. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/215 
16 October 2007 
 (07-4464) 
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.: +(613) 238 3222, ext. 491 
Fax.: +(613) 569 7808 Email: enquirypoint@scc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 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):   Radio apparatus  
(ICS:  33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication 
Act – Notice No. SMSE-010-07 — Amendment to procedures CB-02 and REC-CB  (2 
pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:    
Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada  is releasing the following amendments:  
1. CB-02, Issue 4: Recognition Criteria, and Administrative and Operational Requirements 
Applicable to Certification Bodies for the Ce rtification of Radio Apparatus to Industry 
Canada's Standards and Specificati ons. This amendment includes:  
 
(a) The removal of Appendix I, Cross Reference Checklist; and  
 
(b) Clarification to the notification requireme nts for certifications performed by CBs 
(Section 6.4.1).  
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  2. REC-CB, Issue 2: Procedure for the Rec ognition of Foreign Certification Bodies by 
Industry Canada. This amendment includes:   
(a) Addition of Section 3, Related Documents;  
(b) Changes to the contact information in Section 4 and Appendix I;  
(c) The replacement of the Recognition Requirements Checklist in Appendix II by a 
cross reference checklist; and  
(d) Updates to the requirements of Section 7, Disclosure of Information, and Section 9, 
Retaining Recognition, to align them with requirements in CB-01.  
Note: CB-02, Issue 3 was notified under G/TBT/N/CAN/202. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 6 October 2007, Pages 2835-2836 
(Available in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
6 October 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071006/pdf/g1-14140.pdf   The documents mentioned above are available in English and French on Industry Canada’s 
Website: 
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt -gst.nsf/en/sf08817e.html  (English) 
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-g st.nsf/fr/sf08817f.html   (French)