G/TBT/N/CAN/436
16 January 2015 
(15-0305)  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: Transport Canada 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB) 111 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 
Canada 
Telephone: (343)203-4273 Fax: (613)943-0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Motor Vehicle Safety 
Act 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulations 
Amending Certain Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (7 pages, in English 
and French) 
6. Description of content: The Motor Vehicle Safety Act  (MVSA) has recently been updated. 
One of the amendments was to remove subsection 12(4), which means that sections of 
the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations  (MVSR), the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety 
Regulations  (MVTSR) and the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety 
Regulations  (RSSR), hereinafter referred to as the regulations, that incorporate a Technical 
Standards Document (TSD) as amended from time to time are no longer required to have expiry dates of up to five years after the day on which they came into force.  
Since the current regulations were enacted under the previous version of the MVSA, all 
sections of the regulations that incorporate a TSD by reference have expiry dates, some of 
which are nearing their five-year limit. To maintain their continuous application, these sections need to be amended to remove their expiry dates. If they are allowed to expire, 
the safety requirements they contain, which he lp ensure the safety of the Canadian driving 
public, will cease to be legally enforceable requirements under the MVSA. 
This amendment and its publication in the Canada Gazette , Part II, without prepublication 
of a proposal in the Canada Gazette , Part I, has been discussed with the major vehicle 
manufacturing stakeholders. They did not have any concerns and are glad to see this administrative burden removed. G/TBT/N/CAN/436 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Removing the expiry date in the regulation s listed above would maintain the continuous 
application of their requirements, which is imperative to ensure the safety of the Canadian 
driving public. In addition, continuing reference to TSDs will harmonize motor vehicle and 
equipment safety requirements with the United States. If these sections were allowed to expire, the safety requirements they contain would no longer be, in fact, requirements and 
enforceable under Canadian law. 
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette,  Part II, 31 December 2014 (available in English and 
French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   - 
Proposed date of entry into force:   These Regulations come into force on the day on 
which they are registered, which was 12 December 2014. 
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  The electronic 
version of the proposed amendments can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/ rp-pr/p2/2014/2014-12-31/ html/sor-dor s307-eng.php   
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/ rp-pr/p2/2014/2014-12-31/ html/sor-dors307-fra.php   
https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng /acts-regulation s/regulations- crc-c1038.htm   
https://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/lois-regl ements/reglements-crc-ch1038.htm