./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/18
2 November 2001
(01-5396)
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:   National Enquiry
Point
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):   Terminal equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Telecommunications
Act – Notice No. SMSE-025-0101 - Self-Marking of the Certification/Registration Number
on Terminal Equipment - Application Procedure and Agreement (pages 4021-4022;  Englishand French)
6. Description of content:   Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada will be releasing the
application procedure and agreement entitled Self-Marking of the Certification/Registration
Number on Terminal Equipment - Application Procedure and Agreement.
This action will allow Technical Acceptance Certificate Holders and Declaring Parties, once
the Declaration of Conformity is implemented, to enter into agreement with
Industry Canada to mark certified or self-declared terminal equipment themselves instead of
affixing labels provided by Industry Canada. The applicable requirements are described in
the application procedure and agreement. The application procedure and agreement comeinto effect upon publication of this notice.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To facilitate trade
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 27 October 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   26 December 2001G/TBT/N/CAN/18
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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 1 can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13543.pdf
The document mentioned above is available on the Internet at the following address:http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum (see "Official Publications", "Procedures" and then "Client
Procedures").