WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.246
21 May 1999
(99-2070)
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Radio equipment, operating
within the 446 MHz frequency band, assigned to the land-mobile service
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  R 10-01, Supplement to
the Conditions of Application for Radio Eq uipment, Specified According to R 10-01, with
Regard to PMR 446
6. Description of content:  The supplement contains the requirements which PMR 446 shall
meet.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The
present application contains the implementation of the decisions taken in the ERC regarding
harmonized frequencies, free circulation and exemption from individual licences.
8. Relevant documents:  Telecommunications Ac t (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1998, 610);
Frequency Decree (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1998,638;
Regulation on the application and approval of licences (Government Gazette 1998, 230),
ERC Decisions (98) 26, (98) 27. R 10-01
9. Proposed date of adoption: 14 July 1999
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 August 1999
10. Final date for comments:  7 July 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: