CANADA: ELECTRICAL OR HYDROCARBON-FUELLED APPLIANCES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.51. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: Canada. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): Quebec. 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Natural Resources. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Electrical or hydrocarbon-fuelled appliances. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Proposed Amendment to the Regulation Respecting the Energy Efficiency of Electrical or Hydrocarbon-Fuelled Appliances (pages 185-190). 6. Description of content: The new regulatory provisions will require suppliers (manufacturers and retailers) of certain equipment and appliances to provide Quebec consumers with products having a higher level of energy efficiency. Quebec's current regulatory provisions concerning the energy efficiency of appliances has been in force since October 1992. Since then, British Columbia and Ontario have amended their regulatory provisions to increase their requirements and the number of appliances covered. The Federal Government has also made regulatory provisions establishing national energy efficiency and labelling standards for several categories of appliances in the international and interprovincial trade. 7. Objective and rationale: Protection of the environment. 8. Relevant documents: Gazette officielle du Quebec, Part 2, Volume 127, 25 January 1995, No. 4. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Not stated. 10. Final date for comments: 11 March 1995. (073)

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