Appendix B – Product Approvals, Regulatory Design Consideratio ns, and Regulatory Compliance
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Regulatory Requirements for Canada
The following requirements are established under section 69.3 of the Te lecommunications Act for
purposes of section 5 of the Telecommunications Apparatus Regulat ions.
Registered equipment shall bear the following identifying marks, an d the Declaring Party shall ensure
that these marks are permanently affixed to the equipment:
(a) The registration number — Specifications of this mark are gi ven in the document: Self-
Marking of the Certification/Registration Number on Terminal Equipm ent — Application
Procedure and Agreement; and
(b) The model identification number under which the product was r egistered.
A statement of compliance with Industry Canada requirements, such a s the one given below, shall
accompany each unit of equipment whether registered under this pr ocedure or previously certified:
"This product meets the applicable Industry Canada technical specifications"
For terminal equipment intended for connection to loop-start or ground- start interfaces, the Ringer
Equivalence Number (REN) must be calculated as per Section 1.8 o f CS-03, Part I. A REN higher
than that determined may be assigned by manufacturers to allow for prod uction variations. The REN
must be marked on the terminal equipment itself or added to the note belo w. A note similar to the
following shall accompany each unit of equipment whether registere d under this procedure or
previously certified:
"The Ringer Equivalence Number is an indication of the maximum number of devices
allowed to be connected to a telephone interface. The termination on an interface may
consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement that the su m of the
RENs of all the devices does not exceed five".
Pursuant to section 69.3 of the Telecommunications Act, Certified or self-declared TE will bear a valid
identifying certification or registration number. The marking of the certification or registration number
on the product shall be as follows:
(a) TAC holder/DP will be responsible for permanently aff ixing the certification/registration
number on the TE. The certification/registration number (see example b elow) identifies
Certified or self-declared TE to the public, representatives of the te lecommunications
common carriers, the Department, and other interested parties. The lett er height must be no
less than 1.5 mm and the letters must be legible without magnifica tion.
(b) For integrated devices, e.g. a modem or one that is intended t o become a sub-assembly of
host equipment e.g. a data terminal, computer etc. that are designed to interface directly with
the network, the certification/registration number shall be affixe d to the integrated device
itself.
(c) The certification/registration number for a packaged TE will denote that the total package ha s
been registered. However, the marking will normally be placed on that u nit of the package,
which connects to the network. For example, in a PBX, the marking will b e placed on the
common equipment, which connects to the network, rather than on plug-in components which
may be added later. The Terminal Equipment List will show the common equ ipment but not
the standard station apparatus or any proprietary station apparatus.
(d) The marking format of the certification/registration number is as follows:
IC: XXXXXX-YYYYYYYY
Where:

· The letters "IC" have no other meaning or purpose than to identify the In dustry

Canada certification/registration number, and

· “XXXXXX-YYYYYYYY” is the certification/registration number; “XXXXXX” is the

Company Number¹ (CN); it consists of up to six alphanumeric characters (A-Z , 0-
9) assigned by Industry Canada; and “YYYYYYYY” is the Unique Product Num ber
(UPN); it consists of up to eight alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) a ssigned by
the applicant. Other characters, (such as & # *-) may not be used. Alphabeti c
characters must be capitalized.
Note: The Company Number of registered equipment ends with an alphabeti c character.