WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/443
22 September 2000
(00-3802)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   National Enquiry Point
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):   Testing laboratories
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment
to the Telecommunications Act and the Radi ocommunication Act (pages 2963-2964; English
and French)
6. Description of content:   Notice No. SMSE-009-00 — Procedure for the Recognition by
Industry Canada of Designated Foreign Testing Laboratories.
Notice is hereby given that Industry Canada is releasing the Procedure for the Recognition
by Industry Canada of Designated Foreign Testing Laboratorie s. Recognition is the process
by which Industry Canada accepts a designated foreign testing laboratory as competent totest to Canadian requirements. Designation is the authorization given by a foreign
regulatory authority to a foreign testing laboratory or person to carry out specific testing
under the terms of the telecommunications equipment sectoral annexes of Canada’s Mutual
Recognition Agreements/Arrangements (MRAs).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Facilitate trade
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 16 September 2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   15 November 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   The electronic version of the Canada Gazette Part 1 can be
downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13438.pdf
The procedure mentioned above is available electronically on the Internet at the following
World Wide Web address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/spectrum (see “Official Publications,”
“Procedures” and then “Conformity Assessment Procedures”).