. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/100 
12 May 2004  
 
(04-2123) 
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 the Environment 
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):   Off-road diesel engine 
emissions (ICS: 13.040.50, 53.100, 65.060, 73.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Off-Road 
Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations (pages 1450-1471;  English and 
French)  
6. Description of content:   The proposed Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission 
Regulations  (hereinafter referred to as "the pr oposed Regulations") introduce exhaust 
emission standards for compression-ignition e ngines (hereinafter referred to as "diesel 
engines") used for off road mobile applicati ons. The proposed Regulations apply to diesel 
engines that are found in construction, mining,  farming and forestry machines, such as 
tractors, excavators, and log skidders.  
The proposed Regulations, under section 160 of the Canadian Environmental Protection 
Act, 1999  (CEPA 1999), establish Canadian emissi on standards aligned with the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) rules for off-road diesel engines. The 
proposed Regulations apply to engines of th e 2006 and later model year, and encompass the 
U.S. EPA Tier 2 and Tier 3 standards. Envi ronment Canada plans to maintain alignment 
with the U.S. EPA 2008 (Tier 4) rules for off-ro ad diesel engines, once these are finalized in 
the United States.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 8 May 2004 G/TBT/N/CAN/100 
Page 2  
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  not stated 
Proposed date of entry into force:  not stated, except for sections 3 to 5 and 9 to 25, which 
come into force on January 1, 2006.  
10. Final date for comments:   7 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/2004/20040508/pdf/g1-13819.pdf  
 