. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/330 
2 March 2011  
 (11-1071) 
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 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:  mailto: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):  Bidis, cigarettes, kreteks, 
little cigars, tobacco sticks, cigarette tobacco, cigarette papers, cigarette tubes and cigarette 
filters (ICS:  55.230, 65.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Promotion of 
Tobacco Products and Accessories Regulations (Prohibited Terms) (12 pages, available in 
English and French). 
6. Description of content:  The Department of Health is proposing regulations, the Promotion 
Tobacco Products and Accessorie s Regulations (Prohibited Term s), pursuant to the Tobacco 
Act that would prohibit the use of the terms "li ght" and "mild", and variations thereof, from 
relevant tobacco products, their packaging, advertising, and re tail displays, as well as on 
tobacco accessories.  
Note: A government Notice of Inte nt (NOI) was published in the Canada Gazette , Part I, on 
December 1, 2001, and sought public input in th e development of proposed regulations to 
prohibit the display of the terms "light" and "m ild" and variations thereof on tobacco product 
packaging (notified under G/TBT/N/CAN/22). The Government pre-published the proposed 
Regulations in the Canada Gazette , Part I, in Augus t 2007 (notified under 
G/TBT/N/CAN/208).  However, ch anges to the scope of the Regulations has necessitated a 
new prepublication of th e proposed Regulations. G/TBT/N/CAN/330 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 19 Febr uary 2011, Pages 577 - 588 (available 
in English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
 Proposed date of entry into force:    Anticipated within 4 to 9 months of 
prepublication in the Cana da Gazette, Part I. 
 
The proposed regulations would come into 
force on the day they are adopted.  Two 
provisions, those prohibi ting the sale of an 
accessory displaying th e prohibited terms and 
the display at retail of a product displaying the prohibited terms, would come into force 4 months after the propo sed regulations are 
adopted.   
10. Final date for comments:  5 May 2011 
11. Text 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://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2011/2011-02-19/pdf/g1-14508.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
or  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-02-19/html/reg5-eng.html
 (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-02-19/html/reg5-fra.html  (French)