. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/53
23 December 2002
(02-7075)
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):   Toxic Substances
(ICS:  13.020)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Federal
Halocarbon Regulations, 2002 (pages 3637-3660; English and French)
6. Description of content:   Recognizing that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and Halons deplete
the ozone layer and have adverse effects on the environment, Canada, along with 23 other
nations, signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on
September 16, 1987.
Parties to the Protocol, now totaling over 180, have implemented control measures to
achieve emissions reductions of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSs). These reductions are
intended to prevent damage resulting from the gradual destruction of the ozone layer and
thus contribute to protecting the ecosystem and human health. Since 1987, Canada hasadopted regulations to meet its Montreal Protocol commitments.
The proposed Federal Halocarbon Regulation, 2002  will replace the current Federal
Halocarbon Regulations . The purpose of the proposed Regulations is to implement
regulatory measures to achieve an orderly transition from CFCs and Halons to alternative
substances and technologies as well as to add bromochloromethane (Halon 1011) to the listof controlled substances as per Canada’s international commitments.
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, 7 December 2002G/TBT/N/CAN/53
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   5 February 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://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13649.pdf