. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/346 
19 October 2011  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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, 
ext. 491, 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):  Telecommunications 
terminal equipment and radio apparatus (ICS: 33.050, 33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Telecommunications 
Act, Radiocommunication Act - Notice No. SMSE- 014-11 - CB-01, Issue 4; CB-02, Issue 6; 
DES-CB, Issue 3; and DES-LAB(E), Issue 5 (2 pa ges, available in English and French)    
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given that Indu stry Canada is releasing the 
following amendments:  
1. CB-01, Issue 4: Requirements for Certification Bodies ;  
2. CB-02, Issue 6: Recognition Criteria, and Admi nistrative and Operational 
 Requirements Applicable to Certification Bodies for the Certification of Radio 
 Apparatus to Industry Canada’s Standards and Specifications ; 
3. DES-CB, Issue 3: Procedure for the Designation of Canadian Certification Bodies by 
 Industry Canada ; and  
4. DES-LAB (E), Issue 5: Procedure for Designation and Recognition of Canadian 
 Testing Laboratories by Industry Canada . 
The following changes have been introduced: 1. CB-01 has been updated in Issue 4 to appl y to both Canadian and foreign certification 
 bodies (CBs), by moving existing requireme nts for foreign CBs from REC-CB into 
 CB-01 This update consolidates the rec ognition procedures in a single document. G/TBT/N/CAN/346 
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   With the release of this update, CB-01 will supersede REC-CB.  
2. The Cross-Reference Checklist table, former ly in Appendix II of CB-01, Issue 3, has 
 been moved to Annex A of CB-02, Issue 6. This will allow updates to CB-02 in the  future without affecting CB-01. The table has also been updated with regard to the 
 changes introduced in CB-02, Issue 6. 
3. The product audit sectio n of CB-02, Issue 6, has been updated to provide 
 clarifications on audit require ments. This update clarifies how to calculate the number 
 of products to be targeted for audit by the certification bodies with in a calendar year.  
4. References to ISO/IEC standards have been changed from specific editions to the 
 latest editions in all the above documents. 
5. Contact information for Industry Cana da has been updated in all the above 
 documents. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 8 October 2011, Pages 3175-3176 (Available 
in English and French)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
8 October 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  22 December 2011 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2011/2011-10-08/pdf/g1-14541.pdf#page= 55 ( Canada 
Gazette) 
The documents CB-01, Issue 4; CB-02, Issue 6; DES-CB, Issu e 3; and DESLAB(E), Issue 5 
are available in English and French on Industry Canada 's Web site at: 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10077.html  (English) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/fra/sf10077.html  (French)