. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/74
28 August 2003
(03-4490)
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 Transport
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: info@scc.ca
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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):   Dangerous goods
(ICS:13.300)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (pages 2632-2635; English and
French)
6.Description of content:
The 2003-2004 Edition of the International Civil Aviation Organization Technical
Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Technical
Instructions) published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, introduces a
number of changes including new requirements for diagnostic specimens, for example, a
United Nations (UN) number for diagnostic specimens (UN3373); an air eligibility markingas of January 1, 2004; a cryogenic liquid label; the use of absorbent materials in
combination packagings for liquids; packing and packaging for gases that incorporate UN
package design, construction, testing, inspection and marking criteria; and alternative
sequences of information to identify the dangerous goods on the Shipper’s Declaration for
Dangerous Goods.
The amendments align the Transportation of Danger ous Goods Regulations with the recent
edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions that  facilitates the international and transborder
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of public safety
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 16 August 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }not stated
10. Final date for comments:   15 October 2003
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/2003/20030816/pdf/g1-13733.pdf