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IN 97-19            INTERNATIONAL ACTION               July 11, 1997


ITU COST RECOVERY FOR RADIOCOMMUNICATION NOTIFICAT  IONS


     During the June 23 - June 27 meeting of the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) Council, the subject of ITU cost recovery for registering and processing  satellite
notifications and other products and services, including terrestrial notifications, was
addressed.  The Council agreed to a resolution which adopted the principle of cost recovery
for satellite registrations and notifications.  The resolution anticipated that any application of
the cost recovery concept to satellites would await completion of several matters.  These
include related issues (Resolution 18 - Kyoto, 1994) to be taken up at the ITU World Radio
Communications Conference this fall, studies to be conducted related to costs and appropriate
procedures and fee schedules to be developed.  The resolution further anticipated the
completion of cost studies and the adoption of appropriate procedures that would pertain to
other products and services.

     Actual application of cost recovery will await consideration of all of the above by the
1998 ITU Council and the 1998 Plenipotentiary Conference.

     The final text of the ITU Cost Recovery Resolution is expected to be forwarded by
the ITU to Administrations in the near future.  When the final text is received, it will be
made available for public comment.  Contact persons: Roderick Porter (FCC) 202/418-0423,
Richard Beaird (Dept. of State) 202/647-5832, and Richard Parlow (Dept. of Commerce -
NTIA) 202/482-1850.

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