WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/57
6 February 2003
(03-0805)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/
French
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 the Environment and 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, E-mail:  info@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):   Benzene
(ICS :  75.160.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Regulations
Amending the Benzene in Gasoline Regulations (pages 279-288;  English and French)
6. Description of content:   The Regulations Amending the Benzene in Gasoline Regulations,
hereinafter referred to as the proposed Regulations, are being proposed in parallel with theRegulations Amending the Sulphur in Gasoline Regulations , which propose a new and more
precise test method for measuring sulphur content.  The proposed Regulations will align the
sulphur limits for commercially pure butane and oxygenate in the Benzene in Gasoline
Regulations  with the levels and timings of the sulphur limits in the Sulphur in Gasoline
Regulations .  The test methods for sulphur will also be updated to align the two
Regulations.
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, 1 February 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   2 April 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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030201/pdf/g1-13705.pdf