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G/TBT/N/CAN/2435 June 2008(08-2640)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/ French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 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, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.: +1 613 238 3222, Fax.: +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: enquirypoint@scc.ca
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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): Cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, kreteks, leaf tobacco and tobacco sticks (ICS: 55.230, 65.160)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Amendment to the Tobacco Products Information Regulations (12 pages, available in English and French).
6. Description of content:
The Tobacco Products Information Regulations establish the requirements for information that must be displayed on tobacco products that are for retail sale in Canada.
The Department of Health is proposing regulations pursuant to the Tobacco Act that would remove the obligation in the Tobacco Products Information Regulations to list numerical values for toxic emissions as well as respond to problems in those regulations with respect to redundant language, clarity and consistency and errors in terminology as identified by the Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, 31 May 2008, Pages 1717-1728 (available in English and French)
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
Normally within 18 months of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I.
The Regulations would come into force on the day on which they are adopted. However, if a package of a tobacco product and any accompanying leaflet displays information in accordance with the former Regulations, the former Regulations would continue to apply to the package and the leaflet until the day that is 550 days after the day on which these Regulations come into force.
10. Final date for comments: 14 August 2008
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/2008/20080531/pdf/g1-14222.pdf (Canada Gazette) or
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080531/html/regle1-e.html (English)
