. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/70
4 August 2003
(03-4108)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English/
                French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:           
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-siteaddresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  Canadian Enquiry
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222,
Fax.: +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: info@scc.ca
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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):  Motor vehicle theft
prevention systems (ICS : 13.310)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Locking and Immobilization Systems) (pages
2394-2402; English and French)
6. Description of content:  The Department of Transport is proposing to amend Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 114, which is part of the Motor Vehicle Safety
Regulations (MVSR). The purpose of the proposed amendment is to require that vehicles be
equipped with anti-theft immobilization devices. More specifically, the Department is
proposing to require that all vehicles having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 4
536 kg or less have an immobilization system installed that, at the choice of the
manufacturer, meets one of the following standards:— Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada CAN/ULC-S338, “Standard For Automobile
Theft Deterrent Equipment and Systems: Electronic Immobilization;” or,
— United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulation No. 97,
“Uniform Provisions Concerning Approval of  Vehicle Alarm Systems (VAS) and of Motor
Vehicles with Regard to Their Alarm Systems (AS).”
Requiring that vehicles meet one of these standards is expected to improve road safety by
reducing vehicle theft, especially theft involving young offenders.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:  Canada Gazette, Part I, 26 July 2003          G/TBT/N/CAN/70
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9. Proposed date of adoption:       not stated
Proposed date of entry into force:     1 September 2005          
10. Final date for comments:   9 October 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030726/pdf/g1-13730.pdf