WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.301
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3344)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPosts andTelecommunications
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): Transmitting facilities for
digital cable television broadcasting (HS:85.25)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment tothe
Ordinance forRegulating Cable Television Broadcasting, 3pages, available inEnglish
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish technical regulations ontransmitting facilities for
digital cable television broadcasting.
7. Objective andrationale: Toputthedigital cable television broadcasting topractical use.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheCable Television Broadcast Law. Thesaid
amendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:December 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 31October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: