WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.190
4July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2525)
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: Environment 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): National guidelines and
criteria under theEnvironmental Choice Program
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
- Notice ofIntent toConsult onNational Guidelines Under theEnvironmental
Choice Program (2pages);
- ListofCriteria Under Which theEnvironmental Choice Program isLicensing,
orhasLicensed Products orServices (2pages).
6. Description ofcontent: Environmental Canada, under theauthority oftheCanadian
Environmental Protection Act, isproviding notice ofintent toconsult onnational
guidelines andtothelistofcriteria under theEnvironmental Choice Program.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection oftheenvironment
8. Relevant documents: Environment Canada Notice
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notapplicable
10. Final dateforcomments: 13August 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: