. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/186 
13 December 2006 
 (06-5977) 
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.: (+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):    
Motor Vehicles (ICS:  43.040, 83.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the  Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Introduc tion of Technical Standards Documents 
Nos. 110 and 120) and the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995   (19 pages, 
available in English and French). 
6. Description of content:   This amendment proposes to introduce two new technical 
standards documents (TSDs) that would re produce U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standard No. 110, "Tire Selection and Rims  for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 
Kilograms (10,000 Pounds) or Less,"  and Standard No. 120, "Tire Selection and Rims for 
Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of More Than 4,536 Kilograms (10,000 Pounds)." The TSDs would be incorporated by reference in secti ons 110 and 120, the existing content of which 
would be revoked, and the headings of the sections would be changed to correspond to the 
names of the respective TSDs.  At present, th e provisions governing the selection of motor 
vehicle tires and rims are specified entirely within the body of the Motor Vehicle Safety 
Regulations  (MVSR). 
In addition to incorporating TSDs 110 and 120 by  reference in sections 110 and 120, this 
proposal would amend section 101, "Location and Identification of Controls and Displays," 
of Schedule IV to the MVSR in order to add two tire pressure monitoring system tell-tales 
and an indicator. A number of other re lated changes to the MVSR and the Motor Vehicle 
Tire Safety Regulations, 1995 , would also be made.  G/TBT/N/CAN/186 
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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, 2 December 2006, Pages 4051-4069 
(Available in English and French). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
  
Proposed date of entry into force:    This amendment would come into effect on the 
date of its publication in the Canada Gazette , 
Part II. The effective date of the TSDs would be the same. 
 
The mandatory compliance date would be six 
months later, with the exception of the requirements governing the content of the vehicle placard and tire inflation pressure label that are mandated in TSD 110 (S4.3). The new 
wording and format would not become 
mandatory until 1 September 2008; however, early compliance would be permitted. 
10. Final date for comments:   15 February 2007 
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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20061202/pdf/g1-14048.pdf  
The TSD documents are available in English and French on Transpor t Canada’s Web site: 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafet y/mvstm_tsd/index_e.htm