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Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices

Official title

Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products) 25 pages in Part I of the Canada Gazette, English and French.

Canada issued an addendum on 10 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CAN/702. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 5 July 2023. The comment period closed on 14 September 2023.

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Products

Various laser devices including but not limited to HS 845611, 851580, 85219010, and 901320. The following laser devices would be excluded from this proposal: · laser-based medical devices as defined by the Medical Devices Regulations · laser products that are sold to other manufacturers for use as c

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 845611 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for…
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 851580 Electric machines and apparatus for laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc welding; electric machines…
    • 852190 Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. magnetic tape-type and video camera recorders)
  • 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
    • 901320 Lasers (excl. laser diodes)
Notifying member
Canada
Status
In force, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CAN/702Latest notice: G/TBT/N/CAN/702/Add.2

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 14 September 2023
Proposed adoption
Not applicable
Proposed entry into force
Not applicable

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/CAN/702/Add.2⁩, 10 October 2025)

The latest notice says the measure has entered into force.

Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products)

The regulatory amendments notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/702 (dated July 5, 2023) were registered on September 27, 2024, published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on October 9, 2024, and came into force on October 9, 2025 as the Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products) (SOR/2024-196).

The requirements of the Radiation Emitting Device Regulations (Regulations) have not changed substantively in over 30 years. Proposed changes to the Regulations would include new provisions to replace the existing radiation protection requirements for laser scanners and demonstration lasers with modern requirements appropriate for the broad scope of laser products available to Canadians today, and proportional to their level of hazard. The proposed amendments would: · extend the proposed requirements to all laser devices, rather than just demonstration lasers and laser scanners (with the exception of medical devices, those products already excluded from the scope of the IEC 60825-1: 2014 standard, and those products excluded from the scope of the Radiation Emitting Devices Act) · align the Regulations laser radiation safety requirements with an international standard for laser products by adopting specific sections of IEC 60825-1: 2014 · introduce the IEC classification system for 'laser products' that ranks devices according to their degree of hazard · establish testing methods and rules to determine accessible emission levels and assign laser products to a particular hazard class · require built-in engineering safety features that are appropriate for the laser class to manage exposure to hazardous levels of radiation · establish labelling requirements and accompanying information to support compliance monitoring, verification, and enforcement activities (e.g., requiring…

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/CAN/702/Add.2

    Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products)

    The regulatory amendments notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/702 (dated July 5, 2023) were registered on September 27, 2024, published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on October 9, 2024, and came into force on October 9, 2025 as the Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products) (SOR/2024-196).

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/CAN/702/Add.1

    Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products)

    The regulatory amendments notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/702 (dated July 5, 2023) were registered on September 27, 2024, and published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on October 9, 2024 as the Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products)(SOR/2024-196). The requirements of the Radiation Emitting Device Regulations (Regulations) have not changed substantively in over 30 years. Changes to the Regulations will include new provisions to replace the existing radiation protection requirements for laser scanners and demonstration lasers with modern requirements appropriate for the broad scope of laser products available to Canadians today, and proportional to their level of hazard. The amendments will: apply to all laser products except for medical devices (as defined in the Medical Devices Regulations), non-operable laser components and repair parts (as per conditions outlined in the scope of the International Electro-technical Commission’s (IEC) IEC 60825-1:2014 Safety of Laser Products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements (the IEC standard), and products to which the Radiation Emitting Devices Act does not apply; align laser radiation safety requirements of the Regulations with an international standard for laser products by adopting specific sections of the IEC standard; introduce the IEC classification system for 'laser products' that classifies products according to their degree of hazard; establish testing methods and rules to…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document 1 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 3 (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CAN/702

    Comment deadline: Closed on 14 September 2023

    Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products) 25 pages in Part I of the Canada Gazette, English and French.

    The requirements of the Radiation Emitting Device Regulations (Regulations) have not changed substantively in over 30 years. Proposed changes to the Regulations would include new provisions to replace the existing radiation protection requirements for laser scanners and demonstration lasers with modern requirements appropriate for the broad scope of laser products available to Canadians today, and proportional to their level of hazard. The proposed amendments would: · extend the proposed requirements to all laser devices, rather than just demonstration lasers and laser scanners (with the exception of medical devices, those products already excluded from the scope of the IEC 60825-1: 2014 standard, and those products excluded from the scope of the Radiation Emitting Devices Act) · align the Regulations laser radiation safety requirements with an international standard for laser products by adopting specific sections of IEC 60825-1: 2014 · introduce the IEC classification system for 'laser products' that ranks devices according to their degree of hazard · establish testing methods and rules to determine accessible emission levels and assign laser products to a particular hazard class · require built-in engineering safety features that are appropriate for the laser class to manage exposure to hazardous levels of radiation · establish labelling requirements and accompanying information to support compliance monitoring, verification, and enforcement activities (e.g., requiring…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

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