WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/75
4 March 2003
(03-1256)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and
Telecommunications
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Cable television
broadcasting system
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial Amendment of
Regulations for Enforcement of the Cable Television Broadcast Law.  (Ministerial
ordinances)
Partial amendment of Regulations for Enforcement of the Law Concerning Broadcast onTelecommunications Services.  (Ministerial ordinances)  (3 pages, available in English)
6. Description of content:   The regulations will stipulate technical standards for the reception
quality of digital format signals at headends and the reception quality of signals from optic-
fiber cables and other media that interconnect cable television facilities and will update
related Ministerial ordinances.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The regulations will stipulate technical standards to protect the interests of receivers
(subscribers) of cable television broadcasts and broadcasts on telecommunications services
as well as contribute to the sound growth of cable television broadcast and cable televisionbroadcast on telecommunications services.
8. Relevant documents:   Regulations for Enforcement of the Cable Television Broadcast
Law.  (Ministerial ordinances)
Regulations for Enforcement of the Law Concerning Broadcast on Telecommunications
Services.  (Ministerial ordinances)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }June 2003
10. Final date for comments:   28 April 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           