WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.130
17March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1067)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SPAIN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Secretariat-General ofCommunications
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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): Telecommunications
Equipment 852520.99
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Royal Decree
Establishing theTechnical Specifications forIsofrequency Radio Repeaters fortheLand
Mobile Service. Pages 4+18
6. Description ofcontent:
- Establishes thetechnical specifications forisofrequency radio repeater equipment
forthelandmobile service;
- establishes thetestmethods forchecking thepreceding requirements;
- applies toequipment from member countries oftheEuropean Economic Areathe
provisions forterminal equipment from countries oftheEuropean Union of
Article 17oftheRegulations approved byRoyal Decree 1787/96.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Establishes technical specifications making itpossible toensure theefficient operation of
telecommunication services andnetworks andtheproper useoftheradio frequency
spectrum sothatthenormal operation ofthetelecommunication service isnotdisturbed,
byimposing certain minimum technical requirements fortheequipment subject tothe
Technical Regulations, inparticular theoptimum utilization ofthefrequency bands
allocated totheservice within which theequipment operates.
8. Relevant documents:
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9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Thedayafterpublication intheBoletin Oficial del
Estado (Offical Gazette)
10. Final dateforcomments: 14March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
Subdirección General dePromoción yNormalización deServicios de
Telecomunicaciones
PALACIO DECOMUNICACIONES
Plaza deCibeles, s/n
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