. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/38
4 June 2002
(02-3075)
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:   Environment Canada and Health Canada
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 [ 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):   Hazardous industrial
chemicals and pesticides (ICS: 65.100, 71.040)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Regulations
on Export of Substances under the Rotterdam Convention Regulations (English and French)
6. Description of content:   The proposed regulations will permit Canada to implement the
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC)  Procedure for Certain
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade .  The main purpose of the
proposed regulations is to ensure that chemicals and pesticides subject to the PIC procedure
are not exported to parties to the Convention, unless the importing Party has provided its
“prior informed consent” to the shipment.  Canada has also undertaken to ensure that
Canadian exporters respect any conditions imposed on the importation of these substances.
The Rotterdam Convention on the  Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade  was adopted in September
1998.  The Rotterdam Convention will come into force 90 days after fifty countries deposit
instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.  The PIC procedure replaces
previous voluntary notification procedures that have been in place for a considerable period
of time, and is widely supported by leading ch emical industry associations, and a variety of
non-governmental associations.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health and the environment.
8. Relevant documents:   Not statedG/TBT/N/CAN/38
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   31 July 2002
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:           