New Substances Notification Regulations (SOR/94-260) [Repealed]

These regulations ensure that no new substances are introduced into the Canadian marketplace before an assessment of whether they are potentially toxic has been completed, and any appropriate or required control measures have been taken.

Additional information

• Historical - Consultations on the CEPA new substances notification regulations and new substances program: final report of the multistakeholder consultations
• Historical - Consultations on the CEPA New Substances Notification Regulations and New Substances Program
• Historical - New Substances Program - Operational Policies Manual
• New substances: evaluating new substances
• New substances notifications: Living organisms
• New substances notification advisory note 2002-01
• Archived - Environmental Assessment Regulations (EAR): Food and Drug Products and the Environment
• Archived - Guidelines for the notification and testing of new substances : organisms (August 2010)

Related topics

• Pollution and waste management
• Managing substances in the environment

Related institutions

• Environment and Climate Change Canada

Related acts

• Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

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These regulations ensure that no new substances are introduced into the Canadian marketplace before an assessment of whether they are potentially toxic has been completed, and any appropriate or required control measures have been taken.

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These regulations are repealed.

These regulations ensure that no new substances are introduced into the Canadian marketplace before an assessment of whether they are potentially toxic has been completed, and any appropriate or required control measures have been taken.