. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/HKG/3
28 June 2001
(01-3244)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONG KONG, CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Government of
HKSAR
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Customer premises
equipment (CPE) using Direct-Dial-In (DDI) line for connection to the public switched
telephone network
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   HKTA 2013 -
Network Connection Specification for Connection of Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)to Direct-Dial-In (DDI) Line of the P ublic Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) in
Hong Kong (37 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This specification covers the technical requirements for
connection of CPE to the DDI lines of PSTN in Hong Kong.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
This is a revised document which accepts manufacturer's test report as an option to meet the
certification requirement.  A technical guide giving the test procedures is also included for
manufacturers or recognized testing agencies in preparing the test report.
8. Relevant documents:   Nil
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }As soon as possible
10. Final date for comments:   28 August 2001G/TBT/N/HKG/3
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Standards Section
Office of the Telecommunications Authority,29/F, Wu Chung House,
213 Queen's Road East,
Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Email: standards@ofta.gov.hk
Fax:  + 852 2803 5112