WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.96
19March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1129)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPosts andTelecommunications.
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
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): Hearing aidsystem,
(wireless hearing-aid).
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment ofthe
Enforcement Ordinance ofRadio Law, (available inEnglish, 2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish thestandards ofthehearing aidsystem.
7. Objective andrationale: Toestablish thestandards ofthehearing aidsystem andto
utilize thesystem.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheRadio Law.
These standards willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:May1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: