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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.336
28November 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3806)
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 4002-4005)
6. Description ofcontent: This Amendment totheMotor Vehicle Safety Regulations,
Section 214"Side Door Strength" willreduce thesafety hazard caused byintrusion into
thepassenger compartment ofamotor vehicle impacted inthesideduring anaccident.
Itextends tobuses, multipurpose passenger vehicles (mpv's),andtrucks having agross
vehicle weight rating oflessthan4,536 kgs., therequirement which currently applies
onlytopassenger cars. With thevehicle firmly tieddown, thesidedoors must provide
aspecified minimum resistance tocrush when theyareloaded from theoutside bya
slowly moving halfcylinder. Thecylinder, moving over adistance of460mm,
simulates theintrusion ofaround poleintothesideofthevehicle.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman safety
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,18November 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 16February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: