WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/38
31 January 2000
(00-0363)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONG KONG, CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)
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):   Digital fixed link
equipment operating in the 38 GHz frequency band.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Issue 1 of HKTA
1036 Performance Specification for Digital Fixed Link Equipment Operating in the 38 GHz
Frequency Band (7 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This Specification specifies the minimum performance
requirements for terrestrial digital fixed lin k equipment operating in the 38 GHz frequency
band.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The Specification will be used as the technical basis for type-approval testing of digital
fixed link equipment operating in the 38 GHz frequency band.
8. Relevant documents:   European Standard EN 300 197 V1.2.2 "Transmission and
Multiplexing (TM);  Digital Radio Relay Systems (DRRS);  Parameters for DRRS for the
transmission of digital signals and anal ogue video signals operating at 38 GHz"
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }As soon as possible
10. Final date for comments:   11 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           
(a) Download from http://www.ofta.gov.hk/standards/hktaspec/hkta1036.pdf
(b) Standards Section
Office of the Telecommunications Authority
29/F, Wu Chung House
213 Queen's Road East
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Fax: +852 2803 5112
Email: standards@ofta.gov.hk