PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATIONS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif.96.454. 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. Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above. 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): Motor vehicle mirrors. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Mirrors) (pages 2800-2814). 6. Description of content: Section 111 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, which is entitled "Rearview Mirror", specifies the requirements governing the rearview mirrors of all motor vehicles, which include passenger cars, motorcycles, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses. This proposed amendment would introduce new requirements for the rearview mirror systems of school buses, and it would clarify the existing provision that governs the reflectivity of rearview mirrors, the wording of which may give the impression that the use of electrochromic mirrors is not permitted. In addition, Section 111 has been reorganized and its language revised in order to make it easier to understand. The requirements for the rearview mirrors of all vehicles other than school buses would remain unchanged. 7. Objective and rationale: Protection of human safety. 8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, 28 September 1996. 9. Proposed date of adoption: Not stated; Proposed date of entry into force: Not stated. 10. Final date for comments: 27 December 1996. 11. Text available from: National enquiry point. (0023)

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