WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/56
6 February 2003
(03-0804)
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
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):   Gasoline
(ICS: 75.160.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Regulations
Amending the Sulphur in Gasoline Regulations (pages 271-278; English and French)
6. Description of content:   The Regulations Amending the Sulphur in Gasoline Regulations
are being proposed, at the request of industry, to change the test method for measuringsulphur content to a recently developed method that provides for more accurate
measurement of sulphur at low levels. Environment Canada agrees that this new method is a
superior method that provides the means to measure sulphur concentrations at low levels
with precision. The limits of sulphur content for gasoline remain the same as in the past, but
are expressed in milligrams per kilogram rather than in percent by weight. At the same time,
a number of other minor changes are being proposed to update the Regulations, clarify some
provisions, and make the Regulations more consistent with other federal fuels regulations.The Regulations Amending the Benzene in Gasoline Regulations  are also being proposed in
parallel to ensure consistency between the fuels 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, 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           