Vol. 150, No. 14 — July 13, 2016

Registration

SOR/2016-188 June 22, 2016

CANADA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

Phthalates Regulations

P.C. 2016-615 June 21, 2016

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (see footnote a), makes the annexed Phthalates Regulations.

Phthalates Regulations

Interpretation

Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

child care article means a product that is intended to facilitate the relaxation, sleep, hygiene, feeding, sucking or teething of a child under four years of age. (article de puériculture)

good laboratory practices means practices that are in accordance with the principles set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development document entitled OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice, Number 1 of the OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring, ENV/MC/CHEM(98)17, the English version of which is dated January 21, 1998 and the French version of which is dated March 6, 1998. (bonnes pratiques de laboratoire)

toy means a product that is intended for use by a child under 14 years of age in learning or play. (jouet)

Requirements

DEHP, DBP and BBP

2 The vinyl in a toy or child care article must not contain more than 1 000 mg/kg of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) when tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices.

DINP, DIDP and DNOP

3 (1) The vinyl in any part of a toy or child care article that can, in a reasonably foreseeable manner, be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age must not contain more than 1 000 mg/kg of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) or di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP) when tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices.

Interpretation

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), a part of a toy or child care article can be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age if

Dimensions — deflated state

(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), if a part of a toy or child care article is inflatable, its dimensions must be determined in its deflated state.

Repeal

4 The Phthalates Regulations (see footnote 1) are repealed.

Coming into Force

Registration

5 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2016-164, Asbestos Products Regulations.