JAPAN: RADIO TRANSMITTING FACILITY The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.67. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: JAPAN. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Radio transmitting facility for the second generation EDTV (EDTV-II) broadcasting (HS: 85.25). 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Amendment to the Ordinance for Executing the Radio Law, the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment and the Ordinance for Stipulating the Standard System on Transmission for Television Broadcast (available in English, 2 pages). 6. Description of content: To establish the technical regulations for the second generation EDTV (EDTV-II) broadcasting. 7. Objective and rationale: To put the second generation EDTV (EDTV-II) broadcasting to practical use. 8. Relevant documents: The basic law is the Radio Law. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: June 1995. 10. Final date for comments: 8 May 1995. (083)

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