. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/67
19 June 2003
(03-3276)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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,
ext. 491, Fax.:  +1 613 569 7808, E-mail:  info@scc.ca
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 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):   Gas fireplaces and
electric ranges (ICS: 97.100.20, 97.040.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Energy Efficiency Regulations  (pages 1619-1629);  English and French)
6. Description of content:   T h e  Energy Efficiency Regulations help Canada meet its
commitments under the National Action Program on Climate Change.  The measuresestablished under this program encourage the efficient use of energy on an economic basis.
They contribute to the competitiveness of Canada’s economy while helping to achieve
Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limitation targets.
The Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations (the amendment) will require
gas fireplace dealers to certify their products for energy efficiency using a recently
published Canadian Standards Association (CSA) CSA P.4.1-02 Testing Method for
Measuring Annual Fireplace Efficiency (CSA P.4.1) and report the information to Natural
Resources Canada (NRCan).
The amendment will also update the standard referenced for electric ranges to
CSA C358-03, Energy Consumption Test Methods  for Household Electric Ranges
(CSA C358-03).  The revised standard uses new consumption factors that better reflect
modern usage patterns and implements minimum energy performance levels that will apply
equally to all categories of products.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the environment
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 31 May 2003G/TBT/N/CAN/67
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   14 August 2003
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 Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030531/pdf/g1-13722.pdf