. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/284 
13 October 2009  
 (09-4968) 
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 the Environmen t and 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, Ontari o, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222, 
Fax.: +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: enquirypoint@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):  Toxic substances 
(ICS : 13.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Order Adding 
Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Ca nadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 
(9 pages, available in English and French).     
6. Description of content:  Canadians depend on chemical substa nces that are used in hundreds 
of goods, from medicines to computers, fabric s, and fuels. Unfortunately, some chemical 
substances can negatively affect our health and environment when released in a certain 
quantity or concentration in the environment. Scientific assessments of the impact of human 
and environmental exposure have determined that a number of these substances are toxic to 
human health and/or the environment as per the criteria set out in section 64 of the Canadian 
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999).  
The objective of the proposed Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Canadian 
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the proposed Order), made 
under subsection 90(1) of CEPA 1999, is to add th e following substances to the List of Toxic 
Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999: 
• 2-Propenamide, hereafter referr ed to as “Acrylamide”, and  
• Ethanol, 2-chloro-, phosphate (3:1), hereafter referred to as “TCEP”. 
This addition would enable the development of measures (which could include regulatory and 
non-regulatory instruments) under CEPA 1999 to  manage human health and environmental 
risks posed by these substances. G/TBT/N/CAN/284 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 3 Oc tober 2009, Pages 3017-3025 (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:  2 December 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2009/2009-10-03/p df/g1-14340.pdf   (Canada Gazette) 
or  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2009/2009-10-03/html/reg3-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2009/2009-10-03/html/reg3-fra.html     (French)