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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA  #  02-  1063 
 May  8,  2002 


 FCC  PARTICIPATES  IN 
 JOINT  U.  S.-  MEXICAN  COMMISSION  MEETING  XXVI 


 The  Federal  Communications  Commission's  (FCC)  Enforcement  Bureau  participated  in  the  26th  formal  meeting  of  the  Joint  (U.  S./  Mexico)  Commission  in  Zacatecas,  Zacatecas,  Mexico  during  the  week  of  April  22, 
 2002.  The  Joint  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  meeting,  the  participants  reviewed  115  cases  of  harmful 
 radio  interference  and,  of  these,  officially  closed  47  cases  at  the  national  or  Joint  Commission  level.  This  group  is  composed  of  officials  from  the  U.  S.  State  Department,  the  FCC,  National  Telecommunications  Information 
 Adminstration  and  other  Federal  Agencies  along  with  Mexican  officials  from  the  Secretaria  de  Comunicaciones  y  Transportes  (SCT)  and  the  Comision  Federal  de  Telecomunicaciones  (COFETEL). 


 The  Joint  Commission  (formerly  known  as  the  Mixed  Commission),  formed  in  1982,  is  comprised  of  representatives  from  the  FCC  and  the  SCT  and  COFETEL  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,  FCC  Enforcement  Bureau,  serves  as  the  Co-  Chair  of  the  Joint  Commission  for  the  United  States  and 
 Licenciado  Roberto  Garcia,  Coordinador  General  Ejecutivo,  COFETEL,  serves  as  the  Co-  Chair  for  the  United  Mexican  States. 


 The  next  Joint  Commission  meeting  is  scheduled  to  be  conducted  in  the  United  States,  during  December  2002. 
 By  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  contact:  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450 


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