. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/221 
21 November 2007 
 (07-5107) 
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 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 
Email: 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):   Domestic detectors 
(ICS:  13.220.20, 13.320) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Proposed Order Amending Schedule I to the H azardous Products Act (Domestic Detectors) 
(5 pages, available in English and French). 
Proposed Domestic Detectors Regulations (2 pages, available in English and French). 
6. Description of content:   The Hazardous Products Act  (HPA) provides the authority to 
prohibit or restrict the advertis ement, sale or importa tion of products which are, or are likely 
to be, a danger to the health or safety of the public. Item 33 of Part I of Schedule I to the HPA prohibits the advertisement, sale or importation of certain detection devices, 
specifically, audible signal appliances, control units, smoke detectors and heat detectors 
used in household fire alarm systems and smoke  alarms for household use that do not meet 
the applicable requirements of the listed U nderwriters' Laboratori es of Canada (ULC) 
standards. 
The purposes of the proposed Regulations are twofold:  
(a) to update the health and safety requirements for domestic detectors to reflect the current 
versions of ULC standards, as amended from time to time. G/TBT/N/CAN/221 
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   The new standards are harmonized with the UL C standards used in the United States; and  
(b) to move the substantive requirements for such detectors from item 33 of Part I of 
Schedule I to the HPA into a new item in Part II of Schedule I:  
47. Domestic detectors as defined in the Domestic Detectors Regulations . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 10  November 2007, Pages 3166-3172 
(available in English and French). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication 
in the Canada Gazette, Part I. 
On the date the measure is adopted 
10. Final date for comments:   24 January 2008 
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/2007/20071110/pdf/g1-14145.pdf  (Canada Gazette) or 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071110/html/regle3-e.html  (Order_English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071110/ht ml/regle3-f.html  (Décret _French) 
 http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071110/htm l/regle4-e.html  (Regulations_English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071110/htm l/regle4-f.html  (Règlement_French)