WTO Quantitative Restrictions

Canada #5584 (v.1)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
01/10/2018 - present
Current active version v.1
Reporting member
Canada
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Conditional prohibition on the import of certain toxic substances
National legal basis
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

The PCTSR first came into force on April 30, 1996. The regulations were last amended on November 24, 2017.
Administrative mechanism
The PCTSR is administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Some substances listed to the PCTSR are also listed to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
The PCTSR was previously notified to the following WTO Committees:
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in G/TBT/N/CAN/340 (12 August 2011)
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in G/TBT/N/CAN/340/ADD.1 (22 January 2013)
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in G/TBT/N/CAN/443 (24 April 2015)
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in G/TBT/N/CAN/443/ADD.1 (12 October 2016)
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in G/TBT/N/CAN/502 (16 November 2016),
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in G/TBT/N/CAN/502/ADD.1 (18 December 2017)
Responsible entities
Environment and Climate Change Canada
HS version
HS 2017
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Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article XX (b) of the GATT
Non-WTO commitments
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
CP
Symbol
CP

Tariff lines
Various
Toxic substances as listed in the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 (PCTSR)...
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HS Chapter 29
Toxic substances as listed in the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 (PCTSR)...