WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SWE/37 
14 June 2004 
 (04-2551) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   National Post and Telecom Agency 
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:   National Board of 
Trade, www.kommers.se, telephone:  00 46 8 690 48 00, fax:  00 46 8 30 67 59, e-mail:  
registrator@kommers.se. 
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Radio transmitters 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation 
concerning amendments to the National Po st and Telecom Agency regulations on 
exemptions from the license obligation for certain  radio transmitters (18 pages, in Swedish). 
The regulation will be translated into all o fficial languages of the European Community. 
6. Description of content:   The Act of electronic communications contains the basic principle 
that the operation of radio transmitters is subj ect to a license obligation.  The Post and 
Telecom Agency is given the authority to allow exemptions from this obligation.  This draft 
regulation exempts further use of radio transmitters, such as:  use by radio amateurs, 
satellite mobile aircraft earth stations, mob ile radio transmitters for use in hunting and 
forestry, medical implants, telemetry for road and transport, radio control, alarm transmission and  reading for electricity, gas, heat and water distribution.  Radio transmitters which are already exempted from licence obligation such as VSAT and 
unspecified short distance radio are given an increased frequency spectrum. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The purpose of the regulation is to exempt further radio transmitters from the license 
obligation, thus economizing the authority and facilitation for operators and users of radio 
transmitters. 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   October 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   7 September 2004 
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:        
 