WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.237
1August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3075)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofTransport
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Add-on restraint
equipment
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment
totheMotor Vehicle Safety Regulations (pages 1992-1995)
6. Description ofcontent: Atthemoment, therequirements governing "add-on" motor
vehicle restraint equipment, which isinstalled afterpurchase byusers, arecontained in
theMotor Vehicle Safety Regulations (MVSR) under Sections 213,213.1, 213.2, and
213.3. ThenewMotor Vehicle Safety Act,which came intoforce on12April 1995,
gives theDepartment ofTransport explicit authority overadd-on restraint equipment and
setsadditional requirements withregard tothisequipment. Asaresult, aseparate body
ofregulations, called theRegulations Respecting Motor Vehicle Equipment forUseinthe
Restraint ofChildren andDisabled Persons ,isbeing created which willrender the
requirements contained intheMVSRs redundant.
This Amendment willrepeal Sections 213, 213.1, 213.2, and213.3 ofthe
MVSRs, which areentitled "Child Restraint Systems", "Infant Seating andRestraint
Systems", "Booster Cushions" and "Restraint Systems forDisabled Persons",
respectively. Itwillalsorescind thedefinitions related toadd-on restraint equipment, as
theyarenolonger necessary, andremove thereferences totheabove Sections from
Schedule IIIoftheMVSRs.
AspartofthisAmendment, achange isalsobeing made toSection 213.4 ofthe
Regulations, which isentitled "Built-in Child Restraint Systems andBuilt-in Booster
Cushions". Attherequest ofautomotive manufacturers, Section 231.4 oftheMotor
Vehicle Safety TestMethods hasbeenrevised toclarify theprocedure formeasuring the
backofabuilt-in child restraint system. ThisAmendment updates thereference tothe
applicable testmethod, which isnowdated 15December 1995.
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7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman safety
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part1,13July1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 11October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: