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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  Fax-  On-  Demand:  (202)  418-  2830  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
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 Released:  December  1,  2000 


 ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU  PARTICIPATES  IN  MIXED  U.  S.-  MEXICAN  COMMISSION  MEETING  XXIV 


 The  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (FCC)  Enforcement  Bureau  participated  in  the  24  th 
 formal  meeting  of  the  Mixed  (U.  S./  Mexico)  Commission  in  Guanajuato,  Guanajuato  Mexico 
 during  the  week  of  November  13,  2000.  The  Mixed  Commission,  also  known  as  Comision 
 Mixta  Encargada  de  Resolver  Asuntos  de  Radiointerferencia  (CMERAR),  is  an  international 
 organization  charged  with  resolving  harmful  radio  interference  problems  relating  to  licensed 
 radio  systems  operating  along  and  within  the  common  border  areas  between  the  United  States 
 and  Mexico.  During  the  November  meeting,  the  participants  reviewed  111  cases  of  harmful 
 radio  interference  and  of  these,  officially  closed  41  cases  at  the  national  or  Mixed  Commission 
 level.  Two  other  cases  will  be  referred  to  the  High  Level  Consultative  Commission  on 
 Telecommunications  composed  of  officials  from  the  U.  S.  State  Department,  the  FCC,  and  the 
 National  Telecommunications  and  Information  Administration  (NTIA)  along  with  Mexican 
 officials  from  the  Secretaria  de  Comunicaciones  y  Transportes  (SCT)  and  the  Comision  Federal 
 de  Telecomunicaciones  (COFETEL). 


 The  Mixed  Commission,  formed  in  1982,  is  comprised  of  representatives  from  the  FCC  and  the 
 SCT  of  the  United  Mexican  States.  This  organization  historically  handles  over  100  cases  each 
 year  involving  both  interference  to  U.  S.  stations  from  radio  facilities  operating  in  Mexico  and  to 
 Mexican  stations  from  similar  operations  in  the  U.  S.  Quite  often,  these  cases  involve 
 interference  to  public  safety  radio  services  on  both  sides  of  the  border.  Many  of  the  cases  are 
 handled  at  the  local  level  (by  FCC  Enforcement  Bureau  District  office  personnel)  by  conducting 
 meetings  in  Mexico  and  the  United  States  which  involve  the  FCC’s  Mexican  counterparts  at  SCT 
 and  COFETEL.  Arlan  van  Doorn,  Senior  Advisor,  Enforcement  Bureau,  serves  as  the  Co-  Chair 
 of  the  Mixed  Commission  for  the  United  States  and  Enrique  Cervantes  Martinez,  Coordinator 
 General,  Enforcement,  serves  as  the  Co-  Chair  for  the  United  Mexican  States. 


 The  next  Mixed  Commission  meeting  is  scheduled  to  be  conducted  in  San  Francisco,  CA  during 
 the  second  week  of  May,  2001. 


 By  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau. 


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