WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.395
14November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4846)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FINLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Telecommunications Administration Centre (TAC)
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): ThisRegulation shall
apply tostationary maritime VHF radiotelephones onboard aship, lifeboatorraft
portable maritime VHF radiotelephones asspecified inthedecision (KD202/00/89) of
theNational Board ofNavigation oraregulation replacing it,portable maritime VHF
radiotelephones usedonboard ayacht andportable maritime VHF radiotelephones used
onboard merchant andfishing vessels.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation onType
Approval Requirements forMaritime VHF Radiotelephones (7pages, available in
English)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisdraftRegulation isanup-dated version ofTAC 14/93M.
Itsscope covers fourdifferent groups ofmaritime VHF radiotelephones. Thepurpose
oftheamendments donenowwastoupdate thestandard references.
TheRegulation contains amutual recognition clause fortestreports from other
countries.
7. Objective andrationale: TheaimofthisRegulation istheefficient useoftheradio
frequency spectrum and,inparticular forthefirsttwogroups mentioned initem6,the
safety ofmaritime transport.
8. Relevant documents: ThisRegulation isincluded intheSeries ofRegulations issued by
theTAC.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 13January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: