Regulatory Cooperation Report

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A REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS

ON REGULATORY COOPERATION BETWEEN

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

What Canadians Told Us

REGULATORYCOOPERATION


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WHAT CANADIANS TOLD US: A REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS ON REGULATORY COOPERATIONBETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

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A REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS

ON REGULATORY COOPERATION BETWEEN

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES


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TABLE OFCONTENTS


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1WHAT CANADIANS TOLD US

2OVERVIEW 4WHO WEHEARD FROM 6WHAT WEHEARD 10RECOMMENDEDAPPROACH FORA REGULATORY

FRAMEWORK

12CITED EXAMPLES

OF REGULATORY

ALIGNMENT

14WHAT WERE

DOING: NEXT STEPS

16APPENDIX 1:

GENERAL PROPOSALS

ON REGULATORY

ALIGNMENT

20APPENDIX 2:

SPECIFIC PROPOSALS

BY SECTOR

26APPENDIX 3:

ORGANIZATIONS

THAT PROVIDED

CONSULTATION

SUBMISSIONS


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OVERVIEW


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On February 4, 2011, Prime Miniser Sephen Harper and

Presiden Barack Obama ormally announced he creaion o

a CanadaUnied Saes Regulaory Cooperaion Council(RCC) o simpliy and align Canadian and American regu-

laory approaches, where possible. Te resul o such co-

operaion will be lower coss or business and consumers,

increased rade and invesmen, and ulimaely he creaion

o more jobs on boh sides o he border. Ciizens o boh

counries deserve smarer, more efecive approaches o

regulaion ha enhance economic compeiiveness while

mainaining high sandards o public healh and saey and

environmenal proecion.

and will coninue o inorm he RCCs work.

Te RCC also considered commens received by Foreign Afairs and Inernaional radeCanada in is May 2010 consulaions onuure areas or Norh American regulaorycooperaion,1 as well as inpu relevan o heRCCs work received hrough consulaionsheld by he Red ape Reducion Commission2and he Beyond he Border Working Group.3

Tis documen provides a summary o inpu

received in response o he RCCs call orconsulaions o develop a regulaory align-men acion plan. I does no reec he viewsor posiion o he Governmen o Canada.

1. Consulaions on Norh American Regu laory Cooperaion, www.inernaional.gc.ca/consulaions/apercu-recommendaions-summary.aspx?lang=eng&view=d. Summaries o consulaion iniiaives are available hrough he Web link s provided. Resuls o hese exercisesare no included as par o his repor.

2. Red ape Reducion Commission: Wha Weve Heard, www.reduceredape.gc.ca/heard-enendu/heard-enendu-eng.asp.

3. Perimeer Securiy & Economic Compeiiveness: Beyond he Border Working Group,www.borderacionplan-plandacionronalier.gc.ca/psec-scep/consulaions-consulaions.aspx#BBWG.

In he rs phase, Canada and he U.S. will

develop an iniial Join Acion Plan ha willideniy iniiaives in prioriy secors or acion.Tese iniiaives will increase regulaoryransparency and coordinaion beween hewo counries.

o inorm he developmen o he RCC JoinAcion Plan, he Governmen o Canada inviedinpu rom a range o sakeholders, includingCanadians, business and indusry associaions,

regulaory deparmens and agencies, andprovinces and erriories. Inpu ino heCanadian consulaions or he iniial RCC

Acion Plan was requesed by May 31, 2011.However, ongoing inpu has been welcomed


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WHO WEHEARD FROM


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Te consulaion process generaed a wide range o commens

and public eedback rom individuals, businesses and

organizaions.

Over he course o he consulaion period, he RCC received

eedback rom across Canada, including inpu rom privae

ciizens, hink anks, corporaions, and a wide range o indusry

and business associaions represening several secors o he

Canadian economy. Tese include agriculure and ood,

healh and consumer producs, energy, ransporaion,manuacuring, and various cross-secoral business asso-

ciaions. In all, 170 submissions4 were received ha oulined

recommended approaches and consideraions o help guide

he RCCs work and join cooperaive efors.

A lis o all he organizaions ha provided inpu o he RCC

consulaion exercise is provided in Appendix 3. Noe ha

some organizaions provided more han one submission.

4. Te gure o 170 includes submissions received direcly rom individuals and hose relevan o he RCC ha were orwarded by heBeyond he Border Working Group or he Red ape Reducion Commission. Tis gure excludes submissions rom Canadas provincesand erriories and oher Governmen o Canada deparmens and agencies, and does no coun muliple submissions rom a givensakeholder unless i made subsequen recommendaions ha were subsan ively diferen rom is previous recommendaions .


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WHAT WEHEARD


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Consulaion submissions covered a wide range o opics,

including iems o broad, cross-secoral applicaion or impac,

as well as indusry-ocused proposals relaed o specicsiuaions or issues. Te ollowing provides an overview o

recommended areas or enhanced regulaory cooperaion,

organized by secor.

SECTOR KEY ISSUES RAISED

Agriculureand ood

Tis secor consiued one o he mos requenly cied areas or regulaory align-men. Key issues raised by sakeholders included developing common approacheso ood saey requiremens, bioechnology produc approvals, crop proecionproducs, labelling, packaging and produc conen inormaion, expediingexpor cericaion, proecing animal and plan healh animal eed and pe ood,

veerinary drugs, and reducing duplicaion o produc-vericaion aciviies.

ransporaion ransporaion was also requenly cied as a secor ha would bene rom urherregulaory alignmen beween Canada and he U.S., especially or he road, air,marine and rail ransporaion modes. Regulaory issues raised included alignmen

o moor vehicle saey sandards (including or elecric and alernaive energyvehicles), he movemen o empy conainers and railers, heavy vehicle weighsand dimensions, marine securiy regulaions, regulaions peraining o he GreaLakes and S. Lawrence region (e.g., environmenal and emissions requiremens,piloage services), vessel clearance and reporing requiremens, screening ocargo and passengers, consrucion sandards or pleasure cra, pre-clearance opassengers, and shipping requiremens or dangerous or hazardous maerials.

Healh andconsumerproducs

Suggesions were raised on ways o reduce duplicaive esing, sandardizeclassicaions, harmonize labelling, leverage he regulaory resources o eachcounry, and align saey sandards or a range o consumer and healh producs.

Tese included pharmaceuicals, herapeuic and personal care producs, oys,sandards or elecrical and plumbing producs, chemicals, and elecommuni-caions producs, among ohers.

Environmenand energy

Given our shared environmen and he signican energy rade beween bohcounries, his was also an area requenly raised in submissions. Key regulaoryissues addressed included alignmen o greenhouse gas sandards or vehiclesand engines, energy e ciency sandards, chemicals managemen processes, andenvironmenal assessmen procedures or cross-border energy inrasrucure.

Cross-cuting

issues

Several sakeholder submissions raised regulaory issues ha cu across muliple

secors, such as nanomaerials, rules o origin requiremens under he NorhAmerican Free rade Agreemen (NAFA), and sandards-setings and conormiyassessmen procedures. In addiion, sakeholders highl ighed procedural con-sideraions in developing regulaions, such as he imporance o quaniying he

benes and coss o various regulaory opions, ensuring maximum ransparencyo regulaory iniiaives, and coordinaing inormaion gahering wihin and

beween governmens o reduce duplicaion.


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Respondens also idenied a variey o issuesor consideraion, such as changes o domesicpolicy or regulaions, and requess or domesic

unding o projecs or iniiaives ha weredeermined o be ouside he scope o heRCCs work. Where applicable, hese issueshave been shared wih he relevan ederaldeparmens or agencies.

INPUT FROM INDIVIDUALS

In mos cases, submissions rom individualsdid no propose specic iniiaives or regula-

ory cooperaion, bu suggesed broad orgeneral hemes and/or suggesions, some o

which did no perain o regulaory alignmen.For example, 30 o he submissions relaed oissues such as securi y, border regulaion andadminisraion, and immigraion, all o

which all wihin he responsibiliy o heBeyond he Border Working Group.

A number o individual respondens expressed

suppor or increased alignmen and coordin-aion beween Canada and he Unied Saes.Some expressed he view ha alhoughsovereigny is imporan and mus be main-ained, increased cooperaion wih he U.S.

would be benecial wih respec o rade andcommunicaion.

Meanwhile, many oher individual respond-ens expressed reservaions abou he RCCiniiaive. Some are absoluely opposed oany urher Canadian inegraion wih heU.S. and expressed concern or he perceivederosion o Canadian sovereigny, righs andpublic accounabiliy ha would accompanyheighened regulaory alignmen.

Generally, individuals who suppor regulaoryalignmen wih he U.S. expressed cauion,

based on shared values and principles. In hisregard, individuals idenied a number ocommon ideas, including he ollowing:

Efors o achieve greaer alignmen andcooperaion should no be done a heexpense o Canadas sovereigny as anindependen counry.

Alignmen should no be synonymous wihCanadas auomaic adopion o U.S. r ules.Raher, he seleced approach should be insuppor o he bes ineres o Canadians.

Iniiaives should be seleced only by care-

ully considering he benes o Canadiansas well as he coss.

Alignmen and cooperaive efors shouldbe designed o ensure coninued proeciono Canadians civil righs and personalinormaion.

Efors should oser he proecion o heway o lie o Firs Naions peoples.

Iniiaives should be pursued, and acionsaken, in a clear and ransparen manner,including due parliamenary process hainvolves appropriae consulaions.

INPUT FROM BUSINESSES

AND ORGANIZATIONS

Inpu was also received rom businesses,

hink anks, and a wide range o local andnaional organizaions.

Indusry submissions generally reeced avery high level o suppor or greaer regulaoryalignmen and cooperaion beween Canadaand he U.S. Respondens noed he impor-ance o esablishing a regulaory regime hasuppors efecive and e cien producion


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and disribuion, drives produciviy and heCanadian economy, and provides consumers

wih lower prices and more produc choices,

while mainaining high sandards o publichealh and saey.

As a backdrop o recommendaions and he work o he RCC, organizaions generallyemphasized he signicance o rade beweenCanada and he U.S. and he inegraion oour markes. Some organizaions poinedou ha rade beween Canada and he UniedSaes is imporan o boh counriesno

jus Canada. One organizaion, in explaining

he signican benes ha enhanced align-men would bring o boh counries, highlighedha Canada is he number one rading parneror as many as wo hirds o American saes.

Respondens also underlined he global naureo markes, which are no longer dened bynaional borders and are composed o ine-graed supply chains. As more han one organ-izaion highlighed, he same produc may

cross a border muliple imes in he producionprocess beore being compleed and becomingavailable o consumers.

Some respondens emphasized he need ore cien rameworks and processes o supporindusrys abiliy o succeed nancially andmee he growing needs o is cusomers. Indescribing he global and complex consumerproduc marke, one organizaion made he

case or ensuring ha Canadas regulaions arein line wih oher naions, especially wih ourlarges rading parnerhe Unied Saes.

Many submissions remarked on he growingnumber o regulaory requiremens imposed

by diferen organizaions on boh sides ohe border and urged greaer coordinaion

beween Canada and he U.S. Organizaionspoined o he various auhoriies in Canadaand he U.S., which boh require oen similar

inormaion during he impor process, andhe perceived lack o coordinaion amonggovernmen agencies.

Finally, a number o respondens remarkedon he disproporionae impac ha duplicaionand ine ciencies have on small and medium-sized organizaions. Tey poined o excessivepaperwork and he misalignmen o regulaionsas being an impedimen o doing business acrosshe border and, by exension, an impedimen

o growh.

Indusry submissions suppored he noionha appropriae and efecive regulaions arenecessary o suppor essenial objeciveso healh, saey, and environmenal andconsumer proecion, and expressed hahese objecives should no be sacriced inhe ineres o greaer alignmen. Troughouhe indusry submissions, respondens idenied

areas where hey believed alignmen could beachieved wihou sacricing produc qualiyand consumer proecion.


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RECOMMENDED

APPROACH FORA REGULATORYFRAMEWORK


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Alhough mos organizaions

made specic recommenda-

ions regarding opporuniiesor regulaory alignmen and

cooperaion in heir secors,

many also suggesed an

approach o making he

regulaory ramework more

efecive and e cien.

Te ollowing summarizes hese generaland broad-based recommendaions romorganizaions:

Sovereigny: In moving oward greaerregulaory alignmen and cooperaion, eachcounrys sovereigny mus be respecedand mainained.

Decisions based on science: Policy andregulaions should be guided by science-

based decision making. In he absence ocompelling scienic reasons or mainain-ing diferences, alignmen o regulaionsshould be he rule, especially when i couldsave money and enhance access o producs.

Going beyond simple alignmen: Givenhe deep inegraion o various secors andindusries in Canada and he U.S., he endobjecive mus go beyond he muual recog-niion o exising regulaions. Ideally, i

would resul in esablishing join regulaoryobjecives, collaboraive research on regu-laory opions and primary daa collec-ion, and shared peer reviews o regulaorydevelopmen and ongoing perormance.

Risk managemen: Decisions on creaingand adminisering regulaions, and possiblealignmen, mus be suppored by risk assess-

mens o ideniy he real need or regulaionor or a uniquely Canadian approach.

Cos-benef analysis: Many respondensnoed he signican coss ha can resul romregulaion and enorcemen and advocaedassessing he coss in addiion o he expeced

benes. In ha conex, some submissionssuggesed ha he raionale or cerainregulaions, or he need or heir diferen-iaion rom U.S. or inernaional sandards,

is no well explained or persuasive.

Duplicaion: A common heme ha emergedwas he desire o enhance coordinaion andavoid ine ciencies in such areas as hesubmission o paperwork, daa collecionand evaluaion, approvals, and esing.

Clariy, consisency and predicabiliy:An imporan elemen o an efecive ande cien ramework is o provide businesses

wih clear rules and consisen applicaion(ideally on boh sides o he border), leadingo predicabiliy or businesses ha arelooking o comply.

Level playing feld: I would be imporano esablish a level playing eld or Canadian

businesses, boh wih heir Americancounerparsand he rules under whichhey operaeas well as wih individual

ciizens.

Pilo programs: Pilo programs were sug-gesed o es new rameworks and processes.


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CITED EXAMPLESOF REGULATORY

ALIGNMENT


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In suppor o he RCCs

eors oward achieving

greaer alignmen and co-operaion, several submis-

sions noed examples and

bes pracices o serve as

models o inspire he work o

he RCC or more generally

as oundaions o build upon.

wo examples o broad regulaory harmon-izaion ha were cied are as ollows:

European Union (EU): A number o EUagencies have been esablished o guide heaciviies o he 27 member saes compeenauhoriies o provide inormaion and assisin adminisering and enorcing he provisionso common regulaions. For example, heEuropean Chemicals Agency was esablishedrecenly o manage he regisraion, evalua-ion, auhorizaion and resricion o chem-ical subsances manuacured, imporedand used in he EU. In addiion, he agencyprovides member saes wih scienic andechnical advice and assisance on chemicals.

Te AusraliaNew Zealand rans-asman Muual Recogniion Agreemen wasreerred o as a model ha ocuses on leadingscience, holds saey paramoun, and allowsor more predicable and e cien approvals.Respondens noed ha i esablishes arelaionship ha ensures ha producsdeveloped and approved or sale in onecounry can be sold in he oher, wihouurher esing and approvals. Te processis said o work well o reduce regulaorycomplexiy and coss or businesses andconsumers while allowing each counry oregulae separaely, based on unique needs.

A number o oher examples o inergovern-menal collaboraion or join iniiaives ha

relae o specic producs or indusries werehighlighed as successul examples o he powero he parnership beween Canada and he U.S.

on he inernaional sage. Te examples hawere noed are briey oulined in he ollowing:

Auomoive indusry: Tere has been ahisory o auomoive indusry inegraion,saring wih he Auo Pac in 1965, evolvingo he CanadaU.S. Free rade Agreemenand subsequenly NAFA. As an oucomeo his collaboraion and cooperaion, vehiclesare currenly designed, esed and producedin Canada and he U.S. or use in he Norh

American marke. Te economy o scaleproduced hrough his inegraion has bene-s or manuacurers and consumers.

Pesicide join review process: Tis joinreview process emerged ou o he NAFAechnical Working Group on Pesicides.I allowed he wo regulaory agencies oshare componens o he pesicide reviewprocess, allowing Canadian armers o have

more e cien access o new echnologies ahe same ime as heir American compeiors.

Healh Canada pilo: Tis pilo is inendedo expedie he review o applicaions orminor manuacuring changes when hesechanges have already been approved by heU.S. Food and Drug Adminisraion.

Conservaion: Examples o CanadaU.S. cooperaion on conservaion include

he Inernaional Join Commission,Inernaional Peace Parks Expediionsand he Norh American WaerowlManagemen Plan.

Policy coordinaion in he Grea LakesBasin: Examples include he CanadaU.S.

Boundary Waters Treaty, he CanadaU.S.Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement , heCanadaUnited States Air Quality Agreement,

and he Great LakesSt. Lawrence RiverBasin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement.

Vehicle emissions sandards: Ongoingcollaboraion beween Canadian and Amer-ican agencies has resuled in he alignmeno vehicle emissions sandards.


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WHAT WEREDOING:

NEXT STEPS


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Boh Canada and he Unied Saes have consuled wih he

public and sakeholders o receive inpu or he develop-

men o a Join Acion Plan on regulaory cooperaion. Boh

ses o consulaions concluded in spring 2011.

Since hen, members o he RCC and senior o cials rom

regulaory deparmens and agencies have me several imes

o ideniy poenial areas and iniiaives or he Join Ac-

ion Plan. Feedback rom consulaions was careully re-

viewed by boh Canada and he Unied Saes and inormed

discussions regarding wha iniiaives would be included inhe Acion Plan.

Te RCC Join Acion Plan is expeced in all 2011.

Te RCC coninues o welcome eedback rom Canadians

and all sakeholders. Commens can be submited hrough

a number o channels, including he Perimeer Securiy &

Economic Compeiiveness websie5 and by email a

[email protected].

5. Perimeer Securiy & Economic Compeiiveness,www.borderacionplan-plandacionronalier.gc.ca/psec-scep/consulaions-consulaions.aspx#RCC.


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1General Proposals onRegulatory Alignment

APPENDIX


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Alhough he RCC consula-

ions submission proposals

can be organized ino fourmain themes (as described

earlier and deailed in

Annex 2), submissions also

idenied many oher areas

or enhanced regulaoryalignmen. Lised in he

ollowing is a summary o

hese recommendaions.

PROCESS AND APPROACH TO

REGULATORY ALIGNMENT

General Approach

In assessing prioriies, quaniy he poenialbenes and risks o various opions in ordero maximize cos reducions and gains ineconomic growh while ensuring coninuedsrong proecion o public healh and saey.

Use principles o raionalizaion and coherence,common sense implemenaion, and avoidance

o uninended consequences o examine issuesbrough o he RCC.

Ensure ha efors designed o enhance align-men do no inadverenly creae new barrierso rade or Canadian indusries or causedisrupion in domesic markes.


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Insis ha sound science and robus inor-maion suppor regulaory decision making.

Ensure ha each governmen demonsraes

ransparency in drai ng policy and regula-ory iniiaives.

Encourage greaer coninuiy in Norh Americaregulaory aciviy and approaches, and exped-ie processes and rule making o mach hespeed o business in he global economy.

Underake a complee review o all non-cusomsrequiremens or imporing and exporing

beween counries, wih he goal o aligning

impor and expor requiremens, and eliminaerequiremens where here are no ideniedhealh and saey or securiy concerns.

Single Window o Governmen

Align regulaions and regulaory reporingprocesses across governmen agencies anddeparmens, including implemening single-

window reporing.

Develop one-window applicaion processes, wih subsequen approvals honoured byboh counries.

Esablishing Working Groups

Creae an indusrygovernmen working groupo discuss issues ha migh lend hemselves oairly rapid harmonizaion and muual accepance.

Recommend esablishing working groupsha ocus on he ollowing key secors o our

bi-naional economy: agriculure, ransporaion,energy, and healh and consumer producs.

Esablish a senior-level commitee o provideoversigh and coordinae cross-jurisdicionalimplemenaion o he RCC Join Acion Plan.

Inormaion Sharing

Coordinae inormaion gahering, daaanalysis and disribuion aciviies o reduceduplicaion, enhance e ciency and osercooperaion across he CanadaU.S. border.

Esablish clear procedures on how inorma-ion may be shared and used by U.S. o cials.

Ensure appropriae levels o privacy proecion,in compliance wih Canadian laws (e.g., hePersonal Inormation Protection and Electronic

Documents Act, or PIPEDA).

Ensure adequae proecion o commerciallysensiive daa.

Develop common sandards or secure inor-maion echnology.

HORIZONTAL ISSUES

Foser regulaory cooperaion and alignmenrelaing o nanoechnology.

Faciliae subsequen impors o he sameproduc once iniial requiremens have been me(wihou having o ll ou he same paperworkevery ime).

Eliminae redundan esing and cericaion

requiremens or previously examined producs.

Review NAFAs rules o origin requiremenso aciliae compliance, especially or small

businesses.


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Roll back regulaions and ees ha impedesupply chains.

Mandae he Sandards Council o Canada

and is U.S. counerpar o develop a san-dards and conormiy assessmen harmon-izaion agenda.

Include a ransparency clause in uure radeagreemens ha would require he compeenauhoriy o noiy any oher compeenauhoriy whose responsibiliies or workersmay be afeced by a Muual Recogniion

Agreemen being negoiaed or changed.

Wihin Canada, revise he CompeiionBureaus guidelines on using Made in Canadalabelling or consumer producs in order oalign wih requiremens ha apply o oodproducs.

OTHER

Exemp Canada rom he U.S. Foreign Account

Tax Compliance Act.


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2Specifc Proposals

by Sector

APPENDIX


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AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Food Saey Sysems

Develop common approaches o ood saeyrequiremens and policies, aligning newregulaions and guidancespecically, imple-menaion o he U.S. Food Saety Modernization

Actrequiremens.

Muually recognize ood saey sysems.

Improve he efeciveness o mea-saey-sysemequivalency agreemens (i.e., eliminae or

minimize re-inspecions o produc andmicrobial esing a he border).

Accep indusry-led sandards and programsha are based on inernaional sandards(e.g., he Hazard Analysis Criical ConrolPoin, or HACCP).

Harmonize approvals or ood-saey-enhancingproducs and echnology used in processing(e.g., packaging maerials, ani-microbial

inervenions, esing mehodologies andprocesses, saniaion, and mainenancechemicals and equipmen).

Bioechnology

Esablish a join review process or a MuualRecogniion Agreemen or bioechnologyproduc approvals o aciliae synchronizedapprovals.

Esablish a common policy or dealing wihlow level presence (LLP) o unapproved bio-echnology producs (e.g., harmonized riskassessmens and accepance o LLP alreadycommercially available in he oher counry).

Agriculural Inpus

Building on signican collaboraion o dae,

align pre-marke approval processes and daarequiremens or crop proecion producs

(i.e., pesicides, seed reamens) o aciliae join reviews and assessmens and improvere-evaluaion and re-regisraion processes.

Resolve discrepancies in maximum residuelimis or crop proecion producs.

Modiy he U.S. Environmenal Proecion Agency (EPA) noice-o-arrival process oremove he advance noicaion requiremenor producs ha are already EPA-regisered.

Harmonize he approval process or veerinarydrugs, including he esablishmen o max-imum residue limis.

Labelling, Packaging and Produc

Conen

Align nuriional labelling ormas and conen(e.g., nurien deniions, required values, dailyrecommended inakes).

Harmonize approaches o allowed healh claims.

Align sandards or discreionary oricaiono oods.

Develop uniorm labelling requiremens (e.g.,quali y specicaions, mehod o producionclaims, glycemic index labelling).

Adop a common approach o he nomenclaureo mea cus.

Eliminae or amend U.S. mandaory counry-o-origin labelling requiremens.

Align conainer size requiremens (inan ood,botled and canned goods).

Expor Cerifcaion

Implemen complemenary elecronic cer-icaion sysems in Canada and he U.S. oragriculural producs.

Eliminae Canadas requiremen or a veer-

inarians signaure on expor cericaes ormea and poulry producs.


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Animal and Plan Healh

Agree on zoning or oreign animal diseases, wih greaer recogniion o each counrys

abiliy o veriy he absence o disease andis conrol.

Align raceabiliy requiremens or live animals.

Muually recognize phyosaniary and zoo-saniary inspecions.

Harmonize crop pess and weed seeds regu-laions and sandards o address he issue ohe requiremen o mainain he ideniy o

screenings rom bulk shipmens.Resore and/or aciliae marke access orhe ollowing:

Canadian small ruminans (sheep, goas);

U.S. live hogs or slaugher in Canada; and

Bee-conaining pe ood rom Canada.

Harmonize livesock ransporaion sandardsraining or ruckers.

Animal Feed and Pe Food

Align produc requiremens or marke au-horizaion or animal eed ingrediens andaddiives o aciliae join CanadaU.S. animaleed produc regisraion, in paricular orhigh-risk ingrediens.

Align deniions o specied risk maerials o

alleviae pe ood ingredien supply pressuresbeween Canada and he U.S.

Reduce border-crossing imes or pe oodrom Canada o he U.S. by allowing pre-clearance and improving service sandardsor impor permis.

Oher

Adjus user ees o he U.S. Animal and PlanHealh Inspecion Service.

Address inequiy creaed by heMarine Mammal Protection Act , which prevensCanadian access o he U.S. marke relaing

o seal producs, alhough producs romAlaska move reely hrough U.S. markes.

Develop a proocol o manage agri-ood radeduring an emergency (e.g., pandemic).

Align inancial risk miigaion ools orcommercial ransacions or resh produce.

Adop common approaches o bulk produceshipmen requiremens, removing he require-men or Miniserial exempions.

Eliminae he monopoly o he CanadianWhea Board.

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Foser closer collaboraion on climae policyhrough he ollowing:

Aligning greenhouse gas emission sandards

or vehicles and engines; Developing a broad bilaeral energy and

environmen accord; and

Harmonizing energy e ciency sandards,e.g., developing a consisen approach operormance requiremens, conormiyassessmen, and labelling o elecrical andelecronics producs.

Harmonize regulaions o suppor elecric

and oher alernaive energy vehicles.

Align chemicals managemen processes,including reviewing, permiting, labelling,reporing and imelines or implemenaion.

Sreamline permissions or and consruciono new cross-border energy inrasrucure, e.g.,a single CanadaU.S. regime or permitingoil and gas pipelines.

Ensure common approaches o nuclear liabil-iy, in he even o liigaion arising romnuclear incidens.


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Avoid policies ha discriminae agains par-icular uel sources, such as low-carbon uelsandards (or ypes o crude oil) or renewable

elecriciy sandards (or large-scale hydro).

TRANSPORTATION

Moor Vehicles

Esablish a robus, enduring process oesablish saey regulaions ha mee heneeds o boh counries, including a ormalramework o coordinae research eforsand monior progress.

Implemen one se o common rules andregulaions across Norh America or vehiclesaey and emissions sandards.

Align esing and cericaion requiremens.Tere is a lack o reciprocal recogniion ocericaion.

Align regulaory mechanisms or chemicals

managemen or he vehicle manuacuringsecor.

Align he Canada Motor Vehicle SaetyStandards and he U.S. Federal Motor VehicleSaety Standards and Regulations.

Work cooperaively in developing new san-dards and codes relaed o clean echnologiesor ligh-duy vehicles and heavy-duy vehicles

wih respec o liqueed naural gas, aerody-

namic devices and elecric vehicles.

rucking

Align he diferen requiremens or saeyand hours o operaion.

Align he diferen requiremens or weighand dimension.

Revise regulaions regarding in-ransishipmens. I he carrier belongs o a cusoms

supply chain securiy program, only high-level cargo descripions should be required.

Review immigraion laws and inerpreaions

o enable a driver o move empy railers inanoher jurisdicion o he pickup poin o anexpor load o enhance e ciency.

Review proposed rules regarding sleep apnea.

Review rules regarding conainer residue.

Align regulaions relaing o he use o boaails on ranspor railers.

MarineHarmonize saey, environmenal and regu-laory sandards across boh counries.

Harmonize and sreamline reporing and vessel clearance requiremens beweenboh counries.

Align Canadian and U.S. marine securiyregulaions.

Align small vessels consrucion sandards(capaciy labels).

Remove user ees as barriers o rade.

Increase icebreaking asses.

Sreamline piloage services.

Remedy he siuaion regarding double scan-ning or no scanning o ocean conainers.

Give consideraion o seaway inrasrucure(mainenance, echnology and research).

Regarding he Grea Lakes and S. Lawrenceregion:

Sreamline reporing requiremens or marineshipmens wihin he Grea Lakes region.

Muually recognize regulaory oversighregimes relaing o Canadian and U.S.

agged vessels operaing on he GreaLakes and he S. Lawrence Seaway;


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Harmonize environmenal (ballas waermanagemen) and emissions requiremensacross he Grea Lakes and he S. Lawrence

Seaway; and Harmonize and sreamline piloage services.

Seek reciprociy or he Seaarers IdenicaionDocumen.

Align consrucion sandards or pleasurecra (small vessels).

Harmonize ballas waer regulaions andremedy he Sae o New Yorks implemened

ballas waer managemen discharge sandards.Harmonize regulaions or ship emissions,aking ino accoun ee requiremens.

Air

Recommend ha Canada and he U.S. sign aormal parnership on NexGen.

Sreamline and harmonize securiy and acili-

aion proocols and a lign passenger baggagescreening regulaions.

Sreamline and auomae pre-enrollmen borderclearance processes.

Sreamline regulaions or passenger pre-clearance, wach liss and exi immigraionconrols.

Align cargo securiy regulaions.

Dangerous Goods

Harmonize shipping requiremens or danger-ous or hazardous maerials relaing o shippingnames, packaging and labelling, includingmuual recogniion or ank repairs.

Rail

Regarding locomoive emissions, align regu-laions on locomoive air conaminans and

greenhouse gas emissions.

HEALTH AND CONSUMER

PRODUCTS

Leverage Canadian and American scieniccapaciies by aligning research, review andapproval processes o reduce duplicaion:

Esablish a join elecronic submission

gaeway or pharmaceuical producs.

Esablish a muual reliance agreemen orsharing scienic analyses ha supporregulaory decision making while proecingrade secres and condenial businessinormaion.

Esablish muual reliance on equivalen goodmanuacuring pracices in each counry.

Muually recognize produc claims hacan be subsaniaed scienically by hemanuacurer.

Deem as accepable in Canada and heU.S. consumer healh producs ha meeU.S. Food and Drug Adminisraion andHealh Canada requiremens.

Sandardize regulaory classicaions anddeniions or herapeuic and personal care

producs.

Align wih he American over-he-counermonograph sysem as an o cial reerence orpersonal-care impored producs and developcommon monographs or herapeuic producs.


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Esablish muual recogniion regardinginspecions and cericaion:

Esablish muual reliance on each counrys

good manuacuring processes and collab-orae on ensuring any hird-pary counryscompliance and enorcemen o avoidduplicaive inspecions.

Esablish uniorm labelling requiremens,including alignmen o he ollowing:

Healh claims;

Medicinal ingrediens;

Ingredien nomenclaure;

Warnings and classicaions;

Expiraion daing pracices; and

Lo number conguraion.

Sandardize securiy packaging closures basedon produc risk.

Align oy saey regulaions and sandards

wih inernaional or bilaeral norms, especiallyrelaing o he ollowing:

Lead levels;

esing mehodology;

Magnes or magneic compounds;

Mechanical and elecrica l hazards;

Acousics; and

Flammabiliy.

Synchronize hazard classiicaion andcommunicaion sandards or chemicals andhazardous maerials:

Align regulaions relaing o hazard classi-caion (including ypes o hazard sae-mens ha mus be on a conrolled produclabel, hazard symbols, and requiremens

associaed wih mandaory hazard com-municaion inormaion);

Ensure synchroniciy in regulaory changes

and harmonizaion o labelling elemenso he U.S. Occupaional Saey and Healh

Adminisraion and he Canadian WorkplaceHazardous Maerials Inormaion Sysemduring implemenaion o he GloballyHarmonized Sysem (GHS) or he Clas-sicaion and Labelling o Chemicals; and

Sandardize he orma o maerial saeydaa shees hrough he ormal recogniion

o GHS Maerial Saey Daa Shees.Coordinae sandard seting wih respec ohe ollowing:

Te developmen o common sandards innew and emerging areas; and

Te equivalency o exis ing sandards.

Align exempions relaing o expor conrols orproducs covered by he International Traf c

in Arms Regulations (IAR) by pursuing aclear exempion in he IAR or a Canadiancompany ha is regisered under he ConrolledGoods Program.

Align expor conrols regarding crypographyproducs and equipmen.

Foser alignmen in produc saey, includinghe ollowing:

Alignmen o global mandaory incidenrequiremens;

A synchronized required reporing period;and

A common approach o privacy issues.

Foser Norh American alignmen wih respeco he creaion and managemen o commonsandards and regulaions or elecrical andplumbing producs.


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3Organizations Tat

Provided ConsultationSubmissions

APPENDIX


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Te ollowing companies and

associaions provided com-

mens o he RCC consulaionprocess, or provided inpu o

consulaions by he Beyond

he Border Working Group on

issues relevan o he work

o he RCC:3M Canada

Aerospace Indusries Associaion o Canada

Animal Nuriion Associaion o Canada

Associaion o Canadian Por Auhoriies

Associaion o Equipmen Manuacurers

Associaion o Inernaional AuomobileManuacurers o Canada

Bayer CropScience Canada

Borderpol

Canadas Research-Based PharmaceuicalCompanies

Canadian Appliance ManuacurersAssociaion

Canadian Associaion o Imporers andExporers (I.E. Canada)

Canadian Business Aviaion Associaion

Canadian Catlemens AssociaionCanadian Chamber o Commerce

Canadian Civil Liberies Associaion

Canadian Consumer Specialy ProducsAssociaion

Canadian Cosmeic, oilery and FragranceAssociaion, ogeher wih he U.S. PersonalCare Producs Council and he MexicanCmara Nacional de la Indusria de

Producos Cosmicos

Canadian Council o Chie Execuives

Canadian Energy Pipeline Associaion

Canadian Federaion o Agriculure

Canadian Federaion o IndependenBusiness

Canadian Gas Associaion

Canadian Generic Pharmaceuical

AssociaionCanadian Horiculural Council

Canadian Insiue o Plumbing & Heaing

Canadian Inernaional Freigh ForwardersAssociaion Inc.

Canadian Manuacurers & Exporers


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Canadian Manuacuring Coaliion

Canadian Mea Council, ogeher wihhe American Mea Insiue

Canadian Nuclear AssociaionCanadian Oilseed Processors Associaion

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Sociey

Canadian Pork Council

Canadian Produce Markeing Associaion

Canadian Propane Associaion

Canadian Shipowners Associaion

Canadian Sociey o Cusoms Brokers

Canadian Supply Chain Food SaeyCoaliion

Canadian oy Associaion, ogeher wihhe oy Indusry A ssociaion Inc.

Canadian rucking Alliance

Canadian Vehicle Manuacurers Associaion

Canola Council o Canada

Capilano Rock & Gem

Ceried General Accounans Associaiono Canada

Chamber o Marine Commerce

Consumer Healh Producs Canada

Council o Grea Lakes Indusries

CropLie Canada

Elecro-Federaion Canada

Fisheries Council o Canada

Food & Consumer Producs o CanadaFood Processors o Canada

Fraser Insiue

Inernaional Air ranspor Associaion

Naional Airlines Council o Canada

Naional Marine Manuacurers Associaion

Pacic NorhWes Economic Region

Public Border Operaors Associaion

Pulse Canada

Railway Associaion o Canada

Reail Council o Canada

S. Lawrence Seaway ManagemenCorporaion

Shipping Federaion o Canada

Sandards Council o Canada

ea Associaion o Canada

Te Conerence Board o Canada

Wild Bird rading Company Ld.

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