G/TBT/N/CAN/555  
 
24 May 2018  
(18-3102) 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, Sciences 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 from above:   
Canada’s Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, ON 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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise nat ional 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: Notice No. SMSE -
008-18 — Release of CB -02, Issue 8 (Amendment) and REC-LAB, Issue 6 (Amendment) 
(1 page(s), in English; 1 page(s), in French)    
6. Description of content: Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and 
Economic Development that the following documents have been updated on its Web site 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt -gst.nsf/eng/home?OpenDocument :   
 CB-02, Issue 8, (Amendment) Recognition Criteria and Administrative and 
Operational Requirements Applicable to C ertification Bodies (CBs) for the 
Certification of Radio Apparatus sets out the requirements applicable to the 
recognition of Canadian and foreign certification bodies (CBs) under the Mutual 
Recognition Agreements/Arrangements (MRAs) or any other equivalen t agreement 
or arrangement.  
 REC-LAB, Issue 6 (Amendment) Procedure for the Recognition of Foreign Testing 
Laboratories sets out the criteria and procedure for recognition by ISED of foreign 
testing laboratories to test to Canadian requirements for telecomm unications 
terminal equipment, radio apparatus and broadcasting equipment standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Effective spectrum management  G/TBT/N/CAN/555  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette , Part I, 19 May  2018, (available in English and 
French).   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 10 May 2018  (published ) 
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 May 2018  
10. Final date for comments: 9 July 2018  
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 downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -05-19/html/index -eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -05-19/html/index -fra.html  (French)  
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt -gst.nsf/eng/sf05613.html  
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/si te/smt -gst.nsf/eng/sf05259.html