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8 May 2019  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 8 May 2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada .  
 
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Corded Window Coverings Regulations  
Under the authority of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, on 1 May, 2019, Health Canada 
published the new Corded Window Coverings Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The 
Proposed Regulations were notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/531 (dated 25 August, 2017).  
The Corded Window Coverings Regulations (SOR/2019 -97) repeal and replace the Corded Window 
Covering Products Regulations - SOR/2016 -172 ( http://gazett e.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2016/2016 -07-
13/html/sor -dors172 -eng.html ). 
The Corded Window Coverings Regulations restrict the length of reachable cords and the size of 
loops that can be created to help eliminate the risk of strangulation. The Regulations require that 
any cord that can be reached must be too short to wrap around a one -year-old child’s neck (i.e. not 
more than 22 cm in length) or form a loop that can be pulled over a one -year-old child’s head 
(i.e. not more than 44 cm in perimeter) when subjected to the gradual application of force attaining 
35 N. There is also a requirement for a warning on the product, packaging, instructions, and 
associated advertisements that speak to the hazards and specifications outlined above, with 
instructions to immediately remo ve the product should those hazards become present.  
The Corded Window Coverings Regulations are intended to help eliminate the strangulation hazard 
and to help reduce the rate of fatal strangulations associated with all corded window coverings, by 
specifyi ng requirements for construction, performance, labelling, and required product information 
across all market segments.  
The Corded Window Coverings Regulations will come into force on 1 May 2021.   
The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from the following Internet addresses:  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -05-01/html/sor -dors97 -eng.html   
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2019/2019 -05-01/html/sor -dors97 -fra.html  
or requested from:  
Canada’s Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343) 203 -4273  
Fax: (613) 943 -0346  
Email: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
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