WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.346
10July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2907)
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 [],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): Radio equipments of
global satellite mobile communications system using non-geostationary satellites.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment ofthe
Enforcement Ordinance forRegulating ofRadio Equipment (6pages, available in
English)
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish thetechnical requirements ofradio equipments of
theglobal satellite mobile communication system.
7. Objective andrationale: Toestablish thestandards ofrequirements ofradio equipment
fortheglobal satellite mobile communication system andtoutilize thesystem.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheRadio Law.
Thestandards willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 11September 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: