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WTO notification · TBT

CanadaProposed measure, open for comments

Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals

Official title

Regulations Amending the Clean Fuel Regulations (43 pages, available in English and French)

Canada notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 4 November 2026. Comments are open until 14 January 2027.

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At a glance

Products

Fuel HS: 271012 and 271019; ICS: 03.120, 13.020, 75.160

HS codes
  • 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
    • 271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume 'incl. losses' distil at 210°C 'ASTM D 86 method' (excl. containing…
    • 271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
Notifying member
Canada
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CAN/785

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 14 January 2027
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
On the day the final Amendments are registered

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 14 January 2027, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CAN/785 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Canada.

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What the notification says

The Clean Fuel Regulations (the Regulations) require regulated parties (producers and importers of gasoline or diesel) to reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity of the gasoline or diesel they produce or import for use in Canada. To achieve this, the Regulations establish annual lifecycle carbon intensity limits for gasoline and diesel in grams of carbon dioxide equivalent emitted per unit of energy (expressed as grams per megajoule or gCO2e/MJ). The annual lifecycle carbon intensity limits came into force on July 1, 2023 and gradually decreases until 2030. The Regulations establish a credit market as the primary compliance mechanism. Each credit represents a lifecycle emission reduction of one tonne of CO2e. For each compliance period, a regulated party must create or acquire sufficient credits and use them to demonstrate compliance with its annual reduction requirements. Credits are created for the following categories of actions: Category 1: Emission reduction projects along the fuel lifecycle (e.g. carbon capture and permanent storage, low-carbon intensity electricity, co-processing at refineries); Category 2: Supply of low-carbon fuels for use in Canada (e.g. ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogenation derived renewable diesel, renewable natural gas or renewable propane); Category 3: Supplying fuel and energy in advanced vehicle technologies (e.g. electricity and hydrogen) The proposed Regulations Amending the Clean Fuel Regulations (the proposed Amendments) would introduce a…

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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