. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/316 
2 June 2010  
 (10-3052) 
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Transport 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
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:  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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Anchorages of Seats and 
Seat Belt Anchorages (ICS: 03.220, 43.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regu lations (Interpretation and Standards 207 and 
210)  (6 pages, available in English and French)     
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments would update the Canadian safety 
standards for Anchorages of Seats and Seat Belt Anchorages and amend the definition for 
designated seating position to improve the safety of vehicles by ensuring that occupants are provided with seat belts in all intended seating locations.  They would also address 
comments received from the Standing Joint Comm ittee for the Scrutiny of Regulations by 
proposing to add a new definition for "shoulder re ference point."  In addition to improving 
safety, this proposal is necessary to advan ce Canada’s policy to pursue internationally 
harmonized motor vehicle regulations and to reduce trade barriers within North America. 
Specifically, this proposal would fully harm onize the requirements for seat anchorages and 
update the requirements for designated seati ng positions to harmonize with those published 
in the United States on 8 October 2008.  The proposal would also harmonize and clarify the 
definition of designated seating capacity by including wheelchair locations in its calculation.  This proposal will also clarify the scope of section 2.2 (Number of Wheels). G/TBT/N/CAN/316 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of public safety  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 22 May 2010, Pages 1339-1344 (available 
in English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 Proposed date of entry into force:    Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication 
in the Canada Gazette, Part I. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are published in the Canada 
Gazette, Part II.  
10. Final date for comments:  5 August 2010 
11. Text 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://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-05-22/p df/g1-14421.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
or  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2010/2010-05-22/html/reg2-eng.html
 (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2010/2010-05-22/html/reg2-fra.html  (French)