RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.267
12September 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2615)
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): Brake systems
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheMotor
Vehicle Safety Regulations (pages 3005-3011)
6. Description ofcontent: Anamendment toCanada Motor Safety Vehicle Standard
(CMVSS) 105(Hydraulic brake systems) andCMVSS 121(Airbrake systems) is
proposed tointroduce requirements forautomatic brake adjusters andadjustment
indicators, andtospecify conditions ofbrake adjustment during compliance tests. The
amendment willharmonize thetworegulations withtheUnited States FMVSS (Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard) 105andFMVSS 121.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman safety
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,26August 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 25September 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: