WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.266
14 June 1999
(99-2371)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Telecommunications Commission          
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  Department of Transportation and Telecommunications  
        
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Customer Premises
Equipment (CPE)          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Unnumbered
Memorandum Circular – Customer Premises Equipment Interface Parameters and Type
Approval Procedures (English, 15 pages)          
6. Description of content:   The type-approval of CPEs shall be confined to the interface
parameters (physical and electrical characteristics).  Customer premises equipment intended
for connection with the public network shall in  general conform to the Safety, Network and
General Requirements and type approval testing for CPEs shall be in accordance with the
test procedures defined in Annexes I and II respectively.          
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
For users' adequate safety          
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:   August 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:   1999          
10. Final date for comments:   15 August 1999
11. Texts available from :  National enquiry point [    ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
(In English)
Bureau of Product Standards (WTO – TBT Enquiry Point)
3/F Trade and Industry Building361 Sen. Gil. J. Puyat Avenue
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel. No.:  (632) 890-5227
Fax No.:  (632) 890-4926
E-Mail:  dtibpsrp@mnl.sequel.net
Homepage:  www.sequel.net/~dtibpsrp
www.dti.gov.ph/bps