G/TBT/N/CAN/679  
19 July 2022  
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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 Transport  
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 from above:   
Canada's Notification A uthority 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 
Email: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
vehicles; Road vehicles in general (ICS 43.020), Commercial vehicles (ICS 43.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulations 
Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (School Buses); 
(43 page(s), in English and French)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments to the Motor Vehicle Safety 
Regulations (MVSR) would require school bus es to be equipped with an extended stop 
signal arm as well as an exterior perimeter visibility system, including a monitor, to 
display views to the driver. In addition, the proposed amendments would set minimum 
require ments that would apply to the volunta ry installation of stop signals – cameras on 
school buses.  
In addition, the proposal aims to repeal sections 15.1 and 17 of the MVSR, which pertain 
to naming conventions for Test Methods and notices published in the Canada Gazette  for 
updates to Technical Standards Documents (TSDs) respectively, in order to better align 
the MVSR with amendments made to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act  (MVSA) in 2014.  G/TBT/N/CAN/679  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of the prop osed regulatory amendments is to better protect 
school children outside and around school buses. The proposed amendments would 
mandate that every newly manufactured school bus subject to the MVSA be equipped 
with an extended stop signal arm and with exteri or perimeter visibility sys tems.  
In addition, due to the 2014 MVSA amendment allowing a broader incorporation by 
reference power, Transport Canada is proposing to repeal sections 15.1 and 17 of the 
MVSR, as they are no longer required and the naming conve ntion is unnecessarily 
restrictive.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part I, Volume 156, Number 27, 2 July 2022, pages 4113 -4155, 
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -07-02/pdf/g1 -15627.pdf  (available in 
English and French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  On the date of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  These Regulations would come into force on the 
day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
10. Final date for comments:  15 September 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found at:  
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -07-02/html/reg2 -eng.html  (English)  
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -07-02/html/reg2 -fra.html  (French)