WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.221
29April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1743)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SPAIN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Secretariat-General ofCommunications
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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): Telecommunications
equipment 852520.99
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Royal Decree
amending Royal Decree No.116/1990, of26January 1990, Establishing theTechnical
Specifications forCordless Telephones (4pages)
6. Description ofcontent:
- Amends thetechnical specifications forcordless telephones;
- establishes thetestmethods forchecking thepreceding requirements; and
- applies toequipment frommember countries oftheEuropean Economic Areathe
provisions forterminal equipment from countries oftheEuropean Union of
Article 17oftheRegulations approved byRoyal Decree 1787/96.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Establishes technical specifications making itpossible toensure theefficient
operation oftelecommunication services andnetworks andtheproper useoftheradio-
frequency spectrum sothatthenormal operation ofthetelecommunication service isnot
disturbed, byimposing certain minimum technical requirements fortheequipment
subject totheTechnical Regulations, inparticular theoptimum utilization ofthe
frequency bands allocated totheservice within which theequipment operates.
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8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Thedayafterpublication intheBoletín Oficial del
Estado (Official Gazette)
10. Final dateforcomments: 3May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
Subdirección General dePromoción yNormalización deServicios de
Telecomunicaciones
PALACIO DECOMUNICACIONES
Plaza deCibeles, s/n
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