. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/HKG/7
18 October 2001
(01-5127)
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:   HONG KONG, CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), Government
of HKSAR
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):   Telecommunications
terminal equipment (HK HS code 8517 5000)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    I ssue 1 o f HKTA
2039 Network Connection Specification for Conn ection of Customer Premises Equipment
(CPE) to the Public Telecommunications Networks (PTNs) in Hong Kong using OpticalLeased Circuits with Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Interface (7 pages, in
English).
6. Description of content:   This Specification sets out the minimum technical requirements
for connection of CPE to the public telecomm unications networks (P TNs) in Hong Kong
using optical leased circuits with SONET interface.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The Specification facilitates the connection of CPE to optical leased circuits in Hong Kong
and certification under the Hong Kong Te lecommunications Equipment Evaluation and
Certification (HKTEC) Scheme.
8. Relevant documents:   Technical requirements in the Specification are based on Bellcore
standard GR-253-CORE Synchronous Optica l Network (SONET) Transport Systems:
Common Generic Criteria, Issue 2 (December 1995).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }As soon as possible
10. Final date for comments:   27 December 2001G/TBT/N/HKG/7
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
(a) Download from http://www.ofta.gov.hk/standards/hktaspec/hkta2039.pdf;
(b) Standards Section;
Office of the Telecommunications Authority;29/F, Wu Chung House,
213 Queen’s Road East,
Wanchai,
Hong Kong
Fax: +852 28035112
Tel: +852 29616636Email : standards@ofta.gov.hk