. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/235 
21 April 2008 
 (08-1862) 
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, Onta rio, 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):   Radiocommunications 
Equipment (ICS: 33.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication 
Act - Notice No. SMSE-002-08 — Amendment of RSS-191 and SRSP-338.6  (Available in 
English and French, 2 pages)   
6. Description of content:    
Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada  is releasing the following documents: 
 Radio Standards Specification 191 (RSS-191), Issue 3: Local Multipoint Communication 
Systems in the Band 25.3528.35 GHz; Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Broadband Communication Systems in the Bands 24.25-24.45 GHz and 25.05-25.25 GHz; and 
Point-to-Multipoint Broadband Communications in the Band 38.6-40.0 GHz , which sets 
out certification requirements for local multipoint communication systems (LMCS), point-to-point a nd point-to-multipoint br oadband communication systems in these bands; 
and 
 Standard Radio System Plan 338.6 (SRSP-338.6), Issue 3: Technical Requirements for 
Fixed Radio Systems Operating in the Band 38.6-40.0 GHz , which sets out technical 
requirements for licensing digital equipment in  the fixed service for broadband wireless 
applications, including both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint systems in the band 
38.6-40.0 GHz.   
RSS-191, Issue 3 replaces Issue 2 and removes certification requirements for point-to-point broadband communication systems in the ba nd 38.6-40.0 GHz. These requirements have 
been transferred to SRSP-338.6, Issue 3. G/TBT/N/CAN/235 
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  Note that the above RSS and SRSP documents are available 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, 12 April 2008, Pages 1040-1041 (available 
in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    not stated 
12 April 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   10 August 2008 
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/2008/200804 12/pdf/g1-14215.pdf (Canada Gazette)  
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.n sf/en/sf08937e.html  (RSS and SRSP_English)  
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/s ite/smt-gst.nsf/fr/sf08937f.html    (RSS and SRSP_French)