WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/379
29 August 2000
(00-3391)
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, where applicable):   Wireless equipment for
digital terrestrial sound broadcasting
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   New Technical
Standard of Digital Terrestrial Sound Broadcasting
6. Description of content:   Constitution of a technical standard of digital terrestrial sound
broadcasting
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To utilize digital terrestrial sound broadcasting and to activate more the broadcast-related
market, by enacting technical standard, in response to the request from the public in Japan.
8. Relevant documents:
The Ordinance for Regulating Equipment
The Ordinance stipulating the Standard System on Transmission for Digital Broadcasting
within the systems including Standard Definition Television
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }January 2001
10. Final date for comments:   2 November 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           