I NTERNATIONAL T ELECOMMUNICATION U NION Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Geneva, 7 August 2001 Ref: TSB Circular 60 TSAG/FB Tel: Fax: +41 22 730 5860 +41 22 730 5853 Fabio.bigi@itu.int E-mail: Subject: - To Administrations of Member States of the Union Copy: - To ITU-T Sector Members; - To ITU-T Associates; - To the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group TSAG; - To the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau; - To the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau Meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) with a view to approving one draft revised Recommendation and one draft revised Annex in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 1, Section 9, of WTSA (Montreal, 2000) Geneva, 30 November 2001 Dear Sir/Madam, 1 At the request of the Chairman of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), I have the honour to inform you that this Group, which will meet from 26 to 30 November 2001, intends to apply the procedure described in Resolution 1, Section 9, of WTSA (Montreal, 2000) for the approval of draft revised Recommendation A.5 and of draft revised Annex A to Recommendation A.23. 2 The summaries and locations of the draft revised ITU-T Recommendation A.5 and draft revised Annex A to ITU-T Recommendation A.23 proposed for approval will be found in Annex 1. 3 Any ITU Member State, Sector Member or Associate aware of a patent held by itself or others which may fully or partly cover elements of the draft Recommendations proposed for approval is requested to disclose such information to TSB, in accordance with TSB patent policy (see Appendix III to WTSA Resolution 1 (Montreal, 2000)). Available patent information can be accessed on-line via the ITU-T website. Place des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Telephone Telefax Gr3: Gr4: +41 22 730 51 11 +41 22 733 72 56 +41 22 730 65 00 Telex 421 000 uit ch Telegram ITU GENEVE E-mail: itumail@itu.int www.itu.int -2- 4 Having regard to the provisions of Resolution 1, Section 9, I should be grateful if you would inform me by 2400 hours UTC on 14 November 2001 whether your Administration assigns authority to the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group that this draft revised Recommendation and draft revised Annex should be considered for approval at the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group meeting. Should any Member States be of the opinion that consideration for approval should not proceed, they should advise their reasons for disapproving and indicate the possible changes that would facilitate further consideration and approval of the draft revised Recommendation and draft revised Annex. 5 If 70% or more of the replies from Member States support consideration for approval of these draft revised Recommendation and Annex at the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group meeting, one Plenary session will be devoted on 30 November 2001 to apply the approval procedure. I accordingly invite your Administration to send a representative to the meeting. The Administrations of Member States of the Union are invited to supply the name of the head of their delegation. If your Administration wishes to be represented at the meeting by a recognized operating agency, a scientific or industrial organization or another entity dealing with telecommunication matters, the Director should be duly informed, in accordance with Article 19, No. 239, of the ITU Convention. 6 The agenda, registration form and all relevant information concerning the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group meeting will be available from Collectiveletter 2/TSAG. 7 After the meeting, the Director of TSB will notify, in a circular, the decision taken on these Recommendations. This information will also be published in the ITU Operational Bulletin. Yours faithfully, H. Zhao Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Annex: ITU-T\BUREAU\CIRC\060E.DOC 31/05/16 -3- ANNEX 1 (to TSB Circular 60) Summaries and locations of the proposed draft revised Recommendation A.5 and draft revised Annex A to Recommendation A.23 1 Draft revised Recommendation A.5 – Generic procedures for including references to documents of other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations Summary This Recommendation provides generic procedures for referencing the documents of other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations. Also included is the format for documenting a study group decision with respect to making the reference. Location of text: TSAG-R 8 and Contribution TSAG 1 2 Draft revised Annex A to Recommendation A.23 – Guide for ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1 Cooperation Summary This Annex to Recommendation A.23 contains a set of procedures for cooperation between ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1 and rules for presentation of common text of ITU-T Recommendations International Standards. This revision reflects changes in procedures of the two organizations that have been adopted since approval of Recommendation A.23 (Geneva, 1996). All the underlying principles for cooperation have remained unchanged. Location of text: TSAG-R 8 ________ ITU-T\BUREAU\CIRC\060E.DOC 31/05/16