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14 May 2020  
(20-3602) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  National Radio Research Agency (RRA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from abov e:  
767 Bitgaram -ro, Naju -si, Jeollanam -do 
Republic of Korea 58323  
Tel: (+82) 61 338 4612  
Fax: (+82) 61 338 4619  
E-mail: optuss@korea.kr  
Homepage: http://www.rra.go.kr   
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):  
Telecommunication Terminal Equi pment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft amendment 
of the Technical regulations for the Telecommunication Terminal Equipment. (25 page(s), 
in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  This regulation is to specify technica l specifications of 
Telecommunication Terminal  Equipment.  
Restructuring of Terminal equipment technical regulations to configure it more adequately 
or efficiently than before.  
- It is intended to promptly respond to technological development by specifying 
transmission media instead of each of facilities or services.  
- Simply the classification of chapters and articles has been changed, actual contents are 
the same except the below update.  
Update of the modulation type when the maximum channel fre quency width is 6,400kHz 
by applying de facto international standards  
   - Currently, TDMA and SCDMA have to be provided. It is revised that the SCDMA can be 
selectively used.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:  Convenient use of Customer  G/TBT/N/KOR/892  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• RRA Public Notice No. 2020 -24 (29 April 2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  October 2020 or later  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun,  
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Rep. of Korea 369 -811 
Tel.: (+82) 043 -870-5525 
Fax: (+82) 043 -870-5682 
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_3207_00_x.pdf  
 