. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/148 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5429) 
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 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 -013-05 — Amendment to Radio Standards Specification 102 
(RSS-102) (Pages 3687-3688, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that I ndustry Canada is amending Radio 
Standards Specification 102, Issue 1, which establishes the requirements and measurement 
techniques used to evaluate radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance of 
radiocommunication apparatus designed to be u sed within the vicinity of the human body. 
The new issue is  
Radio Standards Specification 102, Issue 2, Radio Frequency Exposure Compliance of 
Radiocommunication Apparatus (All Frequency Bands)  [RSS-102]  
Since the original publication of RSS-102, Issue 1, in 1999, technological advancements 
have resulted in radiocommunica tion apparatus which are more versatile, easier to use and 
provide a wide range of new services.  These advancements have necessitated an update of 
regulatory requirements.  These revisions al so include changes related to equipment 
certification in order to properly accommodate the use of this standard by certification 
bodies.  G/TBT/N/CAN/148 
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 RSS-102, Issue 1, was revised to include  body-worn radiocommunication devices and 
radiocommunication equipment that operates on frequencies above 2.2 GHz and to adopt 
internationally recognized measurement techni ques recently published by the Institute of 
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).  In addition, the certifi cation process has been modified to obtain 
supporting information from manufactu rers to ensure compliance.  
 Note that the above RSS document is availabl e in English and French on Industry Canada’s 
Web site:  http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 12 November 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    not stated 
12 November 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   10 February 2006 
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 these do cuments can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2005/20051112/pdf/g1-13946.pdf 
http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum