. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/272 
25 June 2009  
 (09-3110) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Industry 
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, Ontari o, 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Radiocommunications 
Equipment (ICS: 33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Radiocommunication 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-001-09 — New Issues of RSS-111, RS S-135 and RSS-215,  as well 
the withdrawal of RSS-128   (2 pages, in English and French).  
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given that Indu stry Canada is releasing the 
following updated documents: 
• Radio Standards Specification 111 (RSS-111), Is sue 3: Broadband Public Safety Equipment 
Operating in the Band 4940-4990 MHz, which se ts certification requirements for radio 
transmitters and receiver s in this band for public safety applications;  
• Radio Standards Specification 135 (RSS-135) , Issue 2: Digital Sc anner Receivers, which 
sets certification requi rements for digital scanner receivers; and  
• Radio Standards Spec ification 215 (RSS-215), Issue 2: Analogue Scanner Receivers, which 
sets certification requi rements for analogue scanner receivers.  
The above documents were updated to reflect re cent changes in equipment and certification 
requirements. 
Notice is also given that Industry Canada is withdrawing the following document: • Radio Standards Specification 128 (RSS-128), Issue 2, Revision 1: 800 MHz Dual-Mode 
TDMA Cellular Telephones.  G/TBT/N/CAN/272 
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  The document RSS-128 is rescinded because th e Time Division Multip le Access (TDMA) IS-
136 standard is no longer used in Canada . The Global System for Mobile (GSM) 
communication standard is covered in RSS-132, Cellular Telephones Employing New 
Technologies Operating in the Bands 824-849 MHz and 869-894 MHz. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 13 Ju ne 2009, Pages 1712-1713 (available in 
English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    not stated 
13 June 2009   
10. Final date for comments:  11 October 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of these do cuments can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2009/2009-06-13/pdf/g1-14324.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf09511.html  (RSS_English) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca /eic/site/smt-gst. nsf/fra/sf09511.html  (RSS_French)