G/TBT/N/TPKM/289  
 
14 September 2017  
(17-4865) 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: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS  TERRITORY OF TAIWAN,  PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
National Communications Commission (NCC)  
5th floor, No.16, Sec. 2, Ji -Nan Road  
Taipei City 10054, Taiwan  
Tel: +886 -2-3343-8243  
Fax: +886 -2-2343-3636  
Email: chiachin0714@ncc.gov.tw   
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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): Narrowband 
Terminal Equipment of Mobile Broadband Business  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notif ied document: Drafted Technical 
Specifications for Narrowband Terminal Equipment of Mobile Broadband Business 
(19 page(s), in English; 18 page(s), in Chinese)   
6. Description of content: The NCC intends to regulate narrowband terminal equipment of 
mobile broadband business to respond to domestic IoT development and connect to the 
world. The draft technical specifications are based on 3GPP TS 36.521 -1,  
CNS14958 -1, CNS14959, CNS13438, CNS14 336-1, Technical Specifications for 
Mobile  Broadband  Business Terminal Equipment and other international technical 
specifications. The scope applies to narrowband terminal equipment of mobile broadband 
business, such as LTE Machine Type Communications (LTE -M1) and narrowband IoT 
(NB-IoT). Below is the summarized information:  
1. Legal sources (Point 1);  
2. Scope of application (Point 2);  
3. Technical standards (Point 3);  
4. Definition of the terms (Point 4);  
5. General testing items and eligibility criteria (Point 5);  
6. Testing items and eligibility criteria for LTE -M1 terminal equipment (Point 6);  
7. Testing items and eligibility criteria for NB -IoT terminal equipment (Point 7);  G/TBT/N/TPKM/289  
 
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  8. Testing requirement (Point 8);  
9. Warning labels (Point 9);  
10. Date of promulgation (Point 10).   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Streamlining administrative procedures and consumer protection.  
8. Relevant documents:  Telecommunications Act.   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 30 November 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 30 November 2017  
10. Final date for comments: 42 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
TPKM -WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4 Chinan Road, Section 1  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel.: (+886 2) 2343 1813  
Fax: (+886 2) 2343 1804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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