G/TBT/N/USA/1349  
 
19 March 2018  
(18-1655) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [1371]  
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  [X] 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Wireless 
microphone operations  
Audio, video and audiovisual engineering (ICS 33.160).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Consumer 
Disclosure and Labeling; Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations 
(3 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: In this document the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and 
Technology of the Federal Communications Commission adopt specific language for the 
consumer disclosures which the Commission adopted in 2015 and which conce rn the 
operation of wireless microphone (licensed or unlicensed) or video assist devices capable 
of operating in the 600 MHz service frequency band. With the close of the incentive auction 
on 13 April 2017, the 600 MHz service band has been reallocated for  new wireless 
services, and wireless microphones and video assist devices must cease operations in this 
band no later than 13 July 2020 to avoid harmful interference to new wireless services. 
This disclosure requirement, including the specific Consumer Ale rt language, applies to 
persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, wireless microphones or 
video assist devices authorized pursuant to and informs consumers of the changes that will 
affect their use of these devices in the newly esta blished 600 MHz service band.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
 83 Federal Register (FR) 10641, 12 March 2018; Title 47 Code of Federal 
Regulation s (CFR) Parts 15 and 74.    
 Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, proposed rule published 14 
November 2014:  G/TBT/N/USA/1349  
 
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  https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-11-21/html/2014 -26675.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-11-21/pdf/2014 -26675.pdf  
 Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless  Microphone Operations, final rule 
published 17 November 2015:  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-11-17/html/2015 -28778.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-11-17/pdf/2015 -28778.pdf  
 Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, final rule 
published 1 September 2017:  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2017-09-01/html/2017 -17442.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2017-09-01/pd f/2017 -17442.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 11 April 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 11 April 2018  
10. Final date for comments: None 
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/2018/TBT/USA/18_1433_00_e.pdf