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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/6/Rev.2 
22 July 2011  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 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 St reet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7  
Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222, Fax:  +1 613 569 7808, E-mail:  mailto: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):   Lamps, reflective devices, 
and associated equipment (ICS:  43.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Technical Standards 
Document No. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment" Revision 5  (1 page, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 12 of the Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act  and sections 16 and 17 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, that the 
Department of Transport has revised Tec hnical Standards Document (TSD) No. 108, Lamps, 
Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment , which specifies the requirements for the 
lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment that are installed on newly manufactured motor vehicles. 
TSD No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment , reproduces U.S. Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 of the sa me title and is incorporated by reference in 
section 108 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations .  This revision includes the regulatory 
text of the Final Rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation that was published in the Federal Register  of April 27, 
2011 (Vol. 76, No. 81, p. 23506). 
This revision changes the requirements governin g geometric visibility of motorcycles tail 
lamps, turn signal lamps and stop lamps, recognizing the limited width of motorcycles. G/TBT/N/CAN/6/Rev.2 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety 
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette, Part I, 9 July 201 1, Page 2229 (Available in English 
and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    9 July 2011   
9 January 2012 - The lamps, reflective devices, 
and associated equi pment on vehicles 
manufactured during the six-month interim period may conform to the requirements of 
either Revision 4 or Revision 5. 
10. Final date for comments:  Not stated  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone or fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site address, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:   http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-07-09/pdf/g1-14528.pdf#page=43 ( Canada 
Gazette ) 
or  http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2011/2011-07-09/html/notice-avis-eng.html#d109 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2011/2011-07-09/html/notice-avis-fra.html#d109 
Technical Standards Document No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated 
Equipment   Revision 5 can be downloaded at: 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents/roadsafety/1080rev5_e.pdf  (English) 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents /securiteroutie re/1080rev5_f.pdf  (French)