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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/4
13 March 2001
(01-1214)
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:   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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Passenger cars, multi-purpose
passenger vehicles, trucks and buses
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment to
the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Lower  Universal Anchorage Systems for Restraint
Systems and Booster Cushions)  (pages 751-786; English and French) and Proposed Amendment
to the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Cushions Safety Regulations (pages 787-
811;  English and French)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of these amendments would be to:
- introduce a new regulation — Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS 210.2)
Lower Universal Anchorage Systems for Restraint Systems and Booster Cushions that
would require passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks and buses to be
manufactured with lower universal anchor age systems (lower anchorages) for the
installation of add-on children’s restraint systems;  and
- amend the RSSR to require that infant and child restraint systems be fitted with lower
connector systems (lower connectors) with which the restraint systems would be
secured to the vehicle’s lower anchorages;  the amendment would also permit, but not
require, other categories of restraint systems, restraint systems for disabled persons andfor infants with special need s, as well as booster cushions, to be fitted with lower
connectors.
The focus of the proposed new regulation and the associated amendments is to make it easier for
Canadian parents and caregivers to properly restrain infants and children in motor vehicles.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:G/TBT/N/CAN/4
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Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 3 March 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   31 May 2001
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/g1-13509.pdf