WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.71
10March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0960)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: AUSTEL (Australian Telecommunications Authority)
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): Customer equipment
connected tothePublic-Switched Telephone Network and/or theIntegrated Services
Digital Network
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TS: 004 "Voice
Frequency Performance Requirements forCustomer Equipment" (30pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: Thistechnical standard relates toCustomer Equipment (CE). It
defines thetechnical requirements thatCustomer Equipment (CE) which iscapable of
transmitting and/or receiving intheVFband anyvoice, voice messages, music or
musical tones, acoustically coupled oranycoded information istomeet forconnection
tothePublic Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and/or theIntegrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN).
7. Objective andrationale: Technical regulation consistent with Part 21ofthe
Telecommunications Bill1996
8. Relevant documents: Listed inReference Section ofstandard
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Mid1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 5May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: National Sales Centre
Standards Australia
POBox1055
Strathfield NSW 2135 Facsimile: +6129746 3333
Australia Telephone: +6129746 4600