. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/97 
28 April 2004 
 (04-1902) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/ 
 French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of the Environm ent and Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Canadian Enquiry 
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Onta rio, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222, 
Fax.: +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: info@scc.ca 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Toxic substances 
(ICS: 13.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Order 
Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 of th e Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 
1999 (pages 1278-1283;  English and French) 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this initiative is to propose the addition of the 
following two substances to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999):  
— Tetrachlorobenzenes (TeCBs)  
— Pentachlorobenzene (QCB)  
 Based on available data, TeCBs and QCB are entering the environment in a quantity or 
concentration or under conditions that have or  may have an immediate or long-term harmful 
effect on the environment or its biological di versity and are considered "toxic," as defined 
under paragraph 64(a) of CEPA 1999.  
It is, therefore, recommended that both TeCBs and QCB be added to the List of Toxic 
Substances in Schedule I of CEPA 1999. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 24 April 2004 G/TBT/N/CAN/97 
Page 2  
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }not stated 
10. Final date for comments:   23 June 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available of the other body:  The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040424/pdf/g1-13817.pdf  
 