WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.201
22April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1612)
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 ofIndustry
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
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): Terminal equipment
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment
totheSpecification forTerminal Equipment, Terminal Systems, Network Protection
Devices, Connection Arrangements andHearing AidsCompatibility-CS-03 (page 739)
6. Description ofcontent: Notice No.SMSE-005-98
Notice ishereby given thatIndustry Canada isreleasing Amendment No.1to
Issue 8oftheCertification Specification 03(CS-03), dated 4April 1998. This
Amendment includes anewrequirement onreceive volume control inPartVand
editorial changes toParts, I,II,IV,VI,andVII.
Thereceive volume control requirement added inSection 6.1ofPartVwillbe
effective on1January 2000. From thatdayon,alltelephones, asdescribed therein,
manufactured fortheCanadian market (including proprietary telephones which have
been certified ascomponents oraspartofapackage) shall comply with these
requirements. Theexemptions ofwireless andsecure telephones continues tobeapplied
totheentire PartVrequirements. Thedistant effective datewillprovide sufficient time
formanufacturers andsuppliers toredesign their equipment andphase inequipment
meeting thisnewrequirement.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Protection ofthenetwork.
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,4April 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notstated
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 2000
10. Final dateforcomments: 3June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: