. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/195 
27 February 2007 
 (07-0822) 
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 Industry 
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 Email: info@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 langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication 
Act Notice No. SMSE-002-07— Amendment of Interference-Causing Equipment Standards 
ICES-002 and ICES-005  (2 pages; available in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is amending the 
following Interference-Causing Equipment Standards (ICES): ICES-002, which sets out standards for radio noise emissions from sp ark-ignition systems of vehicles and other 
devices equipped with internal combustion engi nes, and ICES-005, which sets out standards 
for radio noise emissions from Radio Frequency Lighting Devices (RFLDs).  These documents are  
Interference-Causing Equipment Standard 002  (ICES-002), Issue 4, Spark Ignition Systems 
of Vehicles and Other Devices Equipped with Internal Combustion Engines; 
and  
Interference-Causing Equipment Standard 005 (ICES-005), Issue 2, Radio Frequency 
Lighting Devices (RFLDs)   
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  ICES-002, Issue 4, is being released to harm onize Industry Canada's requirements for spark-
ignition systems and internal combustion engines with those of U.S. auto manufacturers, by 
referencing the Canadian Standards Associa tion (CSA) adaptation of the international 
standard CISPR 12.  
ICES-005, Issue 2, is being released to ha rmonize Industry Canada's requirements for 
RFLDs with those of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Part 18 for 
conducted emissions limits.  
Note that the above RSS documents are av ailable in English and French on Industry 
Canada’s Web site: http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 10 Febr uary 2007, Pages 212-213 (available 
in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The above documents will come into force as of the 
date of publication of this notice (10 February 2007).   
A transition period ending 1 September 2007 is  provided, within which compliance with 
either ICES-002, Issue 3 or ICES-002, Issue 4 will be accepted.  After 1 September 2007, 
only compliance with ICES-002, Issue 4 will be accepted. 
A grace period ending 1 September 2007 is provi ded, during which compliance with either 
ICES-005, Issue 1 or ICES-005, Issue 2 will be  accepted.  After 1 September 2007, only 
compliance with ICES-005, Issue 2 will be accepted. 
10. Final date for comments:   11 May 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 these do cuments can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/ partI/2007/20070210/pdf/g1-14106.pdf  
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/en/sf08727e.html