. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/347 
19 October 2011  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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 :  Canadian Enquiry 
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontari o, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222, 
Fax:  +1 613 569 7808, E-mail:  enquirypoint@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):  Electric-powered vehicles 
(ICS: 43.040 , 43.120) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Technical Standards 
Document No. 305, Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection - Revision 3 
(2 pages, available in English and French)  
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given, pur suant to section 12 of the Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act  and sections 16 and 17 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations , that the 
Department of Transport has revised Tec hnical Standards Document (TSD) N° 305, 
Electrolyte Spillage and Elec trical Shock Protection , which specifies requirements for 
limitation of electrolyte spillage, retention of electric energy storage/ conversion devices, and 
protection from harmful electric shock during and after a crash.  
TSD N°. 305, Electrolyte Spillage and Elec trical Shock Protection , reproduces U.S. Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety  Standard N° 305, Electric-powered vehicles: electrolyte spillage and 
electrical shock protection , and is incorporated by reference in section 305 of the Motor 
Vehicle Safety Regulations. 
This revision is introduced to respond to petitions for reconsideration of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administ ration's Final Rule of June 14, 2010, by addressing issues 
related to the scope, the definitions, the re tention requirements for electric energy 
storage/conversion systems, the el ectrical isolation requirements,  the test specifications and 
requirements for electrical isolation monitoring, and the state-of-charge of electric energy storage devices prior to the crash tests. G/TBT/N/CAN/347 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 8 October  2011,  Pages 3176-3177 (available 
in English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    8 October  2011 
8 April 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  Not stated 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-10-08/pdf/g1-14541.pdf#page= 56 ( Canada 
Gazette )  
or  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011 /2011-10-08/html/notice-avis-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011 /2011-10-08/html/notic e-avis-fra.html  (French) 
Technical Standards Document (TSD ) No. 305 can be downloaded at: 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/doc uments/roadsafety/3050rev3_e.pdf  (TSD_English) 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/med ia/documents/securit eroutiere/3050rev3_f.pdf  (TSD_French)