Canada - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is facilitating submission of applications through online services (DES-LAB, Issue 6 & REC-LAB, Issue 5)

Department of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development issued notice on  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is facilitating submission of applications through online services by releasing the following documents:

a)             DES-LAB, Issue 6, Procedure for Designation and Recognition of Canadian Testing Laboratories (http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01750.html), which specifies the procedure applicable to Canadian testing laboratories seeking recognition or designation to test telecommunications terminal equipment and radio apparatus;

b)             REC-LAB, Issue 5, Procedure for the Recognition of Designated Foreign Testing Laboratories (http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf05259.html), which describes the criteria and procedure used in Canada to recognize foreign testing laboratories that have been designated by a Mutual Recognition Agreement/Arrangement (MRA) partner to test the Canadian requirements for apparatus; and

DES-CB, Issue 4, Procedure for the Designation of Canadian Certification Bodies (CB) (http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf05615.html), which specifies the procedure used in Canada to designate a Canadian entity as a certification body to certify products to the regulatory requirements of an MRA partner.

Proposed date of adoption: 30 June 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: 30 June 2016

Final date for comments: 7 October 2016

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures, so that these can be taken up suitably.