G/TBT/N/CAN/634  
3 March 2021  
(21-1804) Page: 1/2 
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, Science 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 f rom above:   
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: 343 -203-4273 
Fax: 613 -943-0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
Comments should be submitted online using the following links:  
https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/ised -radio-standard -specifications -rss-222-issue-3-february -
2021-draft-white -space -devices -wsds/  
https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/ised -white -space -database -specification -dbs-01-issue-3-
february -2021-draft-white -space -database -specifications/  
 
Please also submit your comments by e -mail to enquirypoint@international.gc.ca . Be 
sure to copy the e -mail address of your National Enquiry Point on your comments 
submission to Canada's Enquiry Point; contact information for all Enquiry Points is 
accessible from http://tbtims.wto.org/en/NationalEnquiryPoints/Search . 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 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):  
Radiocommunications (ICS 33.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Consultation of 
RSS-222, Issue 3, (27 pages, av ailable in English & French) Consultation of DBS -01, Issue 
3, (38 pages, available in English & French)  
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science 
and Economic Development Canada that the following consultatio ns have been released:  
• RSS-222, Issue 3, White Space Devices (WSDs) , sets out the certification 
requirements for licence -exempt radio apparatus operating in the frequency 
bands 54 -72 MHz, 76 -88 MHz, 174 -216 MHz, 470 -608 MHz and 657 -663 MHz, 
known as white space devices (WSDs).  G/TBT/N/CAN/634  
 
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  • DBS-01, Issue 3, White Space Database Specifications  which sets out the 
technical requirements for the designation of a database capable of identifying 
available channels for use by white space devices in the white space frequen cy 
bands (i.e. 54 -72 MHz, 76 -88 MHz, 174 -216MHz, 470 -608 MHz and 657 -663 
MHz).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consultation; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
Non applicable  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Non applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Non applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  10 May 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory texts can be found at the following Web site:  
 
https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/ised -radio-standard -specifications -rss-222-issue-3-february -
2021-draft-white -space -devices -wsds/  (English)  
https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/fr/isde -cahier -des-charges -sur-les-normes -radioelectriques -
cnr-222-3re-edition -fevrier -2021-ebauche -dispositifs -despaces -blancs -deb/ (Français)  
 
https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/ised -white -space -database -specification -dbs-01-issue-3-
february -2021-draft-white -space -database -specifications/  (English)  
https://www.rabc -cccr.ca/fr/isde -cahier-des-charges -sur-les-bases -de-donnees -
despaces -blancs -cbd-01-3re-edition -fevrier -2021-ebauche -cahier -des-charges -sur-les-
bases -de-donnees -despaces -blancs/  (Français)