. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/357 
14 February 2012  
 (12-0841) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Radio communications 
Equipment (ICS: 33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Radio communication 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-001-12 - Release of new issues of RSS-111, RSS-182 and RSS-288 
(2 pages, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given by Industr y Canada that the following radio 
standards specifications (RSSs) come into force effective immediately:  
- Radio Standards Specific ation RSS-111, Issue 4: Broadband Public Safety 
 Equipment Operating in the Band 4940-4990 MHz , which sets out the requirements 
 for certification of radi o transmitters and receivers in the band 4940-4990 MHz for 
 public safety applications; 
- Radio Standards Specification RSS-182, Issue 5: Maritime Radio Transmitters and 
 Receivers in the Band 156-162.5 MHz , which sets out the requirements for 
 certification of radio transmitters and rece ivers in the maritime service in the band 
 156-162.5 MHz; and - Radio Standards Specific ation RSS-288, Issue 1: Global Maritime Distress and 
 Safety System (GMDSS) , which sets out the requireme nts for certification of the 
 shipborne radio communication equipmen t that meets the requirements of the 
 GMDSS. 
RSS-111 was updated to clarify th e requirements for equipment with multiple transmitters. 
RSS-182 was updated to provide the new requirem ents regarding the Au tomatic Iden tification G/TBT/N/CAN/357 
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  System (AIS SART). RSS-288 was renumbered from RSS-188 to reflect the numbering 
convention for licence-exempt equipment a nd to include the new requirements from 
international standards. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 28 Janu ary 2012, Pages100-101 (available in 
English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
28 January 2012  
10. Final date for comments:  27 May 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of these do cuments can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2012/2012-01-28/pdf/g1-14604.pdf#page=  ( Canada 
Gazette ) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10203.html   (RSS_English) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/fra/sf10203.html   (RSS_French)