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8 January 2020  
(20-0158) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English, French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 7 January 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada .  
 
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Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations  
Under the authority of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act  and the Canada Consumer Product 
Safety Act , on 25 December 2019 Health Canada published the new Vaping Products Labelling and 
Packaging Regulations  in the Canada Gazette , Part II. The Proposed Regu lations were notified in 
G/TBT/N/CAN/592 (dated 28 June 2019).  
The objective of the Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations  is twofold: (i) to enhance 
awareness of the health hazards of using vaping products and to prevent the public from being  
deceived or misled with respect to these hazards, and (ii) to help protect the health and safety of 
young children by reducing the risk that they will ingest vaping substances containing toxic 
concentrations of nicotine.   
The Vaping Products Labelling an d Packaging Regulations  require that vaping substances display 
important health and safety information. Vaping products containing nicotine must display a 
standardized nicotine concentration statement and a health warning about the addictiveness of 
nicotin e. In addition, vaping products containing nicotine must be packaged in child -resistant 
containers and display a toxicity warning and first -aid treatment statement. A list of ingredients 
must be displayed on vaping substances, regardless of nicotine conten t.  
The Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations  come into force on 1 July 2020 with one 
exception. The requirement for refillable vaping devices and their parts to be child -resistant comes 
into force on 1 January 2021.  
The full text of the adop ted measure can be downloaded from the Internet addresses below:  
http://gazette. gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -12-25/html/sor -dors353 -eng.html  (English)  
http://gazett e.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -12-25/html/sor -dors353 -fra.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
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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