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  **World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07)\  ![](media/image1.png){width="1.9270833333333333in"
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  **PLENARY MEETING**                              **Addendum 23 to\
                                                   Document 10-E**

                                                   **7 August 2007**

                                                   **Original: English**

                                                   

  EUROPEAN COMMON PROPOSALS FOR\                   
  THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE                       

  PART 23                                          

  Agenda item 4                                    
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4 in accordance with Resolution **95 (Rev.WRC‑03)**, to review the
Resolutions and Recommendations of previous conferences with a view to
their possible revision, replacement or abrogation

Introduction

Resolution 26 (Rev.WRC-97) deals with the procedures for adding/deleting
footnotes to the Table of Frequency Allocations in Article 5 of the
Radio Regulations at World Radiocommunication Conferences.

In *further resolves* 3 in the Resolution there is a reference to No.
316 of the ITU Convention (Geneva, 1992). Until the Plenipotentiary
Conference 2002 (PP-02) No. 316 stipulated the deadline for submission
of proposals for the work of the conference.

Based on the report of the Group of Experts on Chapter II of the ITU
Convention, PP-02 decided to move, among other provisions, No. 316 to a
new separate basic text containing the "General Rules of Conferences,
Assemblies and Meetings of the Union" (GR).

In the new GR the former provisions in No. 316 is found in No. 40 which
reads:

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  **40**     2 Immediately after the invitations have been despatched,
             the Secretary‑General shall ask Member States to submit, at
             least four months before the start of the conference, their
             proposals for the work of the conference.

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Europe proposes to modify *further resolves* 3 of Resolution 26
(Rev.WRC-97) to reflect the current text of the General Rules of
Conferences, Assemblies and Meetings of the Union (Marrakesh, 2002), as
follows:

**MOD** EUR/10A23/1

RESOLUTION 26 (Rev.WRC-07)

Footnotes to the Table of Frequency Allocations in\
Article 5 of the Radio Regulations

The World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007),

considering

*a)* that footnotes are an integral part of the Table of Frequency
Allocations in the Radio Regulations and, as such, form part of an
international treaty text;

*b)* that footnotes to the Table of Frequency Allocations should be
clear, concise and easy to understand;

*c)* that footnotes should relate directly to matters of frequency
allocation;

*d)* that, in order to ensure that footnotes allow modification of the
Table of Frequency Allocations without introducing unnecessary
complications, principles relating to the use of footnotes are needed;

*e)* that, currently, footnotes are adopted by competent world
radiocommunication conferences and any addition, modification or
deletion of a footnote is considered and adopted by the competent
conference;

*f)* that some problems concerning country footnotes may be resolved
through the application of a special agreement envisaged by
Article **6**;

*g)* that, in certain cases, administrations are confronted with major
difficulties due to inconsistencies or omissions in footnotes;

*h)* that, in order to keep the footnotes to the Table of Frequency
Allocations up to date, there should be clear and effective guidelines
for additions, modifications and deletions of footnotes,

resolves

1 that, wherever possible, footnotes to the Table of Frequency
Allocations should be confined to altering, limiting or otherwise
changing the relevant allocations rather than dealing with the operation
of stations, assignment of frequencies or other matters;

2 that the Table of Frequency Allocations should include only those
footnotes which have international implications for the use of the
radio-frequency spectrum;

3 that new footnotes to the Table of Frequency Allocations should only
be adopted in order to:

*a)* achieve flexibility in the Table of Frequency Allocations;

*b)* protect the relevant allocations in the body of the Table and in
other footnotes in accordance with Section II of Article **5**;

*c)* introduce either transitional or permanent restrictions on a new
service to achieve compatibility; or

*d)* meet the specific requirements of a country or area when it is
impracticable to satisfy such needs otherwise within the Table of
Frequency Allocations;

4 that footnotes serving a common purpose should be in a common format,
and, where possible, be grouped into a single footnote with appropriate
references to the relevant frequency bands,

further resolves

1 that any addition of a new footnote or modification of an existing
footnote should be considered by a world radiocommunication conference
only when:

*a)* the agenda of that conference explicitly includes the frequency
band to which the proposed additional or modified footnote relates; or

*b)* the frequency bands to which the desired additions or modifications
of the footnote belong are considered during the conference and the
conference decides to make a change in those bands; or

*c)* the addition or modification of footnotes is specifically included
in the agenda of the conference as a result of the consideration of
proposals submitted by one or more interested administration(s);

2 that recommended agendas for future world radiocommunication
conferences should include a standing agenda item which would allow for
the consideration of proposals by administrations for deletion of
country footnotes, or country names in footnotes, if no longer required;

3 that in cases not covered by *further resolves* 1 and 2, proposals for
new footnotes or modification of existing footnotes could exceptionally
be considered by a world radio­communication conference if they concern
corrections of obvious omissions, inconsistencies, ambiguities or
editorial errors and have been submitted to ITU as stipulated in No. 40
of the General Rules of Conferences, Assemblies and Meetings of the
Union (Marrakesh 2002),

urges administrations

1 to review footnotes periodically and to propose the deletion of their
country footnotes or of their country names from footnotes, as
appropriate;

2 to take account of the *further resolves* above in making proposals to
world radio­communication conferences.

**Reasons:** To reflect the current text of the General Rules of
Conferences, Assemblies and Meetings of the Union (Marrakesh, 2002).

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