04/pdf/g1-14314.pdf (Canada Gazette)  
or  http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009 /2009-04-04/html/notice-avis-eng.html#d110
 
(English)  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/ 2009-04-04/html/notice- avis-fra.html#d110  (French)