WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/75
29 August 2003
(03-4514)
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):   Lifejackets
(ICS:13.340.10)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Life Saving Equipment Regulations (pages 2625-2631;  English and French)
6. Description of content:   These Regulations amend the Life Saving Equipment Regulations
(the Regulations) to incorporate by reference TP 13571, entitled Standards for SOLAS
Lifejackets , which details the labeling and information that must be supplied with Safety of
Life at Sea (SOLAS) lifejackets.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 16 August 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }not stated
10. Final date for comments:   15 October 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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030816/pdf/g1-13733.pdf