   
  
IP/N/1/CAN/38  
IP/N/1/CAN/P/24  
 
6 March 2024  
(24-2069) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of   
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
CANADA : PATENTED MEDICINES (NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE) REGULATIONS  
Notifying Member  CANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/CAN/24_01313_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/CAN/24_01313_00_f.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CAN/P/9  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The 7 October 2010 Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) 
(PM(NOC)) Regulations correct language and grammatical inconsistencies, as identified by the 
Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (SJCSR). The amendments en sure 
consistency between the English and French versions of the PM(NOC) Regulations and  amend 
language where more appropriate and/or more precise language was deemed necessary by the 
SJCSR.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English /French  
Entry into force  7 October 2010  
 
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  5 February 2024  IP/N/1/CAN/38 • IP/N/1/CAN/P/24  
 
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  Other information  PM(NOC) Regulations:  
https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor -93-
133/20101007/P1TT3xt3.html  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada  
Patent Policy Directorate  
235 Queen Street  
Ottawa  
Ontario K1A 0H5  
Canada  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  