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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/CAN/702

Notification No.

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Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

Regulations Amending the Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations (Laser Products) 25 pages in Part I of the Canada Gazette, English and French.

Objective

Other (TBT)

Product Covered

Various laser devices including but not limited to HS845611, 851580, 85219010, and 901320.The following laser devices would be excluded from this proposal:·         laser-based medical devices as defined by the Medical Devices Regulations·         laser products that are sold to other manufacturers for use as components of any system for subsequent sale e.g., diode (as per IEC 60825-1:2014)·         laser products sold by or for manufacturers of end products for use as repair parts (as per IEC 60825-1:2014)

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HSCODE

845611 - Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for cutting, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits); 851580 - Electric machines and apparatus for laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc welding; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. metal spray guns specified elsewhere); 852190 - Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. magnetic tape-type and video camera recorders); 901320 - Lasers (excl. laser diodes)

ICSCODE

31.260 - Optoelectronics. Laser equipment

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Description

The requirements of the Radiation Emitting Device RegulationsRegulations) have not changed substantively in over 30 years. Proposed changes to the Regulations would include new provisions to replace the existing radiation protection requirements for laser scanners and demonstration lasers with modern requirements appropriate for the broad scope of laser products available to Canadians today, and proportional to their level of hazard. The proposed amendments would:·         extend the proposed requirements to all laser devices, rather than just demonstration lasers and laser scanners (with the exception of medical devices, those products already excluded from the scope of the IEC 60825-1: 2014 standard,                 and those products excluded from the scope of the Radiation Emitting Devices Act·         align the Regulations laser radiation safety requirements with an international standard for laser products by adopting specific sections of IEC 60825-1: 2014·         introduce the IEC classification system for “laser products” that ranks devices according to their degree of hazard·         establish testing methods and rules to determine accessible emission levels and assign laser products to a particular hazard class·         require built-in engineering safety features that are appropriate for the laser class to manage exposure to hazardous levels of radiation             ·         establish labelling requirements and accompanying information to support compliance monitoring, verification, and enforcement activities (e.g., requiring specific details to uniquely identify laser products and their manufacturing                                    origins) and help individuals who are purchasing, operating, and servicing laser products to make more-informed decisions

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