The Government of India, Ministry of Commerce has designated Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) as the WTO-TBT Enquiry Point under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to answer all reasonable inquiries from other members and interested parties concerning standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures related to telecom sector.
As an obligation under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) of World Trade Organisation (WTO), member countries of the WTO are required to report to the WTO, all proposed technical regulations that could affect trade with other Member countries. For India, Ministry of Commerce notifies the proposed technical regulations, Standards & Conformity Assessment Procedures to WTO, Geneva. Parties in other member countries wishing to make comments on the above notifications can obtain copies of the text from the Enquiry Point.
As an initiative to serve the national stakeholders, the WTO-TBT Enquiry point also provides the interested organizations and individuals an opportunity to review and comment on notifications of other members which can affect their trade interests, by disseminating the TBT Notifications to the national stakeholders.
The number of the concerned TBT Notification should be stated in the request. Comments on the documents should be sent to the Enquiry Point as soon as possible preferably a fortnight before the expiry of the period of comments. The comments would be communicated to the Ministry of Commerce for onward transmission to the concerned Government.
Contact Us
For all queries related to the Telecom Sector: Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) Contact Person: DDG (IMP&TEP) Address: Room No. 254, Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi-110001 India. Contact Number: +(91)-11-23736344 Fax Number: +(91)-11- 23736343 Website: https://www.tec.gov.in Email ID for TBT related queries: tbtenquirytel.tec@gov.in
Notifications from Member Countries
S.No.
Notifying Member Country
Notification No.
Date of Notification
Subject
TBT Notification
Regulation
Comments Sought By
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1
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/565/Add.1
20-02-2023
Radio Standards Specification RSS-132, issue 4, sets out the certification requirements for cellular equipment operating in the bands 824-849 MHz and 869-894 MHz
19700101
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2
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/693
21-02-2023
RSS-247 (Issue 3) Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices.
20230425 25-04-2023
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3
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/690
20-02-2023
Consultation on RSS-199 Issue 4, Broadband Radio Service (BRS) Equipment Operating in the Band 2500–2690 MHz, sets out the requirements for the certification of equipment used in the broadband radio service (BRS) operating in the frequency band 2500-2690
19700101
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4
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/678/Add1
14-02-2023
Technical standard for Telecommunication Equipment: Radio communications equipment for fixed services used frequency 57- 66 GHz. B.E. 2566 (2023)
19700101
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5
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/672/Add1
02-02-2023
Revised Notification on conformity assessment procedures of telecommunication equipment
19700101
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6
Vietnam
G/TBT/N/VNM/246
10-02-2023
Products and goods with unsafe capability
19700101
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7
Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/1328/Add.1
05-01-2023
Electrical safety technical requirements for conformity assessment of telecommunications prodcuts
20230315 15-03-2023
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8
EU (European Union)
G/TBT/N/EU/936
29-11-2022
Notification: 29 November 2022, Subject: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (COM(2022) 454 final)
20230315 15-03-2023
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9
China
G/TBT/N/CHN/1707
26-10-2022
Implementation Rules for Compulsory Product Certification Telecommunication Terminal Equipment
20221215 15-12-2022
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10
Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/1452
10-10-2022
Public Consultation proposal to establish mandatory cybersecurity minimum requirements for conformity assessment of CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) to mitigate vulnerabilities.
20221129 29-11-2022
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11
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/678
10-10-2022
Draft Notification of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission on Technical standard for Telecommunication Equipment: Radiocommunications equipment for fixed services used frequency 57-66 GHz. (NBTC TS 1031-256X)
20221205 05-12-2022
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12
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/677
10-10-2022
Draft Notification of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission on Technical standard for Telecommunication Equipment: Radiocommunications equipment used frequency 5.925-6.425 Ghz (NBTC TS 103X-256X)
20221205 05-12-2022
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13
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/682
07-10-2022
Effective spectrum management
20221205 05-12-2022
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14
Kenya
G/TBT/N/KEN/1155
17/11/2021
Accessibility ― ICT products and services. Part 2: Conformance
20211231 31/12/2021
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15
Kenya
G/TBT/N/KEN/1154
17/11/2021
Accessibility ― ICT products and services. Part 1: Requirements
20211231 31/12/2021
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16
South Korea
G/TBT/N/KOR 964
01/06/2021
Revises requirements related to audio/video, ICT equipments
Final rule on human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
20210531 31/05/2021
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20
EU
G/TBT/N/EU/796
21/04/2021
Harmonised use of frequency bands for railway mobile
20210531 31/05/2021
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21
Israel
G/TBT/N/1184
15/03/2021
Notifies easing the conformity assessment procedure for specific import products
20210430 30/04/2021
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22
Vietnam
G/TBT/N/VNM/187
09/03/2021
Proposed draft National technical regulation on 5G Base Station
20210430 30/04/2021
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23
China
G/TBT/N/CHN/1553
09/02/2021
Proposed National Standard on Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
20210401 01/04/2021
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24
Vietnam
G/TBT/N/VNM/186
08/02/2021
Proposed Draft Circular providing amendments for the Annexes of Circular specifying the List of products and goods with unsafe capability
20210401 01/04/2021
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25
Mexico
G/TBT/N/MEX/491
01/02/2021
Proposed Technical specifications concerning non-ionizing radio electric emissions of products, equipment, devices or apparatus intended for telecommunications
19700101
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26
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/688
01/02/2021
Proposed Partial Amendment of Regulations for Enforcement of the Radio Law
20210310 10/03/2021
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27
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/666/Add.1
14/12/2020
Partial amendment of Regulations for Radio Equipment
19700101
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28
Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/1103
14/12/2020
Proposed Operational Procedure for Importing Telecommunications Products
20210215 15/02/2021
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29
China
G/TBT/N/CHN/1521
16/11/2020
Proposed National Standard on Limits for Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields Emitted by Mobile Phones
20210110 10/01/2021
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30
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/627
18/11/2020
Proposed Procedure for the Recognition of Testing Laboratories to Canadian requirements
20210110 10/01/2021
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31
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/625
18/11/2020
Proposed Procedure for the Declaration of Conformity and Registration of Terminal Equipment
20210110 10/01/2021
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32
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/623
18/11/2020
Proposed Procedure for the Designation of Canadian Testing Laboratories
20210108 08/01/2021
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33
Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/1098
12/11/2020
Proposal for revocation and amendment of normative acts issued by the Agency
20201225 25/12/2020
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34
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/610
10/31/2018
proposing to amend the Ordinance Concerning Terminal Facilities
Regulatory elements and the specific obligations that Telecommunications Service Providers must comply with in the marketing and/or provision of telecommunications services.