. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/254 
23 November 2005 
 (05-5529) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Department of 
Health  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pest control products  (ICS: 65.100)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not 
stated. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Pest Control 
Products Regulations (pages 3747-3797; available in English and French)  
6. Description of content:  Pest control products are regulat ed in Canada under the federal 
Pest Control Products Act  (PCPA) . A new PCPA was given Royal Assent on December 12, 
2002, and will be brought into force once the existing Pest Control Products Regulations  
have been revised (revised PCPR).  The ne w PCPA will replace the existing PCPA. The 
revised PCPR will replace the existing PCPR. 
The new PCPA modernizes and strengthens pest  control product legislation and makes the 
registration system more transparent. In order to ensure that the objectives of the new Act 
are met, the existing PCPR must be revised. The revisions being proposed to the existing 
PCPR aim at implementing the new PCPA while minimizing the economic impacts or 
burden on businesses. The proposed revised PCPR  will be structured in a very similar 
manner to the existing PCPR, although the langua ge will be simplified, where possible, 
using plain language. The revised PCPR will continue to include provisions describing 
definitions of terms used in the Regulations, ty pes of pest control products that are exempt 
from the Act or from registration, procedures detailing the registration process, including 
provisions relating to labelling requirements fo r products, packaging, storage and display, 
distribution, import, sampling and detention.  
The proposed revisions to the PCPR can be broadly categorized into three areas:  
• ensuring coherence with the new PCPA;  
• clarifying and modernizing provisions in the Regulations, where appropriate; 
and  
• formalizing established procedures and practices into regulations, thereby 
providing them with legal status.  
Note: This document has also b een notified under the TBT Agreement.  G/SPS/N/CAN/254 
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 7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 12 November 2005 (Available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  February 2006 
12. Final date for comments:  12 December 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2005/20051112/pdf/g1-13946.pdf