. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/44
28 August 2002
(02-4585)
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 Transport
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, E-mail: info@scc.ca
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):   Three-wheeled Vehicles
(ICS: 43.100, 43.140)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    Proposed
Amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Three-wheeled Vehicles) and the
Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995 (Pages 2601-2648, English and French)
6. Description of content:   This proposed amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety
Regulations  (MVSR) is intended to:
(a) Introduce a new vehicle class for the three-wheeled vehicle (TWV), including a
new subclass for the three-wheeled passenger vehicle  (TPV) and another subclass
for the motor tricycle (TRI).
(b) Modify the existing classification definition for motorcycles, and introduce a new
subclass for the open motorcycle (MC) and another subclass to address the enclosed
motorcycle (EMC).
(c) Introduce two new Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS); the first
addressing the fuel system integrity for motorcycles and TWVs, and the second
addressing vehicle stability requirements for TWVs.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 17 August 2002G/TBT/N/CAN/44
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   31 October 2002
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 documents can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gaze tte/part1/pdf/g1-13633.pdf (Canada Gazette Part I)