[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9441-9442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of U.S. Conformity Assessment Body Training Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a two-day Conformity Assessment 
Body (CAB) training workshop on the European Union (EU) Radio and 
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive and related 
issues. NIST, as the Designating Authority under the Sectoral Annex for 
Telecommunication Equipment of the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement 
(MRA), is sponsoring this workshop in order to provide training and 
educational outreach for U.S. CABs. Personnel from the European 
Commission and an EU Notified Body (NB) will conduct this workshop. The 
workshop is aimed at providing information for current and potential 
CABs, assessors, manufacturers, and other interested parties on 
compliance with the EU R&TTE Directive. There is a fee to attend the 
Workshop. All attendees must register no later than March 27, 2002. 
Attendance will be limited to the first 80 registered participants.

DATES: The U.S. CAB Training Workshop will be held April 10-11, 2002. 
All sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. CAB Training Workshop sessions will be held at the 
Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, 2799 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Snouffer at (301) 975-2776, 
[email protected]. You may register for the workshop 
electronically at http://www.nist.gov/conferences. If you do not wish 
to register electronically, you can print out the electronic form and 
fax it to (301) 948-2067. Please pre-register by no later than March 
27, 2002. You may also mail a copy of the electronic form, by March 27, 
2002, to: NIST Office of the Comptroller, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3732, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3732.

FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jo DiBernardo at 301 975-5503 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST, as the Designating Authority under the 
Sectoral Annex for Telecommunication Equipment of the US-EU MRA, is 
sponsoring this workshop in order to provide training and educational 
outreach for U.S. CABs. The workshop is aimed at providing information 
to current and potential CABs, assessors, manufacturers, and other 
interested parties on requirements of the EU R&TTE Directive. The first 
half-day will be devoted to an introduction to the R&TTE Directive and 
its requirements. This will be followed by a 1\1/2\ day session 
focusing on issues relating to operating aspects, common problems,

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solutions, and experiences encountered by CABs/NBs under the R&TTE 
Directive. There is a $225 fee to attend the Workshop. All attendees 
must register no later than March 27, 2002. Attendance will be limited 
to the first 80 registered participants.
    Workshop attendees are assumed to have familiarity with the US-EU 
Mutual Recognition Agreement and the R&TTE Directive. The text of these 
documents can be accessed at http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/216/mra.htm and http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/216/mra-relatedlinks.htm 
respectively. Information on becoming a U.S. CAB for radio and 
telecommunications terminal equipment under the US-EU MRA is posted on 
NIST Web site at http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/216/mra-eu-telecom.htm.

    Dated: February 25, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-4903 Filed 2-28-02; 8:45 am]
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