. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/113 
30 November 2004 
 
 (04-5209) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/ 
 French 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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, Onta rio, 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 Vehicles,  Motor 
Vehicle Systems (ICS: 43.020, 43.040, 43.080, 43.140, 13.260) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Expi ration Date for Certain Technical Standards 
Documents) (Pages 3381-3384, English and French) 
6. Description of content:   
 
This amendment to Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations  (MVSR) makes 
changes to sections 105 "Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems (Standard 105)," 108 "Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices"  (Standard 108), 121 "Air Brake Systems 
(Standard 121)," 122 "Motorcycle Brake Sy stems (Standard 122)," 131 "School Bus 
Pedestrian Safety Devices," 135 "Light Vehicle Brake Systems (Standard 135)," 206 "Door Locks and Door Retention Components (Sta ndard 206)," 305 "Electrolyte Spillage and 
Electrical Shock Protection (Standard 305)" and 500 "Low-speed Vehicles (Standard 500)."  
These changes are being made to extend the e xpiration date of the above sections, which 
incorporate Technical Standard Documents (TSDs).   
 According to subsection 12(4) of Motor Vehicle Safety Act  (MVSA), regulations that 
incorporate a TSD must have an expiration date that is no later than five years after the day 
on which they come into force.  Therefore, th ese sections of the MVSR must be reaffirmed 
before they expire.  This amendment serves the purpose of extending the expiration date of 
sections 105, 108, 121, 122, 131, 135, 206, 305 and 500.  The proposed expiration date is 1 January 2010.  Note: The above is being notified to Members for transparency purposes only. G/TBT/N/CAN/113 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 20 November 2004 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 2004 
A relatively short comment period is warranted, since the amendment is purely 
administrative.  No technical provisions of the nine sections being amended are changed. 
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 regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20041120/pdf/g1-13847.pdf