. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/245 
4 July 2008 
 (08-3227) 
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, Onta rio, 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):   Radiocommunication 
apparatus and broadcasting equi pment (ICS : 33.060, 33.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication 
Act –Notice No. SMBR-001-08 (2 pages,  available in English and French) 
6. Description of content:    
Notice is hereby given that Industry Cana da is publishing Issue 2 of BETS-7 entitled 
Technical Standards and Requirements for Radio Apparatus Capable of Receiving Television 
Broadcasting  and Issue 3 of TB-1 titled Information Relating to the Regulation of Radio 
Apparatus Capable of Receiving Television Broadcasting . 
 
Modifications to the existing BETS-7 were needed: 
- to reflect current technology in the te levision receiving apparatus market for home 
entertainment;  
- to specify the new labelling requirements for television receiving apparatus; and  
- to allow the use of facilities (Internet, email, electronic files, etc.).  
Consequently, TB-1 was also modified to reflect the above changes made to BETS-7. 
This issue 2 of BETS-7 defines new types of  receiving apparatus and sets new technical 
requirements specific to each type as follows: G/TBT/N/CAN/245 
Page 2  
 
  a) Standard Television Receiving Apparatus  
The technical requirements include channel sel ection, noise figure and radiation emission 
limits. 
b) Standard Cable Compatible Television Receiving Apparatus — Digital ATSC reception 
The technical requirements include channel selection, cable input conducted emissions, 
radiation emission limits and analog NTSC reception. 
c) Supplementary Television Receiving Apparatus The technical requirements include channe l selection and radiation emission limits. 
d) Standard Cable Compatible Television Receiving Apparatus — Analog NTSC reception 
The additional technical requirements include noise figure, adjacent channel interference, 
direct pick-up interference, impedance, recei ver overload and image channel interference. 
The new labelling requirements now focus on the three broad categories of television 
receiving apparatus: the Standard Television Receiving Apparatus (for digital or analog 
reception), the Cable Compatible Television Receiving Apparatus (digital or analog) and 
the Supplementary Television Receiving Apparatus (digital or analog). 
The administrative amendments touch upon th e notification process required from the 
manufacturers. The Department now asks the appl icants to use Internet email systems to 
send their notifications electronically, giving an official email address to use, but it also offers those wishing to continue sending their notifications on paper format by regular mail 
to maintain that practice.  
 
Note that the above BETS and TB documents are available in English and French on 
Industry Canada’s Web site: http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum
  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 21 J une 2008, Pages 1872-1873 (available in 
English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
21 June 2008 
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/2008/20080621/pdf/g1-14225.pdf  (Canada Gazette)  
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/en/sf01229e.html   (BETS-7_English)  
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/fr/sf01229f.html  (BETS-7_French)  
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/en/sf01042e.html (TB-1 English)  
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/fr/sf01042f.html (TB-1 French)