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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/65
17 April 2003
(03-2132)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English/
                French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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,
ext. 491, Fax.: +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: info@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, 03.120.20)          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Telecommunications
Act and Radiocommunication Act – Notice No. SMSE-002-03 (pages 1024-1025; English
and French)
6.Description of content:
Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is releasing the following documents:
1. Issue 2 of the Recognition Criteria, and Administrative and Operational Requirements
Applicable to Certification Bodies for the Certification of Radio Apparatus to Industry
Canada’s Standards and Specifications (CB-02);
2. Issue 2 of the Procedure for the Designation of Canadian Certification Bodies by
Industry Canada (DES-CB);
3. Issue 4 of the Procedure for Designation and Recognition of Canadian Testing
Laboratories by Industry Canada (DES-LAB[E]);
4. Issue 4 of the Procedure for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories by Industry
Canada  (ACC-LAB[E]); and
5. Issue 3 of the Procedure for the Recognition of Designated Foreign Testing Laboratories
by Industry Canada (REC-LAB[E]).
The testing laboratory procedures DES-LAB(E), ACC-LAB(E), REC-LAB(E) and DES-CB
have been modified to reflect the changes in CB-02 and to take into account the recognition
of testing laboratories for radio apparatus standards in order to assist certification bodies inG/TBT/N/CAN/65
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maintaining their expertise.
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 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }12 April 2003
10. Final date for comments:   26 June 2003
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 Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030412/pdf/g1-13715.pdf
The documents mentioned above are available electronically on the Internet at the following
address: http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum
(see “Official Publications,” then “Proced ures”, then “Procedures for Conformity
Assessment Bodies”)