WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/93
22 February 2000
(00-0654)
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):   Motor vehicle roofs
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Roof Intrusion Protection) (pages 419-422;
English and French)
6. Description of content:   This amendment proposes that the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (CMVSS) 216, "Roof Intrusion Pr otection," and the corresponding Test
Method 216 be revised to improve safety by making the testing requirements more suitablefor vehicles with highly sloped roofs and vehicles with raised roofs.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 5 February 2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   5 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           