. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/72
5 August 2003
(03-4114)
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:           
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 [ X ], 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):  Nuclear substances and
radioactive materials (ICS : 13.300)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment
to Certain Regulations made under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (pages 2323-2346;English and French)
6. Description of content:
This proposed regulation deals with the inclusion into the Packaging and Transport of
Nuclear Substances Regulations (PTNSR) of the latest version of the International Atomic
Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material
(IAEA Regulations), 1996 edition (revised),  No. TS-R-1 and with two consequential
amendments to the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations (GNSCR).
The proposed changes are designed to complement existing regulatory practices. For the
most part, the amendments update existing references made to the IAEA Regulationsthroughout the PTNSR and introduce a number of new requirements, such as Type C
packages for air transport of large quantities of nuclear substances and the certification of a
new type of nuclear materials called Low Dispersible Radioactive Materials (LDRM) as
discussed later in this RIAS.
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, 26 July 2003          
9.Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } not statedG/TBT/N/CAN/72
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10. Final date for comments:    9 October 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/2003/20030726/pdf/g1-13730.pdf