. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/111 
18 November 2004 
 (04-5019) 
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 Industry 
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 [    ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Telecommunications 
Equipment (ICS: 33.050) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Telecommunications 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-014-04 — CS-03, Issue 9 (Pages 3230-3231;  English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that Industr y Canada is releasing Issue 9 of 
Compliance Specification 03 (CS-03).  This issue includes the following changes:  
1. All amendments made to CS-03, Issue 8.  
 
2. Part III has changed as follows:  
(a) The wiring configuration specifications have been deleted and replaced with a 
reference to the Connector Wiring Configuration Catalog T1.TR.5;  
(b) The prefix "CA" in all USOC codes has been replaced with the prefix "RJ"; and  
(c) The mechanical specifications have been deleted and replaced with a reference to 
Section 6.1 of TIA-968-A.  
 3. Part I, Section 3.4.6  The out-of-band metallic voltage limit for anal ogue voiceband equipment has been extended 
from 6 MHz to 30 MHz.  
 
4. Part I, Section 3.10.1  The stuttered dial tone detection requirement s have been changed and made the same as 
TIA-968-A, Section 4.7.8.2.    G/TBT/N/CAN/111 
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5. Part I, Section 3.4.1  
The maximum transmitted power for signals ot her than live voice over two-wire and four-
wire lossless tie trunks has been relaxed from -15 dBm to -11 dBm.   6. Part I, Table 3.4(c); Part II, Table 3.6: Allowable Net Amplification Between Ports   
This table has been revised to  reflect the changes made in 5 and 6 above.  This table has 
also been added to Part VI and Part VII to clarify the through transmission requirements.  
 7. Part II, Section 3.6.3; Part VI, Section 3.5.2;  and Part VII, Section 3.2.4  The -12 dBm signal power limit for encoded anal ogue content has been relaxed as follows:  
(a) -6 dBm for V.90 and V.92 modems; and  
(b) -9 dBm for all signals other than live voi ce, V.90 or V.92 modems or network control 
signals.   8. The requirements for VDSL terminal equipment, issued as Provisional on 
15 January 2003, have been in corporated in Part VIII.  
 Changes 5, 6 and 7 are the same as the tec hnical changes adopted by ACTA in Addendum 
TIA-968-A-1.  
Note that the above CS document is availabl e in English and French on Industry Canada’s 
Web site: http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 13 November 2004      
9. Proposed date of adoption:  not stated  
Proposed date of entry into force:  13 November 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   27 January 2005 
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 these documents can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20041113/pdf/g1-13846.pdf  
http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum