. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/99 
10 May 2004 
 (04-2076) 
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, Onta rio, 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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Cigarettes 
(ICS: 13.220.40, 65.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Cigarette 
Ignition Propensity Regulations (p ages 1386-1403; English and French) 
Proposed Amendment to the Tobacco Repor ting Regulations (pages 1404-1407; English 
and French) 
6. Description of content:   The Department of Health is proposing that manufactured 
cigarettes be required to have a reduced lik elihood of igniting upholstered furniture, 
mattresses and bedding in order to reduce the d eath and injury associated with such fires. 
The proposed Regulations would require all cigarettes manufactured in or imported into 
Canada as of October 1, 2005, to burn their full length no more than 25 percent of the time 
during 40 replicate tests on 10 layers of Wh atman no. 2 filter paper as described by ASTM 
E2187-02b Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes . This 
performance standard prescribes an objective but allows manufacturers the freedom to use 
the manufacturing process or technical design of their choosing to achieve it.   
Further, in response to a concern raised by industry regarding the possibility of increased 
toxicity, proposed amendments to the Tobacco Reporting Regulations  would require 
manufacturers and importers to perform annual to xicity testing on cigarette brands sold in 
Canada, both prior to and after the ignitio n propensity standard comes into force. 
Manufacturers and importers would be required to submit the results of these tests to the 
Department of Health on an annual basis.  G/TBT/N/CAN/99 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 1 May 2004 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated  
Proposed date of entry into force:  not stated, except for section 3 of the Regulations 
Amending the Tobacco Reporting Regulations , which comes into force on the later of June 
26, 2004 and the day on which these Regulations are registered. 
10. Final date for comments:   15 July 2004 
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/2004/20040501/pdf/g1-13818.pdf