. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/179 
9 October 2006 
 (06-4826) 
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):   Instrument transformers 
(ICS:  17.220). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations  (4 pages, available in English and French).
6. Description of content:   The Electricity and Gas Inspection Act  (the Act) prescribes that a 
measuring device must be approved, verified, and sealed before it is put into service. A 
measuring device refers to a meter used by a contractor or purchaser for establishing the 
basis of a charge for electricity supplied.  Th e intention of the requirements is to ensure a 
level of measurement accuracy and equity which is acceptable in Canada.  An instrument transformer used in electricity meter installations  is considered to be a meter, as defined in 
the Act.  However, the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations (the Regulations)  
currently provide an exemption to instrument transformers from the statutory requirements 
for verification and sealing.  
The purpose of this proposed regulatory amendment is to clearly identify the type of 
instrument transformers that the exemption pertains to, those being instrument transformers which have fixed, non-adjustable accuracy characteristics.  The amendment would allow 
instrument transformer designs which have pe rformance characteristics that are capable of 
being calibrated to be excluded from the exem ption established in the Regulations.  The G/TBT/N/CAN/179 
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  intention of this initiative is to ensure conf idence that an acceptable level of measurement 
accuracy and equity is maintained regardless of design.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevention of deceptive practices 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 30 September 2006, Pages 2996-2999 
(Available in English and French). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
On the date the measure is adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:   14 December 2006 
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/2006/20060930/pdf/g1-14039.pdf