. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/141/Rev.1 
23 November 2005 
 (05-5535) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision  
 
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:   Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), 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 E-mail:  info@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):   Pest Control Products  
(ICS:  65.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Pest 
Control Products Regulations (pages 3747-3797, 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 12  December  2002, and will be brought 
into force once the existing Pest Control Products Regulations  have been revised (revised 
PCPR).  The new 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 orde r 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  G/TBT/N/CAN/141/Rev.1 
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 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: In the interest of increased transparency , this document has also been notified under 
the SPS Agreement. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety and the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 12 November 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }February 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   12 December 2005 
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/2005/20051112/pdf/g1-13946.pdf