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7 May 2019 
(19-3119) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 7 May 2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada .  
 
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Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance) and the Order Amending 
Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Colouring Agents)  
The proposed regulatory amendments notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/557 (dated 26 June 2018) were 
adopted and published on 1 May 2019 as the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized 
Appearance) and the Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Colouring 
Agents).  
The majority of the Regulations will come into force on the day on which subsection 11(2) of A n Act 
to amend the Tobacco Act comes into force, which will be 200 days after the day that the Regulations 
are made.  
Requirements for cigars and packages that contain cigars will come into force one year after the day 
on which subsection 11(2) of An Act to  amend the Tobacco Act comes into force, that is, one year 
after the day on which the majority of the provisions of the Regulations come into force.  
Certain appearance requirements for tobacco products intended for use with a device will come into 
force tw o years after the day on which subsection 11(2) of An Act to amend the Tobacco Act comes 
into force, that is, two years after the day on which the majority of the provisions of the Regulations 
come into force.  
Certain requirements for cigarette packaging ( e.g. slide and shell, package dimensions) will come 
into force two years after the day on which subsection 11(2) of An Act to amend the Tobacco Act 
comes into force, that is, two years after the day on which the majority of the provisions of the 
Regulation s come into force.  
The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from the Internet addresses below:  
Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance):  
• http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -05-01/html/sor -dors107 -eng.html  (English)  
• http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -05-01/html/sor -dors107 -fra.html  (French)  
Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Colouring Agents):  
• http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -05-01/html/sor -dors108 -eng.html  (English)  
• http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -05-01/html/sor -dors108 -fra.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TPB)  
111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343)203 -4273  
Fax: (613)943 -0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
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