G/TBT/N/USA/2120  
14 May 2024  
(24-3773) 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) [2151]  
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 indicate d 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wireless 
emergency alert system; Alarm and warning systems (ICS code(s): 13.320); 
Radiocommunications (ICS code(s): 33.060); Mobile services (ICS code(s): 33.070)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Wireless 
Emergency Alerts; Regarding the Emergency Alert System; (89 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of  content:  Proposed rule - In this document, the Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on specific mechanisms to 
implement multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), as directed by the Federal 
Communications Commission. The Bu reau proposes to require commercial mobile service 
providers participating in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support a set of pre -
translated WEA messages in English, the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the 
United States, and American Sign Langua ge (ASL), that would be pre -installed and stored 
on mobile devices. These messages --called templates --would be displayed at the option 
of the alert originator. The Bureau also seeks comment on support for form -fillable 
templates that would include informat ion specific to the particular emergency. Finally, the 
Bureau seeks comment on whether Participating CMS Providers' device offerings should 
support templates in additional languages.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wher e 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/2120  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 41558, 13 May 2024; Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 10 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-05-13/html/2024 -07401.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-05-13/pdf/2024 -07401.pdf  
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC -402212A1.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94; DA 24 -137 and provides 
access to associated documents. The full text of the proposed rule is available from the 
Commission's website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC -402212A1.pdf . 
Documents are also accessible from the FCC's Electronic Document Management Sys tem 
(EDOCS)  by searching the Docket Number. Comments are due on or before 4pm Eastern 
Time 12 June 2024 and reply comments are due on or before 4pm Eastern Time  12 July 
2024. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA 
TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 12 July 2024. Comments received 
by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared 
with FCC and will also be submitted to the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS)  
if received within the comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/2087 & Corr.1  - Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts - FCC 
adopts rules  for commercial mobile service providers that have elected to participate in 
the Wireless Emergency Alert system (WEA) (Participating CMS Providers) to support WEA 
messages in the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. as well as English and 
America n Sign Language. Identified by PS Docket Nos. 15 -94, 15 -91; FCC 23 -88. 
Comments and other official records accessible via the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS): https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search -
filings/results?q=(proceedings.name:(%2215 -94%22)) . The effective date is 15 
December 2026, except for the amendments to 47 CFR 10.210(a), (b), (c), and (d), 
10.350(d), 10.480(a) and (b), and 10.500(e), which are delayed indefinitely. The FCC 
will announce the effective dates of the delayed amendments by publishing documents in 
the Federal Register.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  12 July 2024  
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/2024/TBT/USA/24_03232_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_03232_01_e.pdf