WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/18
21 August 2001
(01-4069)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and
Telecommunications
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   FPU (Field Pick-up
Unit) using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) method
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial amendment to
the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
6. Description of content:   Establishment of technical regulations concerning FPU using
OFDM method.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To establish technical regulations concerning FPU using OFDM method which can transmit
HDTB (High Definition Television) signals to a television studio from a running vehicle.
8. Relevant documents:   The Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }early in December 2001
10. Final date for comments:   30 October 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           