WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/33
17 January 2002
(02-0244)
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):   Radio equipment at
radio stations of CDMA cellular phone systems
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial amendment to
the Ordinance for Executing the Radio Law, the Ordinance for Regulating RadioEquipment, and the Ordinance for the Certification of the Conformity of Specified Radio
Equipment with the Technical Standards
6. Description of content:   Establishment of technical regulations concerning radio
equipment at radio stations of CDMA cellular phone systems
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
(1) To establish technical regulations concerning radio equipment in order to introduce 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO systems;
(2) to harmonize technical regulations concerning radio equipment of IMT-2000 with 
international standards.
8. Relevant documents:
The Ordinance for Executing the Radio Law
The Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
The Ordinance for the Certification of the Conformity of Specified Radio Equipment with
the Technical Standards
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:April 2002
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10. Final date for comments:   14 March 2002
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:           