WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.421
16September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3640)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Inter-Departmental Delegate forStandards
22rueMonge
75005 Paris
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
Ministry ofState forPosts, Telecommunications andSpace
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Theequipment concerned
isradio communication equipment tobeusedinindependent networks formobile land
services totransmit speech ordataoracombination thereof, whether ornotequipped
withaninternal orexternal antenna connector, andoperating between 30and1,000
MHz.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: SP/ART/ST/NRT/02.
Technical Rule Applicable toConformity Assessment ofEquipment tobeused in
Independent Radio Networks forMobile Land Services, tobeusedtoTransmit Speech
orDataoraCombination thereof, whether ornotEquipped withanInternal orExternal
Antenna Connector, andOperating Between 30to1,000 MHz (4pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thistechnical rulecovers conformity assessment ofequipment
tobeusedinindependent radio networks formobile landservices, tobeusedtotransmit
speech ordataoracombination thereof, whether ornotequipped withaninternal or
external antenna connector, andoperating between 30to1,000 MHz.
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7. Objective andrationale: Thereason fornotification ofthisproject isthecorrect
utilization oftheradio spectrum. Theresults oftests carried outinlaboratories
approved byother member States arerecognized asvalid inconformity with
Article R20-18 ofDecree No.92-116 of4February 1992 ontheapproval of
telecommunications terminal equipment, thecriteria fortheir connection andthe
approval ofengineers installing them.
8. Relevant documents: Thedraft isbased onStandards ETS300086, ETS 300113,
I-ETS 300219,ETS300341,ETS300390,ETS300471,andprETS 300793.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: End1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 23October 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CINORTECH
Mrs. Vaquier (AFNOR)
Tour Europe
92049 Paris LaDéfense