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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/28
5 February 2002
(02-0548)
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):   Telecommunications and
radio apparatus (ICS: 33.160)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Telecommunications
Act, Radiocommunication Act – Notice No. SMSE-001-02 (pages 80-82;  English and
French).
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is promulgating
revised and new documents that establish new procedures for conformity assessment of
telecommunications and radio apparatus.  These documents will come into effect upon
publication.
Industry Canada is implementing the following changes:
(a) Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
— DC-01: Procedure for Declaration of Conformity and Registration
of Terminal Equipmen t, Issue 1; and
— NCN-01: Procedures for Network Change Notices and Disclosures of New Terminal-to-
Network Interface s, Issue 1
(b) Certification of Radio Terminal Equipment by Canadian Certification Bodies
— CB-01: Requirements for Ce rtification Bodie s, Issue 1;
— CB-02: Recognition Criteria, and Administrative and Operational
Requirements Applicable to Certification Bodies  for the Certification of Radio Apparatus to
Industry Canada’s Standards and Specification s, Issue 1; and
— CB-03: Requirements for the Certification of Radio Apparatus to Industry Canada’s
Standards and Specification s, Issue 1.G/TBT/N/CAN/28
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(c) Phase II of Mutual Recognition Agreements/Arrangements
— DES-CB: Procedure for the Designation of Canadian Certification Bodies by Industry
Canad a, Issue 1; and
— REC-CB: Procedure for the Recognition of Foreign Certification Bodies by Industry
Canad a, Issue 1.
(d) Updates to Documents From Phase I of Mutual Recognition Agreements/Arrangements
— ACC-LAB: Procedure for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories by Industry
Canad a, Issue 3;
— DES-LAB: Procedure for Designation and Recognition of Canadian Testing
Laboratories by Industry Canad a, Issue 3; and
— REC-LAB: Procedure for the Recognition of Designated Foreign Testing Laboratories
by Industry Canad a, Issue 2.
The documents mentioned above are available electronically on the Internet at the following
address:  World Wide Web (WWW) http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum
(see “Official Publications,” then “Procedures”)
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the network
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 19 January 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   4 April 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 the Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13603.pdf