WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/30
5 March 2002
(02-1103)
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,
ext. 491, 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):   Mirrors fitted to school
buses (ICS: 43.040)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Mirrors), (pages 449-454, English and French).
6. Description of content:   Section 111 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (MVSR),
entitled “Mirrors,” specifies the requirements governing the mirrors of all motor vehicles,
including passenger cars, motorcycles, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
This proposed amendment would make changes to the regulations governing mirrors fitted
to school buses. The majority of the changes are designed to clarify the testing procedures
by introducing more detailed guidelines under which current performance requirements are
to be evaluated.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
School bus safety and harmonization with the latest Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE) practices.
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 23 February 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }not stated
10. Final date for comments:   9 May 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 Canada Gazette, Part I can also be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13608.pdf .