G/TBT/N/IND/165  
26 August 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC), Department of 
Telecommunications (DoT)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifica tion shall be indicated if different from above:   
Contact Person: Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Gupta, DDG(TC)  
Room No: 562, Khurshid Lal Bhawan  
Janpath, New Delhi -110001, India.  
Contact Number: +91 -11-23329540  
Email: ddgtc.tec @gov.in  
Website - https://www.tec.gov.in/  and https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/  
Email ID of TBT Enquiry Point: tbtenquirytel.te c@gov.in  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [X], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  HS 8517  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Essential 
Requirements for Private Automatic Branch Exchange  
6. Description of content:  Testing and Certification requirements under MTCTE scheme 
were notified through Indian Telegraph (Amen dment) Rules, 2017 [WTO TBT Notification 
G/TBT/N/IND/66]. MTCTE Scheme is being launched in a phased manner and telecom 
products are gradually being brought under MTCTE regime. Private Automatic Branch 
Exchange Device are included in Phase I of MTCTE schem e. Certification of Private 
Automatic Branch Exchange has  become mandatory from 1 October 2019.  
 Essential Requirement for Private Automatic Branch Exchange covers the following 
equipment – 
1. Private Automatic Branch Exchange  
Details of Standards specified in the Essential Requirements are referenced in document 
Annexures to ERs.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To ensure Safety of users and Security of telecom network.; Other  G/TBT/N/IND/165  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 1951, G.S.R. 1131(E) dated 5 September 
2017, available at  http://tec.gov.in/pdf/Whatsnew/eGazetteNotif.pdf  
2. Notification for launch of MTCTE Phase – I dated 4 July 2019, available 
at https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=downloadDocument_Notifi
cation_MTCTE_launch.pdf  
3. Essential Requirements for Private Automatic Branch Exchange, available 
at https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=TEC67291911.pdf  
4. Annexures to ERs document   No.: TEC/SD/DD/TCP -222/2.4/May2020 version 
2.4, available 
at https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=downloadDocument_Anne
xures_to_ER.pd f 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Adopted on 9 July 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC)  
Contact Person: Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Gupta, DDG(TC)  
Room No: 562, Khurshid Lal Bhawan  
Janpath, New Delhi -110001, India.  
Contact Number: +91 -11-23329540  
Email: ddgtc.tec@gov.in  
Website - https://www.t ec.gov.in/  and https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/  
Email ID of TBT Enquiry Point: tbtenquirytel.tec@gov.in