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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.92
12 March 1999
(99-0991)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 Transport
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above: National Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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):  Lighting and retroreflective
devices
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to
the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (pages 601-606;  English and French)
6. Description of content:  This amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations makes
four minor changes to section 108, "Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices".
A correction is made to a test [subsection 108(41)] that measures the ability of
mechanically aimable headlamps to resist vertical deflection (limit of 0.3 degree) when a
standardized mechanical aiming tool is attached to it.
The second change [subsection 108(47)] requires that a lamp designed solely for
use as a daytime running lamp (DRL) [a sta nd-alone DRL] or DRL combined with a lamp
not specified by section 108 must be designed to conform to the photometric design
guidelines set out in Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practice J2087
(SAE J2087) rather than the lower production co nformity value set out in that recommended
practice.
The third change [subsection 108(47.1)] allows manufacturers to fit fog lamps as
DRLs without providing a manual fog lamp sw itch.  The fog lamps would function only as
DRLs – they could not be switched on and used as fog lamps when the DRLs are off, i.e.
when the headlamps are on.
The fourth change [subsection 108(47.2)] postpones to 1 September 2003, the date
after which DRLs provided by front turn si gnal-type lamps must comply with SAE J2087.G/TBT/Notif.99.92
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7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette, Part I, 27 February 1999
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } Not stated
10. Final date for comments:  28 May 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           