Industry Canada

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Industry Canada

• Changes in Terminal Equipment Requirements
• Declaration of Conformity
• Self-Marking

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Declaration of Conformity (DoC)

• Effective January 19, 2002
• CP-01 Certification Procedure for Terminal
  Equipment - withdrawn
• DC-01 Procedure for Declaration of Conformity
  and Registration of Terminal Equipment - in
  force

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DoC Procedure

• Submission to Industry Canada
• DoC based on test results
• Registration request
• Registration fee
• Industry Canada action
• Review for completeness
• Register TE in the Terminal Equipment List
• Acknowledgement to Declaring Party
• Declaring Party can then distribute the TE in the
  Canadian market

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DoC Requirements

• Testing performed by recognized testing
  laboratories
• All TE models require registration
• Compliance folder to be retained for 10 years and
  provided to IC on demand
• Marking
• Registration Number
• Model number
• REN and compliance notice
• Provide a representative in Canada

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DoC Auditing

• Industry Canada may
• Request copy of compliance folder
• Conduct audits
• Request re-testing of the TE
• Representative in Canada
• Answers inquiries
• Provides samples to IC on demand

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Self-marking

• Self-Marking of the Certification/ Registration
  Number on Terminal Equipment Application
  Procedure and Agreement
• For previously certified TE, self-marking is an
  alternative to IC label
• Self-marking mandatory
• When DoC is used
• For certificate holders as of January 1, 2003
• Fee per mark same as fee per IC label (Existing
  Fee Order) applies to all products marked

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Self-marking (Contd)

• Self-marking agreement
• Requests for Self-Marking
• Accurate production records to be submitted to IC
  every 6 months for review.
• Registration number format
• IC Company No.- Unique Product No. (UPN)
• Company No. assigned by IC
• UPN assigned by declaring party
• One format for TE registration and radio
  equipment certification

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Self-marking (Contd)

• Future Plan
• Eliminate fee per unit marked and replace it by a
  one-time registration fee through a new Fee Order
• Eliminate the requirement for a self-marking
  agreement
• Incorporate the marking requirements in DC-01

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For More Information

• For detailed information on MRAs and Terminal
  Attachment Program visit
• http//www.scc.ca/forum98/tapac/dispatch.cgi
• or contact
• Jacqueline Dubé at
• Email telecom.reg_at_ic.gc.ca
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• for Industry Canada publications visit
• http//strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/sf01347e.html