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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/CAN/1448 | Canada | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Risk assessment | Agriculture | Pest risk management proposal for the regulation…
Pest risk management proposal for the regulation of Cydalima perspectalis in Canada.
The Risk Management Document provides an assessment of risk management options to regulate Cydalima perspectalis (Box tree moth) in Canada. Cydalima perspectalis, box tree moth (BTM), is native to East Asia and has become a serious invasive pest of Buxus spp. plants in Europe. In 2018, three moths were reported in Ontario, Canada, and pest presence was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in November that same year. (...) The risk management document includes a summary of CFIA's risk assessments on C. perspectalis and presents three pest risk management options for the pest in Canada under the authority of the Plant Protection Act: • Option 1 Status quo: No specific phytosanitary measures for C. perspectalis. • Option 2 Federal regulation of the pest: Creation of a localized regulated area in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Niagara peninsula (municipalities with positive detections in 2021) . • Option 3 Federal regulation of the pest: Creation of a regulated area for all of Ontario (recommended) . (...) |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/CAN/1425 | Canada | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Sustainable forestry management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Forestry | Entry requirements for wood packaging material…
Entry requirements for wood packaging material into Canada.
Canada is proposing revisions to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) directive on wood packaging material (WPM): D-98-08 Entry requirements for wood packaging materiel into Canada. This directive provides the requirements for the entry of all wood packaging materials (WPM) including dunnage, pallets, or crating made from wood entering Canada from all areas except the continental United States (U.S.) . (...) The shipborne dunnage program combines forest pest mitigation measures with a flexible and easy-to-apply approach that also promotes and encourages the use of ISPM 15 compliant material. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CAN/658 | Canada | 2022 | Air pollution reduction | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The proposed Amendments would make necessary…
The proposed Amendments would make necessary modifications to the Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations, the On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations and the Marine Spark-Ignition Engine, Vessel and Off-road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) to maintain alignment with the corresponding technical amendments made by the U.S. EPA. (...) The proposed Amendments will affect Canadian manufacturers and importers of vehicles and engines subject to the regulations. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CAN/661 | Canada | 2022 | Biodiversity and ecosystem, Waste management and…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Waste management and recycling
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Ban/Prohibition, Technical regulation or…
Ban/Prohibition, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | The proposed Single-Use Plastic Prohibition…
The proposed Single-Use Plastic Prohibition Regulations (the proposed Regulations) would prohibit the manufacture, import and sale of six categories of single-use plastic items (i.e., single-use plastic checkout bags, cutlery, food service ware made from or containing problematic plastics, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws). Manufacture and import for the purposes of export would not be subject to the proposed prohibition. Checkout bags, cutlery, and straws have reusable substitutes so the proposed Regulations would identify performance standards to differentiate between single-use and reusable items for these three product categories. The Regulations would also provide exemptions for straws to accommodate people with disabilities. (...) The six categories of single-use plastic items subject to the proposed Regulations are commonly found on Canadian shorelines and terrestrial litter clean-ups. The Government estimates that the proposed Regulations would prevent 23,000 tonnes of plastic pollution over a period of ten years. (...) items, when littered, likely pose a threat of harm to wildlife through entanglement, ingestion or habitat disruption. The six categories of single-use plastic items also present barriers to fostering a circular economy in Canada that would keep plastics in the economy and out of the environment because they have low recycling rates, are known to hamper recycling or wastewater treatment systems, and have barriers to increasing recycling rates. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CAN/669 | Canada | 2022 | Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (the…
The Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (the Regulations) prescribe energy efficiency standards for residential, commercial and industrial energy-using products. They also prescribe labelling requirements for certain products to disclose and compare the energy use of a given product model relative to others in their category. The Regulations are amended regularly to introduce or update energy efficiency and testing standards. This proposed amendment would update energy efficiency and testing standards for central air conditioners and central heat pumps primarily used in the residential sector to prevent upcoming unnecessary regulatory differences between Canada and the United States. (..:) Finally, the Amendment would specify energy-using products in order for the Minister to be able to exercise the ministerial regulations authority, at its discretion, to maintain harmonization between requirements set out in another jurisdiction.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CAN/673 | Canada | 2022 | Biodiversity and ecosystem, Chemical, toxic and…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The proposed Prohibition of Certain Toxic…
The proposed Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022 (the proposed Regulations) aim to reduce the risk of toxic substances entering the Canadian environment contributing to the protection of Canada's environment and wildlife. The proposed Regulations would repeal and replace the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 (the current Regulations), which prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and import of certain toxic substances and products containing them, with a limited number of exemptions. The proposed Regulations would further restrict the manufacture, use, sale and import of the following five substances, which are regulated under the current Regulations, by removing exemptions, by making most remaining exemptions time-limited or by imposing other conditions:
1) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), its salts and its precursors; 2) Perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts, and its precursors (PFOA); 3) Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts, and their precursors (LC-PFCAs); 4) Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); and 5) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The proposed Regulations would also include concentration limits for these five substances at or below which their presence would be considered incidental. The proposed Regulations would also introduce restrictions on the manufacture, use, sale and import of: 6) Dechlorane Plus (DP) and 7) Decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE). The final screening assessments conducted in 2019 by Environment and Climate Change Canada concluded that DP and DBDPE are toxic to the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. Currently, there are no risk management instruments in place respecting preventive or control actions for DP in Canada, while there are only limited controls on DBDPE through the New Substances Notifications Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers). (...) It would be possible for manufacturers or importers of HBCD, DP or DBDPE, or products containing them, to apply for a permit to continue their activities for up to three years, provided certain conditions are met. (...) |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/CAN/1366/REV.1 | Canada | 2022 | Animal protection, Sustainable fisheries…
Animal protection, Sustainable fisheries management
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Export licences, Technical regulation or…
Export licences, Technical regulation or specifications
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Fisheries, Other | Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals list.
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Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals list.
Canada is updating the Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals list (SSL) to add or remove OIE listed diseases of concern associated with species currently on the SSL. There will be no change to the list of susceptible species, only to the diseases to which they are susceptible. These updates are to align with changes to the species listed in various disease specific chapters of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Aquatic Animal Health Code, and to add the emerging disease Decapod iridescent virus (DIV) as a disease of concern for certain crustacean species. (...) Zoosanitary export certification is required for export to Canada of species on the SSL. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the certifying official in the exporting country to refer to Canada's SSL to review the diseases of concern for the species presented for export to ensure the export certificate conditions can be met. |
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Agriculture | G/AG/N/CAN/98 | Canada | 2014 | Sustainable agriculture management | Non-monetary support | Agriculture | Infrastructural services: federal, federal…
Infrastructural services: federal, federal/provincial: for mainly Agri-Environment Services Branch (formerly Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, or PFRA)
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Agriculture | G/AG/N/CAN/43/REV.1 | Canada | 2010 | Sustainable agriculture management | Not specified | Agriculture | General Services: Alberta Environmentally…
General Services: Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Program
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Agriculture | G/AG/N/CAN/91 | Canada | 2012 | Sustainable agriculture management | Not specified | Agriculture | Enabling Research for Competitive Agriculture …
Enabling Research for Competitive Agriculture (ERCA)
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