WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/203
19 April 2000
(00-1606)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
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):   Terminal facilities for
the 3rd Generation Mobile Communication Systems employing FDD using CDMA
(IMT-2000) (HS: 8525-20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial Amendment of
the Ministerial Notification based on the Ministerial Ordinance "Regulation on TerminalFacilities etc. (available in English, 5 pages)
6. Description of content:   To set up technical regulations on terminal facilities for the 3rd
Generation Mobile Communication Systems employing FDD using CDMA
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To set up technical regulations for terminal faci lities in order to connect facilities for the 3rd
Generation Mobile Communication Syst em employing FDD using CDMA with
telecommunications circuit facilities possessed by Type 1 telecommunications carrier.
8. Relevant documents:   Ministerial Notification based on the Ministerial Ordinance
"Regulation on Terminal Facilities etc."
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }July 2000
10. Final date for comments:   3 July 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           