WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.716
7November 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4887)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: PHILIPPINES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Telecommunications Commission, Department of
Transportation andCommunications
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Short-range radio service
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Memorandum
Order No.2-1-97 Re:Licensing Guidelines andProcedures fortheShort-Range Service
(SRRS) (12pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisguideline prescribes theguidelines andprocedures inthe
licensing ofportable radio transceivers intheshort-range radio service. Italso
prescribes theminimum technical requirements forthese types ofradio transceivers.
7. Objective andrationale: Ensures thatportable radio transceivers applicable totheShort-
Range Radio Service areacceptable foruseinthecountry, andwillnotcause harmful
radio interference toexisting radio stations.
8. Relevant documents: Memorandum Circular No.10-11-90 Series of1990 and
Memorandum Circular 1-04-88
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:December 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 31December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: (Available inEnglish)
Bureau ofProduct Standards (WTO-TBT Enquiry Point)
3/FTrade andIndustry Building
361Sen.GilJ.Puyat Avenue
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel: (632) 890-4965
Fax: (632) 890-4926