WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/48
29 August 2002
(02-4608)
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:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economic Affairs
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:   National Enquiry
Point – EC WTO TBT Enquiry Point
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):   Telecommunications
networks and public telecommunications services, radio and telecommunications terminal
equipment.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation on the
application for, and the authorisation of, licences.
6. Description of content:   By way of implementing Articles 11 and 12 of the Frequency
Decree, a regulation has been drafted concerning the system of applying for a licence along
with conditions with which an applicant must comply to be considered for a licence.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The regulation has been drafted to enable assessment of the purpose for which the applicant
wishes to use the frequency space, as well as to enable assessment of whether the applicant
has sufficient knowledge to be able to operate the equipment, which promotes an efficient
use of the frequency spectrum. In addition, as well as promoting an efficient use of thefrequency spectrum, for the benefit of setting up different categories of licences so as to
facilitate investigations, frequency bands and transmitting powers are assigned within the
frameworks prescribed in the National Frequency Plan 2002.
8. Relevant documents:   Telecommunications Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1998, 610),
The Frequency Decree (Bulletin of acts and Decrees 1998, 638) and the National Frequency
Plan 2002 (Official Gazette 2002, 115).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }a.s.a.p.
10. Final date for comments:   25 October 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           