WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.263
27 May 1998
(98-2182)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Transport and Public Works
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  National Enquiry Point - EC WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
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 appl icable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Radio link equipment for the
transmission and receiving of digital signals and analogue video signals in the 13, 15 and 18
GHz band.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Technical Regulation
Governing Radio Equipment, SV 04-06, Radio Link Equipment Operating in the 13, 15 and
18 GHz Band.
6. Description of content:  This draft amendment to the technical regulation contains minium
requirements with which the  aforementioned radio link equipment must comply; inter alia
for application as a link between GSM base stations and the telecommunications
infrastructure.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Further
to ETS 300 639 the frequency bands are extended in the draft technical regulation.
8. Relevant documents:
- Telecommunications Provisions Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1988, 520)
Article 17;
- Radio-Electric Equipment Decree (Bul letin of Acts and Decrees 1997, 694);
- Peripheral Equipment and Satellite Ground Stations Decree (Bulletin of Acts and
Decrees 1997, 541).
9. Proposed date of adoption: 31 July 1998
Proposed date of entry into force:   3 August 1998
10. Final date for comments:  10 July 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
other body: