. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/137 
21 July 2005 
 (05-3274) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
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):   Ontario 
2. Agency responsible:   Ontario Ministry 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:   Article 3.2  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Gasoline 
(ICS:  75.160.20, 13.020.040, 13.040.50) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Ethanol in 
Gasoline Regulations (3 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   As part of its commitments to improve air quality and reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions, the Government of  Ontario has committed to ensuring that 
Ontario’s gasoline will contain ethanol (an alcohol-based alternative fuel produced from 
renewable feedstocks such as corn and other plant materials).  The draft regulation of ethanol will implement a renewable fuel standa rd (RFS) requiring gasoline sold in Ontario 
to contain an average of 5% ethanol on an annual basis.  
Implementation of this regulation will fulfill one of many commitments the government has 
made to improve air quality and reduce greenhou se gases.  The Government of Ontario has 
committed to ensuring that gasoline sold in the province will contain an average of 5% 
ethanol (an alcohol-based alternative fuel pr oduced from renewable feedstocks such as 
corn) by volume.  On a lifecycle-basis, a 5% ethanol blend can reduce greenhouse gas 
(GHG) emissions by up to 4%.  By requiring On tario’s gasoline to contain an average of 5% 
ethanol, the proposed regulation is expected to result in a GHG reduction of 800,000 tonnes 
on an annual basis. G/TBT/N/CAN/137 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Ontario Ministry of the Environment website, Environmental Bill of 
Rights (EBR) Registry Number : RA05E0010 
Additional material in support of this noti ce is available by clicking the following 
hyperlink(s): 
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/env_re g/er/documents/2005/RA05E0010.pdf 
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/air/airquality/clap.htm http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=26238 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
1 January 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   16 August 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://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envregistry/025600er.htm