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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.252
22August 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2464)
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
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 maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Heavy trailer cargo
anchoring devices
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheMotor
Vehicle Safety Regulations (pages 2572-2575)
6. Description ofcontent: Arecent Department ofTransport study ofheavy truck
accidents hashighlighted lossofload-type accidents asamajor cause ofinjury, death
andproperty damage onCanadian highways. Acontributing factor inthese accidents
hasbeen thefailure ofthetrailer attachment points towhich suchdevices aschains,
straps orwireropeareaffixed tosecure theloadonthetrailer.
Inresponse tothisproblem theDepartment ofTransport proposes tomake an
amendment totheMotor Vehicle Safety Regulations thatwillspecify theminimum
strength andnumber ofanchor points fitted toevery newtrailer designed tocarry cargo
which isaffixed bymeans suchaschains orstraps withagross Vehicle Weight Rating
of10,000 kg.ormore. These Regulations willensure thattrailers bebuiltwithanchor
points ofsufficient strength andnumber torestrain theloadatalltimes, including
rollover-type accidents.
7. Objective andrationale: Prevention ofdeceptive practices
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,5August 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 4October 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: