G/TBT/N/USA/1826  
25 January 2022  
(22-0569) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [1855]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated  if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
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):  Non-
geostationary satellite orbit, fixed -satellite service (NGSO FSS); Aircraft and space 
vehicles in general (ICS 49.020),  Space systems and operations (ICS 49.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Spectrum 
Sharing Rules for Non -Geostationary Orbit, Fixed -Satellite Service Systems (7 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed  rule - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC 
or Commission) proposes to revise its rules governing spectrum sharing among non -
geostationary satellite orbit, fixed -satellite service (NGSO FSS) systems. The FCC 
proposes that its existing spectrum shari ng mechanism for NGSO FSS systems will be 
limited to those systems approved in the same processing round. The FCC also proposes 
to adopt a rule providing  that later -round NGSO FSS systems will have to protect earlier -
round  systems, and invites comment on h ow to define such protection. In  addition, the 
FCC seeks comment on whether to sunset, after a period of  time, the interference 
protection afforded to an NGSO FSS system  because of its processing round status.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nat ure of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Harmonization; 
Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 3481, 24 January 2021; Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-24/html/2022 -01204.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-24/pdf/2022 -01204.pdf  
The full text of the Proposed Rule is available at  https://www.fcc.gov/edocs/search -
results?t=quick&fccdaNo=21 -123.  This proposed rule is identified by IB Docket No. 21 -
456. The Docket  Folder is available on the FCC's website 
at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs/search -results?t=quick&dockets=21 -456 and provides G/TBT/N/USA/1826  
 
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  access to primary documents as well as comments received (if any).   Documents are also 
accessible from  the FCC's  Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS)  by 
searching the IB Docket Number. Comments are due on or before 25 March 2022; reply 
comments are due on or before 25 April 2022.   WTO Members and  their stakeholders are 
asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  
on 25 March 2022. Comments received  by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members 
and their stakeholders will be  shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to 
the FCC's Electronic Comment Fil ing System (ECFS)  if received within the comment 
period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  25 March 2022; Reply comments are due on or before 25 
April 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_0846_00_e.pdf