. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/71
5 August 2003
(03-4116)
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 Industry
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 [ 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
Equipment (ICS : 33.060.01)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
Radiocommunications Act - Notice No. SM SE-006-03 (pages 2281-2282; English and
French)
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is releasing the
following Radio Standards Specifications which sets out minimum requirements for the
certification of radio transmitters and receivers:
− Radio Standards Specifications 193 (RSS-193), Issue 1, Multipoint and Point-to-
Point Communication Systems (MCS) in the Fixed Service Operating in the 2150-2160 MHz, 2500-2596 MHz and 2686-2690 MHz Bands.
− Radio Standards Specifications 141 (RSS-141), Issue 1, Aeronautical
Radiocommunication Equipment in the Frequency Band 117.975-137 MHz .
Notice is also given that Industry Canada is amending the following Radio Standards
Specifications (RSS) which sets out minimum requirements for the certification of zone
enhancers and band translators for the land mobile service.  The amended version is:
− Radio Standards Specifications 131 (RSS-131), Issue 2, Zone Enhancers for the
Land Mobile Service .
Note that the above RSS are available in English and French on Industry Canada’s Web
site:  http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrumG/TBT/N/CAN/71
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the network
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 26 July 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of publication of this notice
10. Final date for comments:   24 October 2003
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://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030726/pdf/g1-13730.pdf