Ben (and all), One important clarification (or perhaps added confusion.....;-):
The prTBR 21 adoption last Friday does NOT include the foreword of the document, only the technical content. It means that the CTR desicion must take the intensions of the foreword into account, otherwise there will be countries voting No to the actual CTR document (and this is what really counts.....). Regards, Roger Magnuson TGC AB -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 1997 11:30 To: [email protected]; GECAB/EST/ROGER Subject: Re[3]: TBR21 Adoption << File: UUCP_ENV.TXT >> ---------- Original message from [email protected] ---------- > Does this mean that these countries can now impose their additional country > deviations to TBR21?? > > Tania Grant, Lucent Technologies, Octel Messaging Division > [email protected] Tania The answer to your question is yes and no! TBR21 is now an adopted stand-alone document which will be used for pan-European approval once it is harmonized. For equipment which falls within the scope of TBR21, no member state can impose additional APPROVAL requirements or deviations over and above those in TBR21. Having said that the problem of national technical differences is addressed in the foreword of TBR21 (Oct 97) an extract of which reads as follows: "...It is the intention that a pan-European approval scheme using TBR21 as the basis will be legitimised, but the scheme will recognize that nationally, technical differences exist and are described in Advisory Notes. The Advisory Notes themselves will not be mandatory, however manufacturers will be encouraged to ensure that their products conform to the relevant Advisory Notes. This recommendation will be reflected in the draft Decision." "In the interests of transparency, the Advisory Notes will be contained in an ETSI Guide (prEG 201 121). This ETSI Guide in no way changes the voluntary nature of Advisory Notes either de jure or de facto. Initially, all Advisory Notes will be included and the adoption of the ETSI Guide will take place in parallel to the adoption of the TBR..." The 12 month transitional arrangements are then described where either national approvals or CTR21 approvals may be used followed by details on Obligations of the Manufacturer: "...During the transition period, manufacturers will be obliged to associate a notice with all pan-European approved products." "The text of this notice is proposed as follows:" "The equipment has been approved to [Commission Decision "CTR21"] for pan-European single terminal connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). However, due to differences between different PSTNs provided in different countries the approval does not, of itself, give an unconditional assurance of successful operation on every PSTN network termination point." "In the event of problems, you should contact your equipment supplier in the first instance..." "...In addition, manufacturers must make a network compatibility declaration to the Notified Body, the seller and user. This declaration will indicate the networks with which the equipment is designed to work and any notified networks with which the equipment may exhibit interworking difficulties..." Notified Bodies must ensure that the above obligations of the manufacture are met and they must also ensure that manufacturers are aware of any applicable Advisory Notes, although the Notified Body will not evaluate equipment against these Advisory Notes. Hope this explains things. Regards ------------------------------ Ben Wrigley Senior Approvals Specialist KTL Saxon Way Priory Park West Hull HU13 9PB UK Phone: +44 (0)1482 801801 Fax: +44 (0)1482 801806 Web: http://www.ktl.co.uk Email: mailto:[email protected]
