WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.244
2August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3082)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: European Commission
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): Terminals capable of
attachment to34MBIT/S digital leased lines
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: 34MBIT/S Digital
Leased Lines (D344 andD345) Attachment Requirements forTerminal Equipment
Interface -(TBR 24)(23pages)
6. Description ofcontent: This TBR specifies theattachment requirements andthe
corresponding conformance testsforaterminal equipment interface for:
- Connection totheNetwork Termination Points (NTPs) of34368kbit/s Digital
Unstructured Leased Lines (D34U); and
- connection totheNTPs of34368 kbit/s Digital Structured Leased Lines (D34S)
withaninformation transfer rateof33920 kbit/s without restriction onbinary
content.
7. Objective andrationale: Harmonization oftelecommunications specific essential
requirements
8. Relevant documents: Council Directive 91/263/EEC of29April 1991 and
TBR24(ETSI)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: February 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 31October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: DGIII-A-1