RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.146
10May1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1227)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Belgian Postal Services andTelecommunications Institute, Avenue
del'Astronomie 14,Boîte 21,B-1040 Bruxelles
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): Technical approval
specification concerning terminals tobeconnected tothedigital input lines ofthe
Belgian public telecommunications network (switched network andleased digital lines)
using aG.703 interface operating atthespeed of2048 KBITS/S (BE/SP-103, published
25February 1995.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Technical Approval Specification
concerning Terminals toBeConnected totheDigital Input Lines oftheBelgian Public
Telecommunications Network (Switched Network andLeased Digital Lines) Using a
G.703 Interface Operating attheSpeed of2048 KBITS/S (BE/SP-103, published
25February 1995
6. Description ofcontent: Thistechnical specification isapplicable withreference tothe
typeapproval ofdevices equipped withG.703 interfaces, intended tobeconnected to
leased digital linesortothePSTN network. Itapplies tostructured interfaces operating
at2048 KBITS/S andprovides forsymmetrical andasymmetrical arrangements. The
specialized codes areHDB3 orAMI. TSOisusedfortheframe andcannot therefore be
usedforthedata. TheG.703 interface provides access toleased linesbymeans ofLTE.
PBXorPSTN connection isalsopossible withaG.703 interface.
7. Objective andrationale: Adaptation oftheexisting specification, BE/SP-103, published
1January 1992 -2MBITS shared
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR