G/TBT/N/CAN/697  
9 June 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English /French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343) 203 -4273 
Fax: (613) 943 -0346 
Email: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Radiocommunications  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RSS-102 Issue 
6 (53 pages in English; 57 pages in French) and its companion documents:  
• RSS-102.SAR.MEAS Issue 1 (63 pages in English; 64 pages in French)  
• RSS-102.NS.MEAS Issue 1 (43 pages in English; 47 pages in French)  
• RSS-102.NS.SIM Issue 1 (23 pages in English; 27 pages in French)  
• RSS-102.IPD.MEAS Issue 1 (27 pages in  English; 28 pages French)  
• RSS-102.IPD.SIM Issue 1 (20 pages in English; 21 pages in French)  G/TBT/N/CAN/697  
 
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  6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science 
and Economic Development Canada that the following have been published:  
RSS-102, Issue 6  – Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Compliance of Radiocommunication 
Apparatus (All Frequency Bands) sets out the requirements and measurement techniques 
for evaluating radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance of radiocommunication 
apparatus de signed to be used within the vicinity of the human body.  
In addition to RSS -102 issue 6, the Department is also concurrently issuing the following 
documents as part of this consultation:  
• RSS-102.SAR.MEAS Issue 1  – Measurement procedure for assessing specific 
absorption, replaces, in part, ( Supplementary Procedures ) SPR -001, SPR -004 and 
SPR-APD ( Absorbed power density ) 
• RSS-102.NS.MEAS Issue 1  – Measurement procedure for assessing nerve 
stimulation, replaces, in part, SPR -002 
• RSS-102.NS.SIM Issue 1  – Simulation procedure for assessing nerve 
stimulation, replaces, in part, SPR -002 
• RSS-102.IPD.MEAS Issue 1  – Measurement procedure for assessing in cident 
power density, replaces SPR -003 
• RSS-102.IPD.SIM Issue 1  – Simulation procedure for assessing incident power 
density, replaces SPR -003 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consultation  
8. Relevant documents:   
Not applicable  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  1 September 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text and comments are available on the following 
Web pages:  
RSS-102, Issue 6 https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/radio -standards -specification -rss-102-issue-
6-radio-frequency -rf-exposure -compliance -of-radiocommunication -apparatus -all-
frequency -bands/  (English)  
CNR-102, 6e édition https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/fr/cahier -des-charges -sur-les-normes -
radioelectriques -cnr-102-6e-edition -conformite -des-appareils -de-radiocommunication -
aux-limites-dexposition -humaine -aux-radiofrequences -rf-tout/ (French)