WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.49
21February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0709)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Health Canada
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Tobacco products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Tobacco
(Labelling andReporting) Regulations (15pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposed Tobacco (Labelling andReporting) Regulations
reinstate (and redraft) therequirements forhealth messages andtoxic emission
information ontobacco products setoutinSections 11to16oftheTobacco Products
Control Regulations (previously notified inG/TBT/Notif.96.9) andcontinue the
reporting requirements setoutinSections 17to19ofthesame regulations.
Inaddition, while theproposed Tobacco (Labelling andReporting) Regulations
continue toprovide thatanyother testmethod canbeusedthatwould produce equivalent
results, itupdates thestandards referenced intheSchedule totheTobacco Products
Control Regulations tothose actually inuseinthetobacco industry elsewhere inthe
world. References tothemostcurrent versions ofinternational standards ISO8234, ISO
3308 andISO8454 replace references tosuperseded versions ofthesame Standards. A
reference toCanadian Standard CAN/CGSB-176.1-92 -Preparation ofCigarettes from
Cigarette Tobacco forTesting -hasbeen added inplace ofinstructions forthe
preparation ofcigarettes from cigarette tobacco.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhealth
8. Relevant documents: Proposed Tobacco (Labelling andReporting) Regulations
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 7April 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: