. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/267 
28 May 2009  
 (09-2567) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulated 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 and Department of Health 
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, 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 Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  
(10 pages, available in English and French)     
6. Description of content:  Chemical substances can have detrimental effects on the 
environment and/or human health when released in a certain quantity or concentration 
in the environment. Scientific assessments of the impact of human and environmental 
exposure to a number of these substances have determined that these substances are toxic to human health and the environment as per the criteria set out under section 64 of the Canadian Environmental 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 pursuant to subsection 90(1) of CEPA 1999, is to add: 
• Ethanol, 2-methoxy-, acetate (CAS No. 110-49-6), hereafter referred to as “2-MEA,”  • Ethanol, 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)- (CAS No. 111-77-3), hereafter referred to as 
“DEGME,” • 1-Propanol, 2-methoxy- (CAS No. 1589-47-5), hereafter referred to as 
“2-  methoxypropanol,” and 
• 2-Naphthalenol, 1-[(4-methyl-2-nitrophenyl)azo]- (CAS No. 2425-85-6), hereafter 
referred to as “Pigment Red 3”  G/TBT/N/CAN/267 
Page 2  
 
  to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 as human health priority 
substances. This addition would enable Environment Canada and Health Canada to develop measures (which could include regulatory and non-regulatory instruments) under CEPA 1999 to manage human health 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, 16 May 2009, Pages 1481-1490 (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:  15 July 2009 
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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-05-16/pdf/g1-14320.pdf
 (Canada Gazette) 
or  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-05-16/html/reg3-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-05-16/html/reg3-fra.html  (French)