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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/55
24 January  2003
(03-0449)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/
French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Transport
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Canadian Enquiry Point,
200-270 Albert Street,
Ottawa, Ontario,Canada, K1P 6N7
Tel.: +1 613 238 3222,
Fax.: +1 613 569 7808,
E-mail: info@scc.ca
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Motor vehicle
(ICS:  43.020)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Fuel System Integrity) (pages 3765-3777; Englishand French)
6. Description of content:
The purpose of this amendment is to propose an upgrade to the rear- and side-impact test
requirements of the Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 301, Fuel System
Integrity , to better protect vehicle occupants from fuel spillage in the event of a collision.
Changes are also being proposed to the specifications of the tires installed on the moveable
barrier mentioned in CMVSS 301.1, LPG Fuel System Integrity  and 301.2, CNG Fuel
System Integrity .
This amendment proposes to replace the current rear-impact test procedure with one that
specifies striking the rear of the test vehicle at 80 km/h with a 1 368 kg (3 015 lb.) moving
deformable barrier (MDB) at a 70-percent overlap with the test vehicle.  The MDB facewould be located 50 mm lower than the face of the barrier required by U.S Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 214, Side Impact Protection  to simulate pre-crash
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It also proposes the adoption of the same-side-impact test procedure as the one specified in
FMVSS 214.  This is intended to provide a more realistic test, thus increasing safety while
reducing testing costs.
In addition, this amendment proposes a revision to the moving barrier tire specifications for
CMVSS 301.1 and 301.2. The proposed upgraded tire specifications are either P215/75R15tires, inflated to 221 kPa, or P205/75R15 tires, inflated to 207 kPa.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Harmonization with U.S. requirements
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 14 December 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2005
10. Final date for comments:   27 February 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13650.pdf