. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/233 
3 April 2008 
 (08-1482) 
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 Transport 
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.:  +( 613) 238 3222 
Fax.: +(613) 569 7808 
Email: 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):   Passenger vehicles, 
trucks, and buses (ICS: 43. 020, 43.040, 43.080, 43.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Standard 216 — Roof Crush Resistance and 
Standard 220 — Rollover Protection)  (9 pages, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   The proposed amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations  
would amend the Canadian safety standards re lating to vehicle roof crush and rollover 
protection, to improve the safety of vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle rollover (hereafter referred to as the Canadian safety standards 216 and 220 respectively), found in 
Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations . This amendment is needed to 
maintain harmonization with safety standards recently proposed by the United States. This 
amendment will update the roof crush safety standards that currently apply to both passenger vehicles and school buses.  
The proposed amendments to Canadian safety standard 216 are: 
- increasing the applicable vehicle mass from 2 722 kg to 4 536 kg gross vehicle 
weight rating (GVWR);  
- increasing the force applied from 1.5 to 2.5 times the unloaded vehicle weight;  
- eliminating the maximum force applicable to passenger vehicles;  
- replacing the intrusion performance criteria by one that specifies maintaining G/TBT/N/CAN/233 
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  headroom for an average-sized male occupant;  
- amending the test setup to fix the vehicle on f our stands located at the jacking points; 
and  
- changing the title "Roof Intrusion Protection” to “Roof Crush Resistance."  
In addition, the amendment to Canadian  safety standard 216 proposes to allow multi-
purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, or buses bu ilt from an incomplete vehicle, with a 
GVWR of 4 536 kg or less and with a raised or altered roof, to be tested using either 
Canadian safety standard 216 or Canadian saf ety standard 220, at the choice of the 
manufacturer. Canadian safety st andard 216 requires the application of the load at the front 
corner of the vehicle roof whereas Canadian safety standard 220 requires the application of 
a uniform load over the centre of the vehicle roof.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette,  Part I, 22 March 2008, Pages 828-836 (Available in 
English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    At the same time or shortly after the issuance 
of the Final Rule in the Unites States. It is anticipated that the U.S. rulemaking will be finalized during 2008. 
These Regulations come into force on the day 
on which they are published in the  Canada 
Gazette , Part II 
10. Final date for comments:   5 June 2008 
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 regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080322/pdf/g1-14212.pdf (Canada Gazette ) 
or  http://canadagazette.gc.ca/pa rtI/2008/20080322/htm l/regle6-e.html
   (English)   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080322/html/regle6-f.html (French)