. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/16
15 October 2001
(01-5034)
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 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, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222,
ext. 491, 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):   Radio equipment
apparatus (ICS 33.060)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Radiocommunication Regulations (pages 3763-3769; English and French).
6. Description of content:   The Department of Industry is amending the Radiocommunication
Regulations (the Regulations) to update the requirements for a radio operator certificate for
radio apparatus that is operated in the maritime service. Other consequential changes are
also being made to the Regulations to non-maritime items for the purpose of clarification
and conformity.
This change is required as a result of a treaty that was initiated in 1988 by the International
Maritime Organization (IMO), an organization of the United Nations, and implemented in
1999. The treaty amended the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention to implement theGlobal Maritime Distress and Safety Sys-tem (GMDSS) world-wide. The modifications to
Schedule II of the Regulations are being made at the request of Transport Canada, which is
responsible for Canada’s commitment to implement the GMDSS equipment fitting
requirements.
The Department is also amending the Radiocommunication Regulations by amending
Part III of the Regulations to permit equipment destined for the Canadian and international
markets to be certified by both domestic and international conformity assessment bodies as
meeting departmental requirements for certification of radio apparatus to technical
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Certification by domestic and international conformity assessment bodies and compliance
with international obligations.
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 29 September, 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   29 October 2001
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 Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13539.pdf