Dear Product Care Members,
We encourage you to review the details below regarding changes to regulations that may affect your business.
The NB Designated Materials Regulation was amended and came into force on July 15, 2024.
The amended regulation includes the obligation of Lamps and changes to the existing Paint stewardship program, among other changes.
Key Amendments:
Producer Definition: The term “brand owner” is replaced with a hierarchical “producer” definition:
- the brand holder of the designated material if the brand holder has a permanent establishment in Canada;
- in the absence of a person referred to in paragraph (a), the importer of the designated material into New Brunswick if the importer has a permanent establishment in New Brunswick;
- in the absence of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), the retailer of the designated material that supplies the designated material to the consumer.
Lamps Obligated – Defined as – A replaceable light source designed to produce light from electricity, including:
- Fluorescent tubes
- Compact fluorescent lamps
- High-intensity discharge lamps
- Incandescent lamps
- Light-emitting diode lamps
Key Amendments for Current Paint “Brand Owners”:
- Product Care to update and resubmit the stewardship plan, including updated performance measures and targets, by June 30, 2025.
- “Brand owners” must comply with current regulations (2008-54), until December 31, 2025.
- After December 31, 2025, all current “brand owner” registrations will be canceled, and any “producer” who is also a “brand owner” will automatically be deemed to hold a registration starting January 1, 2026. Details on this transition will be shared with members once available.
Key Dates for the NB Lamps program:
| Details | Deadline |
| Lamp and battery “producers” to register | October 31, 2024 |
| Lamp and battery “producers” to submit a Stewardship Plan | December 31, 2024 |
| Implementation of Stewardship Plan | Within 180 days of plan approval |
| Submission of performance measures and targets | Within 2 years of Stewardship Plan implementation |
Product Care will submit a NB Lamps Stewardship Program Plan on behalf of its members. Further information regarding next steps will be communicated in due course.
Key Dates for the NB Paint program:
| Details | Deadline |
| Product Care to renew current stewardship plans, including updated performance measures and targets | June 30, 2025 |
| “Producers” who are not already “brand owners” to apply for registration | June 30, 2025
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| Obligations under current regulation (2008-54) are in effect until | December 31, 2025 |
| The current approved NB Paint stewardship plan is terminated | December 31, 2025 |
| All current “brand owner” registrations to be canceled. Any “producer” who is also a “brand owner” will be deemed to hold a registration. Details on this transition will be shared with members once available. | January 1, 2026
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For the details, please refer to the amended regulation.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mario Anda
Senior Program Manager
manda@productcare.org
Sincerely,
Product Care Team