WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/56
7 February 2000
(00-0456)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
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):   Among low power radio
equipments using frequency equal to or less than 1.2 GHz, products covered are specific
low-power radio stations, premises radio stations and land mobile stations of specific radio
microphones
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Partial Amendment of
the Regulation on the Radio Equipments (1 page, available in English)
6. Description of content:   To establish technical standards to allow development of highly
defined specific low-power radio stations, premises radio stations and land mobile stations
of specific radio microphones, among small scale radio equipments using frequency equal
to or less than 1.2 GHz.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To revise relevant regulations in order to allow highly defined low power radio equipments,
taking into account that ten years have passed since establishment of technical standards for
low power radio equipments using frequency equal to or less than 1.2 GHz, development ofradio telecommunication technique in similar category and, diversification of mode of use.
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation on Radio Equipments (Ministerial Ordinance)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2000
10. Final date for comments:   7 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           