[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16242]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of Radio and Telephone Terminal Equipment Directive 
Training Workshop

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a two-day Radio and Telephone 
Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive training workshop. The workshop is 
aimed at providing information to potential U.S. conformity assessment 
bodies (CABs) for compliance with the requirement of the R&TTE 
Directive 1999/5/EC and its impact on the current EMC Directive 89/336/
EEC. The morning session of the first day of the workshop will be 
devoted to general introduction to EMC Directive including operation of 
Competent Bodies and the use of Technical Construction Files. The 
afternoon of the first day and the second full day of the workshop will 
be devoted to the requirements of R&TTE Directive.
    The European Union (EU) personnel will conduct this workshop. NIST 
and Federal Communications Commission personnel will participate. There 
is a fee of $175 for each attendee of the training workshop. All 
attendees must register no later than July 7, 2000.

DATES: The EMC Directive component of the training workshop will be 
held on July 17, 2000, from 9:00 AM to Noon. The R&TTE Directive 
component will be held on July 17 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM and on July 18, 
2000, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

ADDRESSES: Both days of the training workshop will be held at the 
Quality Suites-Shady Grove, 3 Research Court, Rockville, Maryland 20850 
(near Shady Grove exit off Interstate I-270).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For registration information, you may 
telephone R&TTE Workshop Coordinator, Lori Buckland at (301) 975-3881. 
You may register for the workshop by E-mail addressed to 
[email protected] or by facsimilie at (301) 948-2067. You may also 
register by U.S. mail addressed to Lori Buckland, R&TTE Workshop 
Coordinator, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 3461, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899-3461. Training program information and the registration form is 
available at the NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/conffutr.htm. For technical information regarding the 
workshop, please call Jogindar Dhillon at 301-975-5521 or send on E-
mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section VIII, of the Telecommunication 
Equipment and Electromagnetic Compatibility Sectoral Annexes of the 
U.S./EU Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), recommends that the MRA 
partners sponsor seminars concerning the relevant technical and product 
approval requirements. A copy of the U.S./EU MRA can be accessed at 
http://www/ustr.gov/agreements/mra/mral.pdf. The new R&TTE Directive 
1999/5/EC came into force on March 9, 1999, that replaced the old TTE 
Directive 98/13/EC. The text of the R&TTE Directive can be accessed 
through http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htm.
    Before the training workshop, the Telecommunication Certification 
Bodies (TCB) Council (a product certifiers' group) will meet on Sunday, 
July 16, 2000, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM the Quality Suites-Shady Grove. 
All registered participants for the R&TTE Training Workshop are welcome 
to attend the TCB Council meeting.

    Dated: June 20, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 00-16242 Filed 6-26-00; 8:45 am]
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