. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/328 
2 March 2011  
 (11-1055) 
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 governme nt 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, Ontario Canada, K1P 6N7  
Tel:  +1 613 238 3222,  
Fax:  +1 613 569 7808,  E-mail:  mailto: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):  Cigarettes and little cigars 
(ICS: 55.230, 65.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed tobacco 
products labelling regul ations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars ) (38 pages, available in English 
and French). 
6. Description of content:  The Department of Health is proposing regulations, the Tobacco 
Products Labelling Regulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars) , pursuant to the Tobacco Act  
that would replace the labelling requirements  for cigarettes and little cigars currently 
enshrined in the Tobacco Products Info rmation Regulations  (TPIR). 
The proposed Regulations would require the display of 16 health warnings, 8 health 
information messages, and 4 toxic emissions st atements.  The proposal also includes a pan-
Canadian toll-free quitline number and cessati on Web portal to be di splayed on all health 
warnings and some health information messages and enhanced regulatory requirements to maximize visibility and legibility on all types and sizes of packages, including an increase in 
the size of the health warnings from 50% to 75 % of the front and back of cigarette and little 
cigar packages. G/TBT/N/CAN/328 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 19 February 2011, Pages 519 -556 (available 
in English and French) The Labelling Elements for Tobacco Products (Cig arettes and Little Cigars) is referred to in 
the proposed Tobacco Products Labelling Re gulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars)  as the 
"source document" and contains the proposed new messages in variou s formats and sizes. 
(available in English and French) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc -ps/consult/_2011/label- etiquet/element-eng.php
 (English)  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc -ps/consult/_2011/label- etiquet/element-fra.php  (French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Anticipated within 4 to 9 months of 
prepublication in the Canada Gazette , Part I. 
The proposed Regulations would come into 
force on the day they are adopted.  
Manufacturers of tobacc o products would have 
a transition period of six months for implementation, in which they would be allowed to continue to provide retailers with packages displaying the health-related labels 
mandated by the TPIR.  Retailers would have a 
transition period of nine months for implementation, in which they would be able to sell-through their inventory of products that display the health-related  labels mandated by 
the TPIR.   
10. Final date for comments:  5 May 2011 
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 regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2011/2011-02-19/pdf/g1-14508.pdf   (Canada Gazette) 
or  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-02-19/html/reg3-eng.html
 (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-02-19/html/reg3-fra.html  (French)