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20 November 2020  
(20-8401) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English, French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different f rom above:   
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: + (343)203 -4273 
Fax: +(613)943 -0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  
Radiocommunications (ICS 33.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RSS-170, 
Issue  3, amendment 1   (8 page(s ), in English; 8 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science 
and Economic Development Canada has amended the following standard at Web site : 
• RSS-170, Issue 3, Mobile Earth Stations (MESs) and Ancillary Terrestrial 
Component (ATC) Equipment Operating in the Mobile -Satellite Service (MSS) 
Bands  
This standard has been amended to note that ATC equipment operating in the 2483.5 -
2495 MHz band must be certified under RSS -170 based on the requirements set forth in 
SMSE -009-20 Decision on Globalstar Canada's Application for Ancillary Terrestrial 
Compone nt (ATC) Authority in the 2.4 GHz Band (2483.5 -2495 MHz) and in RSS-Gen. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Effective spectrum man agement; Other  G/TBT/N/CAN/628  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Canada Gazette , Part I, 14 November 2020, (available in English and French).  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2020/2020 -11-14/html/index -eng.html  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2020/2020 -11-14/html/index -fra.html  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  5 November 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  5 November 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  25 January 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt -gst.nsf/eng/sf01767.html   
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt -gst.nsf/fra/sf01767.html   
 