CANADA: TOXIC SUBSTANCES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.273. 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 Environment. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. CS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Toxic substances. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Amendment to the List of Toxic Substances (Schedule 1) (pages 3069-3079). 6. Description of content: Recognizing that chlorfluorcarbons (CFCs) and halons deplete the ozone layer and have adverse effects on the environment, Canada, along with 23 other nations, signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances the Deplete the Ozone Layer on 16 September 1987. This treaty is designed to prevent a global environmental and health problem for reaching the crisis stage. The Montreal Protocol has been revised twice to accelerate the phase-out dates for CFCs and halons to control new substances considered damaging to the ozone layer. Between 1989 and 1994, Canada adopted adequate regulations to meet its Montreal Protocol commitments. The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations (ODS Regulations), which came into force on 2 June 1994, replace Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations Nos. 1, 2 and 4. These Regulations control the import, manufacture, use, sale and export of bulk ozone-depleting substances. They reflect Canada's commitments with respect to consumption (consumption = production + imports - exports) of ozone-depleting substances. 7. Objective and rationale: Protection of the environment. 8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, 2 September 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Not stated. 10. Final date for comments: 1 November 1995. (289)

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