WTO.加拿大通报 G/TBT/N/CAN/556/Add.1

 WTO.加拿大通报修订根据《机动车安全法》（国家安全标志和进口）制定的某些法规的规定
编号：G/TBT/N/CAN/556/Add.1
G/TBT/N/CAN/556（2018年6月4日）中通知的拟议修正案获得通过，并于2020年2月20日生效，成为“修正根据《机动车安全法》（国家安全标志和进口）制定的某些法规的规定”。
该修正案通过修正与临时进口、从墨西哥进口的汽车以及从美国和墨西哥进口的汽车零部件有关的要求，减少了贸易壁垒。这项修正案符合《北美自由贸易协定》的目标，即消除贸易壁垒，便利加拿大、美国和墨西哥之间货物和服务的跨境流动，并履行了消除墨西哥进口二手机动车壁垒的具体承诺。
修正案还明确了为规定目的临时进口的车辆和设备的要求，并使部分法规与修正后的法案相协调，如车辆法规第11节和第12节以及与轮胎国家安全标志有关的规定。修订后的车辆法规要求这些车辆满足加拿大的特定安全要求，加拿大交通部预计修订不会对加拿大的机动车市场产生重大影响。
此外，修正案还将最低车速作为限制用途车辆的规定等级加以考虑，以排除非设计用于公共道路的慢速车辆，如助力自行车、踏板车以及电动或低速全地形车，从而改善了加拿大和美国之间的定线。这将澄清加拿大交通部的政策意图，即这些慢行车辆被排除在车辆法规之外，因为这些车辆以低速行驶，并在非公路上使用。
为了消除关于“主总成时间”（在法案中使用）和“制造日期”（在车辆法规中使用）的任何不确定性，后者在车辆法规中定义。
对“限制使用摩托车”的定义也作了修订，以确保这些类型的车辆属于缺陷和召回制度。最后，加拿大交通部将允许轮胎制造商在TIN格式方面有更大的灵活性，保留现有的加拿大TIN配置，并允许美国在其2015年关于TIN的最终规则中引入的配置。
所采取措施的全文可从下列网址下载：
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2020/2020-02-19/html/sor-dors22-eng.html
英文原文：
Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (National Safety Marks and Importation)
The proposed amendment notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/556 (dated 4 June 2018) was adopted and came into force 20 February 2020 as the "Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (National Safety Marks and Importation)".
The amendment reduces trade barriers by amending the requirements related to temporary importation, vehicles imported from Mexico, and vehicles imported from the United States and Mexico for parts. This amendment is aligned with the NAFTA objectives to eliminate trade barriers and facilitate the cross border movement of goods and services between Canada, the United States and Mexico, and delivers on specific commitments to remove barriers to the importation of used motor vehicles from Mexico.
The amendment also clarifies the requirements for vehicles and equipment imported temporarily for a prescribed purpose, and harmonizes parts of the Regulations with the amended Act, such as sections 11 and 12 of the Vehicle Regulations and the provisions related to the national safety mark for tires. The amended Vehicle Regulations require that these vehicles satisfy specific Canadian safety requirements, and overall Transport Canada does not anticipate that the amendment will have a significant impact on the market for motor vehicles in Canada.
In addition, the amendment improves alignment between Canada and the United States by applying a minimum speed for consideration as a prescribed class to restricted-use vehicles to exclude slow-moving vehicles not designed for use on public roads, such as power-assisted bicycles, scooters and electric or low-speed all-terrain vehicles. This would clarify Transport Canada's policy intent that these slow-moving vehicles are excluded from the Vehicle Regulations, as these vehicles travel at low speeds and are used off-road.
In order to eliminate any uncertainty regarding the expression "time [of] the main assembly" (used in the Act) and the expression "date of manufacture" (used in the Vehicle Regulations), the latter is defined in the Vehicle Regulations.
The definition of "restricted-use motorcycle" is also amended to ensure that these types of vehicles fall under the defect and recall regime. Finally, Transport Canada will allow tire manufacturers greater flexibility in respect of the TIN format, by keeping existing Canadian TIN configurations as well as allowing those introduced by the United States in its 2015 Final Rule regarding the TIN.
The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from the Internet addresses indicated below:
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2020/2020-02-19/html/sor-dors22-eng.html (English)（技术服务中心）