. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/301 
12 March 2010  
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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. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA   
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Industry 
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):  Radiocommunications 
Equipment (ICS:  33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Radiocommunication 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-001-10 — New issue of RSS-243 (1 page, available in English and 
French).   
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given that Indu stry Canada is releasing the 
following revised document:  
- Radio Standards Specificati on 243 (RSS-243), Issue 3: Medi cal Devices Operating in 
the 401-406 MHz Frequency Band, sets out the minimum certification requirements 
for active Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) devices which include 
Medical Implant Telemetry System (MIT S), and Medical Data  Service (MEDS) 
devices using new and em erging technologies for medical applications.   
MICS devices communicate data for the purpose of facilitating diagnosti c and/or therapeutic 
functions associated with communication between an external medical implant 
programmer/controller transceive r or receiver and an implanted medical device(s), or between 
implanted medical devices.    
MITS provides transmission of data on a peri odic basis (non-medical event related). MITS 
operate in the 403.5-403.8 MHz band and sh all only provide one-w ay, non-voice digital 
communications from an active medical implant transmitter to an external receiver.  
MEDS devices communicate data from single or multiple sources, one of which is an active 
medical implant or a body-worn sensor, for th e purpose of facilitatin g diagnostic patient 
evaluation, data readout, data storage or therapeutic functions. MEDS devices are not 
intended to be used to communicate time-critical data. G/TBT/N/CAN/301 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 27 February 2010, Page 280 (available in 
English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
27 February 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  27 June 2010 
11. Text 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 these do cuments can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2010/2010-02-27/pdf/g1-14409.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf09826.html  (RSS English) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/fra/sf09826.html   (RSS French)