. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/323 
26 October 2010  
 (10-5569) 
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, 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 Street Ottawa Ontario 
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):  Radio apparatus 
(ICS:  33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Radiocommunication 
Act – Notice No. SMSE–011–10 – CB–02, Issue 5 (2 pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given that Industr y Canada is releasing Issue 5 of 
CB-02, Recognition Criteria, and Administrative and Operational Requirements Applicable to 
Certification Bodies for the Certification of Radio Apparatus to Indus try Canada’s Standards 
and Specifications.  
Changes in the new issue include: – Introduction of new scopes of accredita tion for radio equipment (Section 5.2); 
– Update to the audit requirements for Certif ication Bodies (CBs) to include, as a 
minimum, 5% of the total number of products  certified by the CB in a given year.  At 
least 1% of the products subject to radio frequency (RF) exposu re requirements and 
certified by the CB shall be included in the total number of samples audited (Section 
6.2.2); 
– Clarification of clarification of the inform ation that can be included on certificates 
issued by CBs (Section 6.3); G/TBT/N/CAN/323 
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  – Inclusion of the RF exposure test report in the technical brief submitted to Industry 
Canada Certification and Engineering Bureau (CEB) for every certification performed on equipment subject to RF ex posure requirements (Section 6.1.1);  and 
– Clarification of the certification process fo r radio equipment with terminal interface 
(Section 6.4.2). 
Note:  CB-02, Issue 4 was no tified under G/TBT/N/CAN/215. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the network  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 16 October 2010, page 2668-2669 (available 
in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not stated 
16 October 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  30 December 2010 
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 the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-p r/p1/2010/2010-10-16/pdf/g1-14442.pdf   (Canada Gazette) 
or http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2010/ 2010-10-16/html/notice-avis-eng.html#d106
 
(English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2010/ 2010-10-16/html/notice- avis-fra.html#d106  
(French) 
CB-02, Issue 5 is available electroni cally on Industry Cana da's website at: 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf09939.html  (English) 
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/sit e/smt-gst.nsf/fra/sf09939.html    (French)