WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.306
2September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3351)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: AUSTEL (Australian Telecommunications Authority)
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): Customer equipment
connected tohierarchical digital interfaces
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TS018: "General
Requirements forCustomer Equipment Connected toHierarchical Digital Interfaces",
72pages, English
6. Description ofcontent: ThisTechnical Standard relates toCustomer Equipment (CE).
Itdefines thetechnical conditions andperformance requirements forinterfacing and
non-interference interworking thatprivately owned, installed andmaintained CEwill
meetforconnection toatelecommunications service having hierarchical digital interfaces
at2048 kbit/s, 8448 kbit/s, 34368kbit/s, 139254kbit/s, 1544 kbit/s, 8312 kbit/s or
44736kbit/s.
7. Objective andrationale: Asabove.
8. Relevant documents: Listed inReference Section ofStandard.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Early 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 14October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: National Sales Centre
Standards Australia
POBox1055
Strathfield NSW 2135 Facsimile: +6129746 3333
Australia Telephone: +6129746 4600