The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
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Notifying Member: Canada
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: Health Canada
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) ofagency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Canada's SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point
Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Cribs, cradles and bassinets, accessories and stands (ICS: 97.140, 97.190)
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations (63 pages, available in English and French).
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Description of content: Cribs, cradles and bassinets are the only products intended to provide unsupervised sleeping accommodation for infants and young children. To protect this vulnerable population, it is important that these products and their accessories provide a safe sleep environment and are constructed in a manner that protects against known hazards, which may result in injuries and deaths. The current Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations (CCBR) have strict requirements for the construction and performance of these products (G/TBT/N/CAN/98/Rev.1). However, in collaboration with the ASTM International working groups for cribs, cradles and bassinets, Health Canada has identified further hazards not yet addressed by these Regulations, such as those associated with the deformation and breakage of hardware on traditional crib drop-sides. Therefore, Health Canada is proposing to introduce new Regulations to address these hazards.
The proposed CCBR of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) would repeal and replace the existing CCBR, which were promulgated under the Hazardous Products Act. The proposed new CCBR would introduce a number of major modifications to address identified hazards, including a prohibition on the sale, importation, manufacture and advertisement of traditional drop-side cribs, and the introduction of performance requirements and test methods for accessories to cribs, cradles and bassinets and stands for cribs, cradles and bassinets. The new CCBR are intended to help improve the safety of these products to further safeguard against incidents, while bringing many of the Canadian regulatory requirements in line with those of the United States, which, in turn, will help provide clarity for industry.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The objective of this proposal is to help protect infants and young children from known hazards posed by cribs, cradles, bassinets, accessories and stands.
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Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, April 11, 2009
Canada Gazette, Part I, July 25, 2015, pages 2033-2095 (available in English and French)
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Proposed date of adoption: Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I.
Proposed date of entry into force: These Regulations come into force six months after the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II;
Transition Period: The proposed CCBR would provide for a transition period of six months during which time the current CCBR would continue to apply to all cribs, cradles and bassinets sold, advertised, imported or manufactured in Canada. This provision would allow industry the opportunity to modify or re-design their products to meet regulatory requirements, and verify the regulatory compliance of their products through product testing.
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Final date for comments: 8 October 2015
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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
