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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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.

  1. 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).

  1. 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

  1. 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