. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/232 
1 April 2008 
 (08-1438) 
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.:  +( 613) 238 3222 
Fax.: +(613) 569 7808 
Email: 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):   Bumpers for vehicles 
(ICS: 43.020, 43.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Bum pers)  (6 pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:   The proposed amendment to section 215 of Schedule IV of the 
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations  would modify the Canadian safety standard for bumpers 
via incorporation by reference of simila r safety standards from the United States and 
Europe. This would have the effect of aligning  the testing speeds with those of Europe and 
the United States and provide manufacturers the option of meeting the European safety 
requirements or the safety and no damage provisions of the United States. This proposed 
amendment would result in one consistent set of globally regulated test speed requirements for the design of bumpers, which would simplif y the task of designing bumpers for vehicles 
destined for North American and European mark ets. This proposal would also facilitate the 
introduction in Canada of the impending Global Technical Regulation for pedestrian safety, 
being developed under the auspices of the Un ited Nations Economic Commission of Europe 
(UN/ECE). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety G/TBT/N/CAN/232 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette,  Part I, 22 March 2008, Pages 822-827 (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. 
On the date the measure is adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:   21 April 2008 
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/2008/20080322/pdf/g1-14212.pdf (Canada Gazette ) 
or  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/pa rtI/2008/20080322/htm l/regle5-e.html   (English)   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/pa rtI/2008/20080322/html/regle5-f.html   (French)