WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.585
30September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4100)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Service desindustries decommunication etdeservice, 3/5,rue
Barbet deJouy, 75353 Paris 07SP
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Encryption facilities and
services
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Decree Laying
Down theConditions Governing theSigning ofDeclarations andtheGranting of
Authorizations withRespect toEncryption Facilities andServices
6. Description ofcontent: TheDecree isintended todefine more specifically thethree
regimes provided forunder Article 28oftheLaw of29December 1990 onthe
Regulation ofTelecommunications asamended (freedom, declaration andauthorization),
creating afreeregime, alongside theregimes previously inforce andstillmaintained
(declaration andauthorization), forthesupply, use,import orexport ofencryption
facilities orservices according tothefunctions, characteristics orconditions fortheuse
ofsuchfacilities orservices, orwhen theiruseinvolves recourse tosecret agreements
managed byanapproved organization, andtolaydown theadministrative procedures
governing declarations andrequests forauthorization.
7. Objective andrationale: Thedraft Decree wasdrawn uppursuant toArticle 28ofthe
LawontheRegulation ofTelecommunications of29December 1990 asamended by
Article 17oftheLawontheRegulation ofTelecommunications of26July1996. It
clarifies theimplementation ofthenewregimes defined bytheLaw.
8. Relevant documents:
- Article 28oftheLaw ontheRegulation ofTelecommunications of
29December 1990;
- Article 17oftheLawontheRegulation ofTelecommunications of26July1996.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:End1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 24November 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CINORTECH
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