. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/201 
20 June 2007 
 (07-2607) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Fax.: +(1) 613 569 7808 E-mail: info@scc.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 national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Radiocommunications 
Equipment (ICS:  33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-001-07 — New issues of RSS-Gen, RSS-210, RSS-310 and RSP-
100 and the withdrawal of RSS-130 and RSS-212 (3 pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is amending the 
following documents:  
 (1) Radio Standards Specification Gen (R SS-Gen), which comprises all testing, 
administrative, certification and general technical requirements common to all or most Radio Standards Specifications; 
 
(2) Radio Standards Specification 210 (RSS-210), which sets out certification requirements for low-power licence-exempt radiocommunication devices that are Category I equipment;  (3) Radio Standards Specification 310 (RSS-310), which sets out requirements for low-power licence-exempt Category II radiocomm unication devices (i.e. devices not requiring 
certification); and 
 (4) Radio Standards Procedure 100 (RSP-100), which describes the procedure for obtaining Industry Canada certification of radiocommunication equipment. 
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  These new issues are as follows:  
 
Radio Standards Specification Gen, Issue 2: General Requirements and Information 
for the Certification of Radiocommunication Equipment;  
Radio Standards Specification 210, Issue 7: Low-power Licence-exempt 
Radiocommunication Devices (All Frequency Bands): Category I Equipment;  Radio Standards Specification 310, Issue 2: Low-power Licence-exempt Radiocommunication Devices (All Frequenc y Bands): Category II Equipment; and 
 
Radio Standards Procedure 100, Issue 9: Ra dio Equipment Certification Procedure. 
 Notice is also given that Industry Canada is withdrawing the following documents:  
Radio Standards Specification 130: Digital Cordless Telephones in the Band 944 to 
948.5 MHz; and 
 
Radio Standards Specification 212: Test Facilities and Test Methods for Radio 
Equipment. 
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 9 June  2007, Pages 1568-1570 (Available in 
English and French). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
9 June 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   7 October 2007 
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 regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20070609/pdf/g1-14123.pdf  
The above RSS documents are available in English and French on Industry Canada’s 
Website: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site /smt-gst.nsf/en/sf08773e.html (English) 
  http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/s mt-gst.nsf/fr/sf08773f.html (French)