WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/169
7 April 2000
(00-1411)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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):   Radio equipment used as
radio station for radio systems using radio wave of 60 GHz band
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial Amendment of
the Ordinance for Executing the Radio Law, the Ordnance for Regulating Radio Equipment
and the Ordinance for the Certification of the Conformity of Specified Radio Equipment
with the Technical Standards (2 pages, available in English)
6. Description of content:   To establish technical regulations for radio stations equipped with
radio systems using radio wave of 60 GHz band.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
To facilitate introduction of technique useful for prevalence of radio systems using
radio wave of 60 GHz band.
8. Relevant documents:
- The Ordinance for Executing the Radio Law;
- the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment;  and
- the Ordinance for the Certification of the Conformity of Specified Radio Equipment
with the Technical Standards.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }August 2000
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           