./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/6
5 June 2001
(01-2765)
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:   National Enquiry
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.: +1 613 238-3222,
ext. 491, Fax.: +1 613 569-7808, E-mail: idelage@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):   Lamps, reflective
devices and associated equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Standards
Document No. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment" – RevisionNo. 3 (Pages 1705-1706; English and French)
6. Description of content:  The Department of Transport has revised Technical Standards
Document (TSD) No. 108, “Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated equipment.” This
document was revised to include several amendments made to the United States (U.S.)
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108 of the same title.
TSD No. 108, which reproduces the U.S. FMVSS No. 108, is incorporated by reference in
section 108 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulation s, “Lighting System and Retroreflective
Devices,” and it contains most of the safety requirements for exterior lighting systems onnew motor vehicles offered for sale in Canada.  A few specific Canadian requirements, such
as those for daytime running lamps, are contained in section 108 itself.
TSD No. 108, Revision 3, incorporates the regulatory text of several new US Final Rules.
These Final Rules revised the requirements for motorcycle headlamps and headlamps withreplaceable light sources, added requirements for conspicuity systems on truck tractors,
incorporated tests for replaceable lens headlamps, updated several SAE and ASTM
reference standards, and added provisions regarding headlamp concealment devices.           
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safetyG/TBT/N/CAN/6
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8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 19 May 2001 and TSD No. 108
9. Proposed date of adoption:  not stated
Proposed date of entry into force:  not stated          
10. Final date for comments:   not stated
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site version addresses, if available of the other body: The
electronic of the documents can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13520.pdf (Canada Gazette Part I) and
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/mvstm_tsd/tsd/1080-m.htm (TDS No. 108)