. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/121 
5 April 2005  
 (05-1384) 
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 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 [ 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):   Motor Vehicles (ICS:  
43.040, 83.160.10). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Div erse Amendments) and the Motor Vehicle Tire 
Safety Regulations, 1995 (pages 1023-1030, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   The Department of Transport is proposing to amend the Motor 
Vehicle Safety Regulations (MVSR) and the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995 
(MVTSR). 
With respect to the MVTSR, this is a proposal  to amend paragraph 1( 1)(d) of Schedule IV. 
The Department proposes to update paragraph 1(1)( d) of Schedule IV to the MVTSR by 
adding 350 kPa (51 p.s.i.) to the list of maximum permissible inflation pressures. This change will align the Canadian requireme nts with those in the United States. 
With respect to the MVSR, the proposed amendments include the addition of an 
abbreviation to correct an omission in para graph 6(1)(f); the correction of a subsection 
reference in subparagraph 6.2(1)(f)(ii); the additi on of a requirement to display the tire load 
range on the compliance or information label re ferred to in subsection 120(12) of Schedule 
IV; the re-instatement of the content of  subparagraph 120(6)(a)(v iii) of Schedule IV, 
inadvertently deleted in a previous amendm ent to the MVSR (amendment notified as 
G/TBT/N/CAN/44); the clarification of Section 210.2 of Schedule IV; the correction of G/TBT/N/CAN/121 
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references in subsections 301.2(1.1) and (1.2 ) of Schedule IV, and the introduction of a 
revised version of Test Method 1106. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety. 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 26 March 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Not stated  
Proposed date of entry into force: Not stated, except for the modification to 
 paragraph  6(1)(f) which would come into  effect on 1 January 2006, for the 2007  snowmobile models. 
10. Final date for comments:    9 June 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/2005/20050326/pdf/g1-13913.pdf