G/TBT/N/TPKM/318  
 
4 April 2018  
(18-2038) 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): Base 
Station Radio Frequency Equipment of Third Generation Mobile Telecommunication 
(ICS:  33). 
5. Title, number o f pages and language(s) of the notified document: Drafted Technical 
Specifications for Base Station Radio Frequency Equipment of Third Generation Mobile 
Telecommunication (10 page(s), in English; 10 page(s), in Chinese)   
6. Description of content: The third-generation mobile communications (3G) service will be 
terminated in December 2018. Due to the requirement for CSFB, 3G network will still exist 
in the mobile broadband (4G) network as heterogeneous networks. In other words, the 
third generation mobil e communication technology can provide services by using the 
frequency of mobile broadband services. In order to meet the development needs of 
domestic mobile broadband services, the NCC refers to relevant international technical 
standards, and the arrange ment of "Technical Specifications for Base Station Radio 
Frequency Equipment of Mobile Broadband Business", and combine IS 2035, IS 2036 and 
IS 2037 into this regulation. Below is the summarized information:  
1. Legal sources (Point 1)  
2. Scope of application (Point 2)  
3. Technical standards (Point 3)  
4. General testing items and eligibility criteria (Point 4)  
5. Testing items and eligibility criteria for base station radio frequency equipment 
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  6. Testing items and eligibility criteria for femtocell access points radio frequency 
equipment (Point 6)  
7. Testing items and eligibility criteria for repeater radio frequency equipment (Point 7)  
8. Testing methods for testing items (Point 8)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Streamlining administrative procedures and consumer protection.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Telecommunications Act  
 Technical Specifications for Base Station Radio Frequency Equ ipment of Mobile 
Broadband Business  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 July 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 July 2018  
10. Final date for comments: 30 May 2018  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
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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