. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/159 
16 May 2006 
 (06-2377) 
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 Natural Resources 
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 [ 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):   Beverage vending 
machines, commercial reach-in refrigeration, commercial air conditioners and heat pumps, 
central air conditioners and heat pumps less th an 19 kW (65 000 Btu/h), chest freezers with 
automatic defrost, automatic defrost re frigerator-freezer, exit signs, fluorescent lamp 
ballasts, dry-type transformers, dishwashers (ICS:  97.130.20, 91.140.30,  23.120, 27.080, 
97.040.30, 91.160.10, 29.140.30, 29.180, 97.040.40). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Energy Efficiency Regulations (English and French; pages 1014-1065) 
6. Description of content:   The Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations (the 
"amendment") will address recommendations raised by the Standing Joint Committee for 
the Scrutiny of Regulations pertaining to various sections of the Energy Efficiency 
Regulations . It will also address issues raised by the Department of Justice on section 11, 
Verification Mark , of the Regulations. 
 
The amendment will introduce regulatory requ irements for beverage vending machines and 
commercial reach-in refrigeration. 
The amendment will increase the stringency of existing minimum performance 
requirements for three types of air conditione rs used in the commercial/institutional sector. G/TBT/N/CAN/159 
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  The amendment will update the test method and increase the stringency of energy 
performance requirements for central air cond itioners and heat pumps less than 19 kW 
(65 000 Btu/h). 
This amendment introduces requirements for tw o new types of appliances: chest freezers 
with automatic defrost, Type 10A and automa tic defrost refrigerator-freezer, with bottom 
mounted freezer and through-the-door-ice servi ce, Type 5A. The amendment also modifies 
the definition of automatic defrost system to include the normal compressor cycle as 
automatic defrost. The amendm ent will ensure that minimum standard requirements and 
labelling are harmonized in Canada and the United States for these products. 
The amendment will repeal the effective date fo r internally lighted exit signs. This change 
will broaden the coverage of the requirement to  include all exit signs regardless of the date 
of manufacture. 
The amendment will also repeal the effec tive date for fluorescent lamp ballasts and 
introduce ballasts efficacy factors for energy saving lamps. It will also modify specific 
exclusion criteria for certain ballasts, such as ambient temperature of operation and dimming capabilities. The amendment will also allo w for ballasts that operate a small subset 
of F32T8 lamps to operate at a lower power fact or than specified in the current Regulations. 
In this amendment, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) proposes to eliminate the tap range 
exemption for dry-type transformers. 
This amendment will also update the Regula tions by adding references to the newly 
available French version of certain CSA sta ndards, as well as updating the reference of the 
test method for dishwashers. The amendment will update the numbering system of items 
included in Part I of Schedule I of the Regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 6 May 2006 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not stated 
10. Final date for comments:   20 July 2006 
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/2006/20060506/pdf/g1-14018.pdf