. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/287 
3 December 2009  
 (09-6194) 
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 government 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, 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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Pest Control Products 
(ICS: 65.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Amendment to the Pest Control Products Regula tions  (15 pages, available in English and 
French).     
6. Description of content:  This proposal would encourage the registration of new innovative 
pesticides, including for use on minor crops, a nd facilitate timely entry of competitively 
priced generic pesticides. This would ultimatel y benefit pesticide users, particularly the 
agricultural sector. This proposal has been d esigned to provide a legally enforceable and 
fair process of pesticide data protection. It is intended to benefit pesticide users, particularly 
in the agricultural sector, by encouraging th e registration of new innovative and minor uses, 
and by facilitating the timely and predictable entry of competitively priced generic pesticides via a clear negotiation and arbitra tion process. More specifically, the proposal 
would provide 10 years of exclusive use protection for data used to support the Canadian 
registration of a new pesticide that contains a new active ingredient. And, by adding minor 
uses of significance to the original registrati on, the exclusive use period could be extended 
by up to 5 years (i.e. to a maximum of 15 years). Note: This document has also been 
notified under the SPS Agreement. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety and the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 14 November 2009, Pages 3415-3429 
(available in English and French)   G/TBT/N/CAN/287 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 Proposed date of entry into force:    Within 7 to 12 months of publication in the 
Canada Gazette, Part I. On the day the measure is adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:  28 January 2010 
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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2009/2009-11-14/p df/g1-14346.pdf
 (Canada Gazette) 
or 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2009/2009-11-14/html/reg2-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2009/2009-11-14/html/reg2-fra.html  (French)