WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.72
10March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0961)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: AUSTEL (Australian Telecommunications Authority)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Customer Equipment
connected tothetelecommunications network.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TS006: "General
Requirements forCustomer Equipment Connected totheNon-Switched Telephone
Network." (42pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisTechnical Standard relates toCustomer Equipment (CE).
Itdefines thegeneral technical conditions andperformance requirements forinterfacing
andnon-interference interworking thatcustomer equipment shall meet forconnection to
dedicated linesofatelecommunications network. Specific requirements forinterworking
andnon-interference with particular PTN services aredescribed inother AUSTEL
Technical Standards.
7. Objective andrationale: Technical regulation consistent with Part 21ofthe
Telecommunications Bill1996.
8. Relevant documents: Listed inReference Section ofstandard.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Mid1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 5May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
National Sales Centre
Standards Australia
POBox1055
Strathfield NSW 2135 Facsimile: +6129746 3333
Australia Telephone: +6129746 4600