WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/82
27 November 2003
(03-6308)
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 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):   Children’s Jewellery
(ICS:  39.060, 97.190)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Children’s
Jewellery Regulations and Proposed Order Am ending Schedule I to the Hazardous Products
Act (Children’s Jewellery) (pages 3661-3672;  English and French)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this regulatory initiative is to improve the
protection of the health and safety of Canadians, especially children, when they are exposedto children’s jewellery.  This is accomplished by proposing new regulations under Part II of
Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) which will make it illegal to advertise,
sell, or import in Canada:
- Children’s jewellery containing more than 600 mg/kg total lead and more
than 90 mg/kg migratable or leachable lead.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 22 November 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   5 February 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/2003/20031122/pdf/g1-13747.pdf