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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.325
9November 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3476)
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): Motor vehicles
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheMotor
Vehicle Safety Regulations (pages 3741-3745)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisamendment will:
(a) Require alterers andintermediate andfinalstage manufacturers torespect the
gross axleweight ratings andgross vehicle weight rating determined forthe
vehicle bytheoriginal manufacturer;
(b) require themanufacturers ofmotor homes, recreational trailers, altered vans,
altered multipurpose passenger vehicles, andvehicles manufactured from chassis
withacutaway cabtostatetheircargo-carrying capacity anddesignated seating
capacity onthecompliance label oronaseparate label placed beside the
compliance label;
(c) formotor homes andrecreational trailers, require thattheabove labelspecify the
mass ofthecontents ofeachfresh-water tankandwaste tank, when full,and
state thecargo-carrying capacity ofthevehicle wasdetermined with the
fresh-water tanks fullandthewaste tanks empty;
(d) change theterm"rated cargo mass", which isusedindetermining theGVWR,
to"cargo-carrying capacity" andredefine "unloaded vehicle mass" toclarify that
themass oftheunloaded vehicle includes alltheequipment necessary tocarry
outitsintended function; and
(e) require thatthenumber ofseatbelts installed inamotor home benolessthan
thenumber ofsleeping positions.
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7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman safety.
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,28October 1995.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated.
10. Final dateforcomments: 26January 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: