WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/27
5 February 2002
(02-0553)
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:   Canadian Enquiry
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222,
ext. 491, 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):   Radiocommunication
systems and services (ICS: 33.160)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Radiocommunication
Act – Notice No. DGTP-001-02 (pages 79-80; English and French).
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this notice is to announce a consultation paper on
proposals for revisions to the spectrum utilization policies for services in certain bands in
the frequency range 3-30 GHz. These proposals are in response to a number of expressions
of interest for the introduction of new services and applications in the spectrum above
3 GHz.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the network
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 19 January 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   30 April 2002
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 I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13603.pdf