WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.327
16September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3587)
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: Department oftheEnvironment
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Biochemicals and
biopolymers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment
totheNewSubstances Notification Regulations, pages 2393-2431
6. Description ofcontent: Thisproposed amendment hasbeendesigned toreduce therisks
associated withtheintroduction ofneworganisms, biochemicals andbiopolymers into
theenvironment.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman health
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette PartI,17August 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 16October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: