. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/220 
13 November 2007 
 (07-4928) 
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 
Email: 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):   Glass doors and 
enclosures (ICS : 81.040.20, 91.060.50). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Proposed Order Amending Schedule I to the H azardous Products Act (Glass Doors and 
Enclosures) (4 pages, available in English and French). 
Proposed Glass Doors and Enclosures Regulati ons (3 pages, available in English and 
French). 
6. Description of content:   This proposed initiative is to amend the current Safety Glass 
Regulations  of the Hazardous Products Act  (HPA) such that the tests referenced therein are 
in harmonization with those referenced in th e National Building Code of Canada (NBC).  
This initiative does not change the original intention of the  Safety Glass Regulations , which 
is to complement the specifications of th e NBC and provide minimum safety requirements 
for specific types of household-use doors and enclosures that contain glass: shower doors, bathtub enclosures, storm doors, patio doors, a nd exterior doors containing a pane of glass 
larger than 0.5 m
2 in area, the lowest edge of whic h is less than 900 mm from the bottom 
edge of the door. The advertisement, sale or  importation of these products is prohibited in 
Canada, if the glass with which they are cons tructed does not pass the tests specified in the 
Regulations.  G/TBT/N/CAN/220 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 3 November 2007 (pages 3110-3116, 
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:   17 January 2008 
11. Texts 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://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071103/pdf/g1-14144.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
or 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071103/html/regle4-e.html  (Order_English) http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071103/ht ml/regle4-f.html  (Décret _French) 
 http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071103/htm l/regle5-e.html  (Regulations_English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071103/htm l/regle5-f.html  (Règlement_French)