. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/50
24 October 2002
(02-5836)
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:   Department of Transport
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, 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 [     ], 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
transmission control functions (ICS : 43.040.50)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Transmission Control Functions)  (English and
French, pages 3148-3156)
6. Description of content:   The Department of Transport is proposing to amend Canadian
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 102, which is part of the Motor Vehicle Safety
Regulations (MVSR). The purposes of the proposed amendments are to:
- Modify vehicle starting requirements to accommodate new technologies;
- Introduce mandatory requirements for a brake shift interlock (BSI) for vehicles
equipped  with a transmission control sequence that includes a park position; and
- Introduce mandatory requirements for a clutch ignition interlock (CII) for vehicles
equipped with a manual transmission.
These proposed new requirements are expected to improve road safety while remaining
cost-effective for the consumers. In addition, these requirements would allow manufacturersmore flexibility to use innovative technology.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human safety
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 12 October 2002G/TBT/N/CAN/50
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   26 December 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] 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://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13641.pdf