WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/SPEC/Q4/26 
2 August 2007 
 
 (07-3317) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of 
Trade in Information Technology Products Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
REPLIES TO THE SURVEY  
 
Communication from Honduras  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 30 July, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Honduras.   
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  In accordance with document G/IT/22, upon instructions from my Government, I hereby 
submit the survey on EMC/EMI. G/IT/SPEC/Q4/26 
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  SURVEY ON EMC/EMI 
 
 
1(a) Does your government have mandatory t echnical requirements for electromagnetic 
interference of Information Technology equipment so  as to ensure the safety of this equipment? 
If so, please identify.  
 Yes.  The technical requirements for electromagnetic interference are set forth in the administrative decision which grants licences for the u se of the radioelectric spectrum;  they include a 
radioelectric emission mask which varies dependi ng on the frequency band and establish the dB 
attenuation levels from the central operating frequency.  A parameter is also included for stabilizing 
the transmitter frequency:  in the case of FM m odulations for the sound broadcasting service, a 
maximum modulation index parameter is included.  
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with IEC 950?  If not, plea se explain the current 
practice.  
 
 No.  However, the emission and frequency st ability masks are based on standards applied by 
the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which presumably comply with or go beyond CISPR 22.  2(a) Does your government have mandatory t echnical requirements for electromagnetic 
immunity of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify. 
 
 No.  However, with regard to electromagnetic  immunity, a standard which limits non-ionizing 
radiation from radiocommunications equipment is  currently undergoing public consultation. 
 
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CI SPR 24?  If not, please explain the current 
requirements. 
 
 No.  3(a) What conformity assess ment procedure for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC/EMI), 
which includes both interference and immunity, does your government require for approval of information technology products? 
 
 The procedure is called 'Approval of Telecomm unications Equipment' and it applies to all 
equipment that is to be sold and used in  telecommunications networks in Honduras. 
 
(b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity), or 
must third parties perform these procedures? 
 
 Suppliers cannot perform these procedures th emselves; approval certificates from other 
internationally recognized approval bodies are accepted. 
 
(c) What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based on?  If 
not, what guidelines or standards are they based on? 
  They are based on OAS Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) 
resolutions concerning the mutual recogn ition of equipment among administrations.  
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  4. Has your regulatory authority received any complaint or had any problems regarding 
the EMC/EMI aspects of the approved information t echnology products?  If yes, how frequent?  
And please identify the nature of the complaint/problem. 
 
 There have been isolated problems (year 2004), such as the case of a type of high-power 
cordless telephone (which is not authorized to op erate in certain countries such as the United States) 
which has interfered with low-power devices that operate without a licence, such as the movement 
devices in residential garage doors.  
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