. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/184 
13 December 2006 
 (06-5976) 
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 the Environment 
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):    
Methyl Bromide (ICS: 13.020, 71.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the  Ozone-depleting Substances Re gulations, 1998 (12 pages, available in English and 
French). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of the proposed Regulations Amending the Ozone-
depleting Substances Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "proposed Regulations") is 
to add flexibility within the Regulations to allow transfers of methyl bromide among the companies that have been granted a critical or  emergency use exemption in a given year.  
The proposed amendments would encourage the use of alternatives and allow industry to 
optimize the efficiency of the limited quantities of methyl bromide available for critical and 
emergency use exemptions in Canada.  These pr inciples are part of the Canadian National 
Management Strategy for the Phase-out of  Methyl Bromide Critical Use Exemptions  (the 
Strategy). The development and implementati on of the Strategy was required by Decision 
Ex.I/4 of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 
(Montreal Protocol) made at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties of March 2004. 
The proposed Regulations would also ensure that Canada remains consistent with its 
international obligations under the Montreal Protocol regarding critical use exemptions of 
methyl bromide.  Overall, the proposed Re gulations would encourage the development of 
alternatives.  They would also lead to a re duction of quantities of methyl bromide imported 
for critical and emergency use exemptions in Canada. G/TBT/N/CAN/184 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment and human health 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 2 December 2006, Pages 4025-4036 
(Available in English and French). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   } Not stated 
10. Final date for comments:   31 January 2007 
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/2006/20061202/pdf/g1-14048.pdf