G/TBT/N/USA/1690  
13 January 2021  
(21-0426) 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) [1719]  
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 [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):  
Radiofrequency (RF) devices; Quality (ICS 03.120), Radiocommunications (ICS 33.060), 
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) (ICS 33.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Allowing Earlier 
Equipment Marketing and Importation Opportunities (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The Commission proposes to update its 
radiofrequency (RF) device marketing and importation rules in order to allow equipment 
manufacturers to better gauge consumer interest and prepare for new product launches. 
In particular, the Commission proposes limited exceptions to its requirement that RF 
devices recei ve equipment authorization prior to marketing in or importation to the United 
States and it seeks comment on the conditions necessary to ensure that parties who 
utilize such exceptions ultimately bring such devices into full compliance with the 
Commission' s equipment authorization rules.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 86 Federal Register (FR) 2337, 12 January 2021; Title 47 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts 2 and 95:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-12/html /2020 -28906.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-12/pdf/2020 -28906.pdf  
The full text of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FC C 20-180, 
ET Docket No. 20 -382, adopted and released 10 December 2020, is available from and 
can be downloaded at https://www.fcc.go v/document/fcc -proposes -rules-expedite -
release -new-devices -and-technologies -0, or by using the search function for ET Docket 
No. 20 -382 on the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) web page 
at www.fcc.gov/ecfs . G/TBT/N/USA/1690  
 
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  WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  11 February 2021  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_0386_00_e.pdf