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CanadaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Organic chemicals – Canada

Official title

Order Amending Schedule VI to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Additional Fentanyl Precursors) (17 pages in English, 21 pages in French) Regulations Amending the Precursor Control Regulations (Additional Fentanyl Precursors) (2 pages in English and French)

Canada notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 13 March 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Phenethyl bromide Phenethyl chloride Phenethyl iodide Propionic anhydride Benzyl chloride

HS codes
  • 29 · Organic chemicals
    • 290399 Halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons (excl. chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, p-dichlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene [ISO], DDT [ISO] 'clofenotane…
    • 291590 Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated…
Notifying member
Canada
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 13 March 2026. Check WTO ePing or Canada for its current status.
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CAN/774
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CAN/774; it forwards comments to Canada.

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What the notification says

The purpose of this notification is to inform members that on March 11, 2026, Canada published permanent controls for phenethyl bromide, phenethyl chloride, phenethyl iodide, propionic anhydride, and benzyl chloride by adding them to Schedule VI of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to the Schedule to the Precursor Control Regulations. The permanent controls come into force on April 12, 2026 (phenethyl bromide, propionic anhydride, and benzyl chloride are already temporarily controlled in Canada under a Ministerial Order). With these amendments, any person not authorized to conduct regulated activities with the five precursors will be subject to offences and penalties.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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