Trade and Industry Department Commercial Information Circulars No. 672/2008

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

Ref : EIC 191/4

31 December 2008

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 672/2008

Canada : Certain Exemptions for Padded Undergarments and Shoulder Pads
and Trimmings in Articles of Clothing from the Ontario Regulation 218/01
(Upholstered and Stuffed Articles)

The Canadian Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) recently made amendments to the Ontario Regulation 218/01 (Upholstered and Stuffed Articles) under the Canadian Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000. Interested parties may refer to the attached Annex (pdf format) or the website of TSSA at http://www.tssa.org/CorpLibrary/ArticleFileMain.asp?Instance=136&ID=2380B9F41E0446BBBC28DAAA5E0F9229 for details.

Under the amended regulations with the addition of Section 2(2)(e) and Section 2(2)(f), persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of padded undergarments or shoulder pads and trimmings in articles of clothing, and articles of clothing containing shoulder pads or trimmings, or both, but only with respect to the shoulder pads or trimmings, or both are exempted from Subsection 3(1) - Licence required, Section 5 - Labelling requirements, Section 6 - Prohibition on sale of unlabelled articles and Section 8 - Prohibition on sale of certain articles of the Ontario Regulation 218/01 (Upholstered and Stuffed Articles).

For more information of the regulations, traders are strongly advised to seek clarifications with their importers in Canada in order to comply with the necessary requirements.

ENQUIRIES

For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Bonny CHAO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Electronic services for Production Notification, Certificate of Origin, Textiles Notifications, and Cargo Manifests enable traders to lodge/make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited currently runs services for the above documents,
and Global e-Trading Services Limited is providing electronic services for Cargo Manifests. Please call the service providers for enquiries on their services:

Global e-Trading Services Limited (Tel. : 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel. : 2599 1700)

Note :

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.