. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/196 
27 February 2007 
 (07-0821) 
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-003-07 —  Amendment of RSS-187 and renumbering as RSS-287(2 pages; available in English and French) 
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that I ndustry Canada is amending Radio 
Standards Specification 187 (RSS-187), which sets out minimum requirements for the certification of transmitters and receivers in  a radiocommunication system to provide 
emergency situation communication in the bands 121.5 MHz, 243 MHz and 406 MHz.  
Notice is also given that RSS-187 is being re numbered as RSS-287. This is being done in 
accordance with the convention adopted by Industry Canada by which Radio Standards 
Specifications (RSSs) covering equipment subj ect to both certification and licensing form 
the 100 series, those covering equipment subject to certification but exempt from licensing (like this standard) form the 200 series and those covering equipment exempt from both 
certification and licensing form the 300 series.  
This RSS was amended in orde r to include technical requirements for new devices called 
Maritime Survivor Locator Devices (MSLDs), which operate in the band 121.5 MHz, and to G/TBT/N/CAN/196 
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  permit certification of Class 2 Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs). A general reformatting of 
the document was carried out and contact info rmation was updated. This revised RSS is  
Radio Standards Specification 287, Issue 1, Emergency Position Indicating Radio 
Beacons (EPIRB), Emergency Locator Trans mitters (ELT), Personal Locator Beacons 
(PLB), and Maritime Survivor Locator Devices (MSLD)  [RSS-287]  
Note that the above RSS document is availabl e 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 214-215 (available 
in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not stated 
10 February 2007 
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/sf08728e.html