. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/6/Rev.1 
20 June 2007 
 (07-2617) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
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 [   ], 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):   Lamps, reflective 
devices and associated equipment (ICS:  43.040). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Technical Standards 
Document No. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devi ces and Associated Equipment" – Revision 
No. 4 (2 pages; available 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. 108, 
"Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment", which specifies the requirements 
for the lamps, reflective devices, and associat ed equipment that are installed on newly 
manufactured motor vehicles.   TSD No. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment," reproduces the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No . 108 of the same title and is incorporated 
by reference in section 108 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations . This revision includes 
the regulatory text of the Final Rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation that was published in the Federal 
Register  on August 11, 2004 (Vol. 69, No. 154, p. 48805).  
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  This revision changes the requirements govern ing motor vehicle turn signal lamps, stop 
lamps, tail lamps, and parking lamps in orde r to improve their visibility and to align the 
provisions of the TSD with those of Regul ation No. 48 of the United Nations Economic 
Commission for Europe. Among the changes made  by the United States was the deletion of 
sections 5.3.1 and 5.3.1.1, to which subsecti ons 108(14), (14.1), (15), and (65) of the Motor 
Vehicle Safety Regulations  currently make reference. Please be advised that the references 
to section 5.3.1 of TSD No. 108 that appear in subsections 108(14) and (14.1) should now 
be read as section 5.3 and that the references to section 5.3.1.1 in subsections 108(15) and 
(65) should also be read as section 5.3. These clauses will be amended to refer to section 5.3 in due course.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 9 June 2007, Pages 1573-1574 (Available in 
English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    9 June 2007 
9 December 2007 
The lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment on vehicles manufactured during the six-month interim period may conform to the requirements of either Revision 3 or Revision 4. 
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 the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20070609/pdf/g1-14123.pdf   Technical Standards Document No. 108, La mps, Reflective Devices and Associated 
Equipment, can be downloaded at: 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/mvstm_ tsd/tsd/1080rev4_e .pdf (English) 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/securiteroutiere/mvs tm_tsd/tsd/1080rev4_f.pdf (French)