. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/183 
29 November 2006 
 (06-5732) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
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 [   ], 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):   Infant restraint systems 
(ICS: 97.190, 43.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Seat Belt Anchorages, User-ready Tether 
Anchorages, Lower Universal Anchorage Syst ems, Built-in Child Restraint Systems and 
Built-in Booster Cushions) and the Motor Vehi cle Restraint Systems and Booster Cushions 
Safety Regulations  (17 pages, in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   The Department of Transport (the Department) proposes to amend 
Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (C MVSS) 210, 210.1, 210.2 and 213.4, which are 
part of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations  (MVSR).  This amendment proposes to 
improve safety for children riding in most convertibles and open-body type vehicles by clarifying the requirement for tether anchorag es; align the requirement for the total number 
of user-ready tether anchorage systems (URTA)  with those of the U.S. National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) by requiring that multi-purpose passenger vehicles (MPVs) with five forward-facing designate d seating positions (DSPs) be equipped with 
three URTA; align several other requirement s with those of the NHTSA Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 225, Child Restraint Anchorage Systems ; amend 
CMVSS 210 to clarify the requirements for the installation of seat belt anchorages in buses 
with seat belt assemblies; harmonize the definition and the labelling requirements for built-G/TBT/N/CAN/183 
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  in booster cushions with those for add-on booster cushions; and clarify several MVSR 
issues raised by the Standing Joint Committ ee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (SJC). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety. 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 18 November 2006, Pages 3884-3900 
(Available in English and French) 
The electronic version of the Regulations Amending the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations 
(Standards 210.1 and 210.2)  (final rule to TBT/N/CAN/114; SOR/2006-94) can be 
downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2006/20060531/pdf/g2-14011.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
Not stated, except for section 13 of the 
amending Regulations which would come into force on 1 April 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   1 February 2007 
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/2006/20061118/pdf/g1-14046.pdf