G/TBT/N/CAN/688  
16 January  2023 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English, French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Environment and Climate Change Canada  
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 abo ve:  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111, promenade Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: (343) 203 -4273 
Fax: 613 -943-0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national t ariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor cars 
and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (HS Codes : 
87.03)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas 
Regulations ; (59 page(s), in English), (59 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  The Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas 
Emission  Regulations  have established progressively more stringent greenhouse gas 
emission standards for new light -duty vehicles since the 2011 model year.  
In the December 2020 Strengthened C limate Plan, the Government announced its 
intention to improve the efficiency of light -duty vehicles in the post -2025 period by 
aligning with the most stringent standards in North America. The 2030 Emissions 
Reduction Plan subsequently committed the Govern ment to develop a light -duty vehicles 
(LDV) zero emission vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate, which will set annually increasing 
requirements towards achieving 100% LDV ZEV sales by 2035, including mandatory 
interim targets of at least 20% of all new LDVs offered  for sale by 2026 and at least 60% 
by 2030.  
The proposed Regulations would implement these commitments by amending the current 
Regulations to add zero -emission vehicle requirements, beginning with model year 2026, G/TBT/N/CAN/688  
 
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  as well as making administrative amendments to the current Regulations on pre -2026 
model year vehicles, beginning with model year 2023.  
The most recent publication of Environment and Climate Change Canada's Regulations 
Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission 
Regulations  will help Canada achieve its climate commitments.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment and human health  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part I, 31 December 2022, pages 6253 -6311, 
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -12-31/pdf/g1 -15653.pdf  (available in 
English and French)  
Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations : 
https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR -2010-201/index.html  
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 , subsection 93(1) and sections 160, 162, 
and 326: https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C -15.31/  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within 18 months of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The proposed Amendments would come into force 
on the day on which they are registered.  
10. Final date for comments:  16 March 2023; 75 days from publication in Canada Gazette, 
Part I.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found at:  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -12-31/html/reg1 -eng.html  (anglais)  
https://canadagazette. gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -12-31/html/reg1 -fra.html  (français)