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. 374, Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi-110001 India. Contact Number: +(91)-11-23324703 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
China
G/TBT/N/CHN/1582/Add.1
20-07-2023
This standard specifies the energy efficiency grade, minimum allowable values of energy efficiency, testing and calculation methods of servers. This standard is applicable to 1-way and 2-way general purpose tower and rack servers.
19700101
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2
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/686/Add.1
25-07-2023
Notice is hereby given that Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has published the following document: Radio Standards Specification RSS-192, issue 5, sets out the requirements for the certification of flexible use broadband equipmen
19700101
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3
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/696/Add.1
28-07-2023
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is formally extending the comment period for notification G/TBT/N/CAN/696 until 11 August 2023.
19700101
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4
USA
G/TBT/N/USA/1767/Add.1
25-07-2023
FCC Empowers Short-Range Radars in the 60 GHz Band
19700101
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5
Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/1469/Add.1
10-07-2023
ANATEL Public Consultation No. 81, 19 December 2022, – previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/1469, technical requirements for evaluating the conformity of the IPv6 protocol in telecommunication products was adopted as an act – Act Number 7971, 22 June 2
19700101
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6
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/701
03-07-2023
Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has released a consultation on the adoption of C63.10-2020 and C63.25.1-2018.
19700101
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7
European Union
G/TBT/N/EU/823/Add.1
30-06-2023
This draft Commission Delegated Regulation concerns mandatory market access requirements for internet-connected radio equipment and wearable radio equipment
19700101
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8
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/775
28-06-2023
Amendment to the regulation for the above WLAN System.
19700101
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9
Georgia
G/TBT/N/GEO/124
20-06-2023
Define requirement on radio equipment for placing on market and putting into service. The present technical regulation was elaborated according to Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014.
19700101
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10
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/754/Add.1
16-06-2023
The regulation for the Radio act need to be amended to introduce technical requirements for Digital Convenience Radio.
19700101
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11
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/699
05-06-2023
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission prescribes technical standards of telecommunication equipment for base station and repeater in cellular land mobile service using Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) technolog
19700101
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12
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/698
05-06-2023
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission prescribes technical standards of user equipment in cellular land mobile service using Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) technology in order to support railway transportatio
19700101
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13
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/697
09-06-2023
It imposes the necessary rules on MNOs and certain companies having a private 5G network to ensure that they carry out within the European union the activities that are absolutely necessary for the operation, security and continuity of their network.
19700101
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14
USA
G/TBT/N/USA/1725/Add.1/Corr.1
03-05-2023
Correction in update to electrical engineering standards
19700101
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15
United Kingdom
G/TBT/N/GBR/62
04-05-2023
The draft of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023 supplement Part 1 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 as notified to the
19700101
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16
United Kingdom
G/TBT/N/GBR/44/Add.1
27-04-2023
Product security and telecommunications infrastructure Act
19700101
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17
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/677/Add.1
22-05-2023
The standards specifies technical characteristics for broadband wireless access on manner radio local area networks used frequency 5.925-6.425 GHz and the output power must not exceed 250 milliwatts e.i.r.p.
19700101
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18
Tanzania
G/TBT/N/TZA/957
04-05-2023
This standard specifies the technical requirements for the designing, fabrication, installation, inspection and maintenance operations for steel towers, masts and their accessories used in communication industry.
19700101
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19
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/770
22-05-2023
Mobile telecommunications radio equipment for LTE. ●Expansion the 700MHz operating band of mobile telecommunications radio equipment for LTE from "718-748MHz(Uplink), 773-803MHz(Downlink)" to "715-748MHz(Uplink), 770-803MHz(Downlink)". ● Available for u
19700101
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20
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/769
22-05-2023
Digital cordless telephones using DECT system and TD-LTE system.
19700101
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21
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/696
22-05-2023
Intelligent Transportation Systems' (ITS) On-Board Units (OBUs) in the 5895 – 5925 MHz Band, - the certification requirements for licence-exempt radio apparatus operating in the 5895 MHz – 5925 MHz band.
20230718 18-07-2023
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22
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/695
08-05-2023
Requirements for the certification of flexible use broadband equipment used in fixed and/or mobile services operating in the frequency band 3900-3980 MHz.
20230704 04-07-2023
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23
Belgium
G/TBT/N/BEL/47/Add.1
12-05-2023
It establishes the restrictions on the use of active 5G network elements manufactured by high risk manufacturers of such element, and on the use of service providers to manage and monitor their 5G network Element.
19700101
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24
Belgium
G/TBT/N/BEL/46/Add.1
01-05-2023
It imposes the necessary rules on MNOs and certain companies having a private 5G network to ensure that they carry out within the European union the activities that are absolutely necessary for the operation, security and continuity of their network.
19700101
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25
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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26
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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27
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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28
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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29
Thailand
G/TBT/N/THA/672/Add1
02-02-2023
Revised Notification on conformity assessment procedures of telecommunication equipment
19700101
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30
Vietnam
G/TBT/N/VNM/246
10-02-2023
Products and goods with unsafe capability
19700101
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31
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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32
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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33
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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34
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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35
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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36
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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37
Canada
G/TBT/N/CAN/682
07-10-2022
Effective spectrum management
20221205 05-12-2022
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38
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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39
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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40
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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44
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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45
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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46
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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47
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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48
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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49
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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50
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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51
Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/666/Add.1
14/12/2020
Partial amendment of Regulations for Radio Equipment
19700101
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52
Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/1103
14/12/2020
Proposed Operational Procedure for Importing Telecommunications Products
20210215 15/02/2021
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53
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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54
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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55
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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56
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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57
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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58
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.