WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.328
6 July 1998
(98-2664)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, wher e applicable):  Radio equipments of fixed
station used for cable television broadcasting enterprise
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment of the
Enforcement Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment (1 page, available in English)
6. Description of content:  To establish the technical requirements of radio equipments of fixed
station used for cable television broadcasting enterprise.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To
establish the technical requirements of radio equipments of fixed station used for cabletelevision broadcasting enterprise and to enable to transmit relaying cable television by
radio for a section or specific area where it is impossible to lay cable because of
geographical reason.
8. Relevant documents:  The basic law is the Radio Law and so on.  These standards will be
made public in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } September 1998
10. Final date for comments:  16 September 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           