WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.553
9 November 1998
(98-4418)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SPAIN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Technical General Secretariat, Ministry of Development
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall beindicated 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):  Telecommunicationinfrastructures, (telephone, radio, television and cable networks) and the civil engineering
infrastructure (conduits, shafts, etc.) needed to support such networks.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Technical
Standards for the Collective Telecommunications Infrastructure Inside Buildings (Spanish)
6. Description of content:  Standards relating to collective telecommunications infrastructures
for the reception, adaptation and distribution of sound (radio) and television signals, from
land-based and satellite transmissions, and for access to the telephone and cable services.
Basic building standard in respect of telecommunications.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Need
for a legislative framework for collective telecommunications infrastructures
8. Relevant documents:  RD 1376 amended by the MD of 7 March 1997 and the MD of
29 July 1998;  ETS 300 386, ETS 300 011, ETS 300 012 in 50083, 1, 2 and 8, in 20324 and
in 50085.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined
10. Final date for comments:  28 October 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:
General Sub-Directorate for the Promotion
and Standardization of Telecommunication Services,
General Secretariat of Communications,
Palacio de Comunicaciones,
Plaza de Cibeles,
28014 MADRID