What Changed (and what didn't)
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RSS‐310: Licence‐exempt Radio Apparatus(All Frequency Bands): Category II Equipment
[Receivers]– updated in December 2010, Released in January 2011
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RSS‐210: Low‐power License Exempt Radiocommunications Devices (All Frequency Bands)Industry Canada Radio Standards Specification [transmitters]– updated in December 2010, Released in January 2011
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Both standards above now require the product “model number” on the label to be preceded by
either M/N: or Model:. Both have been cited as acceptable in written document issued by Industry Canada.
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Model number encoding: this is a compliance policy decision in order to better allow accounting for future product changes and minimize significant change to labels. This is not required by any regulatory body.
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Not a change: CAN 310 vs. Canada 310. a company has been using CAN 310 for years on products subject to RSS‐310 (receivers only). Nowhere in any formal written documents does Industry Canada mention this as being allowable. However, we have e‐mail confirmation from IC saying CAN 310 is an allowable alternative. Either can be used and will be specified in the Compliance Plan.
The “Model:” requirement
Written into the label requirements of both RSS‐210 and RSS‐310. Required for both transmitters and receivers.
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Can be in the following formats |
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1.) Model: xyz123
2.) M/N:xyz123 [two lines]
3.) M/N: xyz123 |
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Frequently asked question: Is it necessary put M/N on non‐Canadian SKUs?
Answer: It is a good practice. Many Latin American countries require the
model to be indicated on the label. “Model:” has to be translated
to “Modelo:”. The “M/N:” abbreviation does not translated.
· Frequently asked question: I have a very small product. Can I put some of the Canadian
markings in the manual because of no space?
Answer: Yes. The standards have language allowing for this upon
agreement from IC.
Model name vs. Marketing name
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For transmitters, Industry Canada has a quirk in that all of the “model name(s)” for a
particular set of hardware must appear on the product label and in all of the transmitter
documentation/ exhibits submitted as part of the process of obtaining a grant of certification.
The model name(s) is/ are included on the Radio Equipment List (REL) that IC maintains.
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Wildcards are not allowed. I.E. ABCxxx where x can be 0‐9 is not allowable to describe
multiple models with the same hardware.
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You can add new models to the REL for an existing grant of certification for a small fee.
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You also can't use model names that have been used on a hardware design associated with
an existing grant for a new grant. A model name can only appear on the REL associated with
(1) and only (1) grant.
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This poses of a problem for a company especially with redesigns.
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IC acknowledges that the same hardware design is sometimes used by different companies
or by the same company for different hardware designs if the design is part of brand identity.
For this purpose, they allow “marketing names” as well.
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Marketing names are separate from model names and there are no restriction on their use.
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IC does not regulate the use of model names on receive only devices. |
