CANADA: SNOWMOBILES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.30. 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. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading, ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Snowmobiles. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Proposed Amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (pages 463-465). 6. Description of content: Effective 8 June 1994, the Snowmobile Safety and Certification Committee, Inc. (SSCC) reaffirmed its Safety Standards for Snowmobile Product Certification and the accompanying Supplement without changing their requirements. This revision was undertaken because of the reaffirmation, without change, of the standards published by the Society of Automotive Engineers to which the SSCC Standards and Supplement make reference. This amendment updates and clarifies Section 1201's incorporation of the SSCC Standards and Supplement, and stipulates those standards and test procedures that are obligatory. It also requires that the information affixed to and supplied with snowmobiles be provided in both French and English. In response to recommendations made by the Department of Transports' Regulatory Review Committee, this amendment also revokes Section 1200 of the Regulations. It contains two definitions: ``load carrying part'', which is no longer used, and ''snowmobile trailer'', which is already defined in the interpretation section. 7. Objective and rationale: Protection of human safety. 8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, 3 February 1996. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Not stated. 10. Final date for comments: 2 April 1996. (064)

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