. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/117 
28 February 2005 
 (05-0839) 
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, Ontari o, 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 [   ], 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):   Hydraulic and electric 
brake systems (ICS: 43.040.40) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Technical Standards 
Document No. 105, “Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems” - Revision 3 (Pages 471-472, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given, pursuant 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) No. 105, 
"Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems".  Revision 3 of this TSD is effective as of the date 
of publication of this notice and will become en forceable six months thereafter.  Vehicles 
manufactured during the six-month interim pe riod may conform to the requirements of 
either Revision 2 or Revision 3.  
TSD No. 105, "Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems", reproduces U.S. Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard No. 105 of the same title and is incorporated by reference in 
section 105 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations .  
TSD No. 105 was revised in order to permit th e use of a roll bar structure during the 
performance testing of hydraulic brake systems.  At the manufacturer's option, a roll bar may 
now be used when testing vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 4 536 kg in the lightly loaded condition. This change  is intended to protect test drivers and 
technicians in the event of a rollover.  
Note
: TSD No. 105 – Revision 2 was notified under G/TBT/N/CAN/87. G/TBT/N/CAN/117 
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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, 19 February 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 February 2005  
Proposed date of entry into force: 19 August 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   not stated 
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/2005/20050219/pdf/g1-13908.pdf 
(Canada Gazette Part 1) 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafet y/mvstm_tsd/tsd/1050rev3_e.pdf   
(Technical Standards Document (TSD))