. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/140 
15 September 2005 
 (05-4050) 
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-010-05 — Amendment of Radio Standards Specification 210 (RSS-
210) and new issues of RSS-310 and RSS-Gen (Pages 2958-2960; English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is amending Radio 
Standards Specification 210, which sets out minimum requirements for the certification of low-power radio transmitters and receivers whic h are exempt from licensing. Notice is also 
given that Industry Canada is introducing tw o new radio standards specifications: RSS-310, 
Issue 1, which sets out requirements for li cence-exempt Category II radiocommunication 
equipment (i.e. equipment not requiring certif ication), and RSS-Gen, Issue 1, which 
comprises all testing, administrative, certification and general technical requirements common to all or most radio standards specifications. These new issues are as follows:  
 Radio Standards Specification 210, Issue 6:  Low-power Licence-exempt 
Radiocommunication Devices (All Frequency Bands): Category I Equipment (RSS-210).  
 Radio Standards Specification 310, Issue 1: Low-power Licence-exempt 
 Radiocommunication Devices (All Frequency Bands): Category II Equipment 
(RSS-310).  G/TBT/N/CAN/140 
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 Radio Standards Specification Gen, Issue 1: General Requirements and Information 
for the Certification of Radiocommunication Equipment (RSS-Gen) .  
 Note that the above RSS documents are av ailable in English and French on Industry 
Canada’s Web site:  http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Pa rt I, 10 September 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   }not stated 
10 September 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   9 December 2005 
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/2005/20050910/pdf/g1-13937.pdf 
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/inte rnet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf08447e.html