EN   EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2021) XXX  draft  
ANNEX  
 
ANNEX  
to the  
Commission Implementing Decision  
amending Decision 2006/771/EC as regards the update of harmonised technical 
conditions in the area of radio spectrum use for short -range devices    
   
EN 1  EN ANNEX  
Frequency bands with corresponding harmonised technical conditions and implementation deadlines for short -range devices  
Table 1 defines the scope of different categories of short -range devices (defined in Article 2(3)) to which this Decision applies. Table 2 specifies 
different combinations of frequency band and category of short -range devices, and the harmonised technical conditions for spectrum access and 
implementation deadlines applicable thereto.  
General technical conditions applicable to all bands and short -range devices that fall within the scope of this Decision:  
– Member States  shall  allow adjacent frequency bands set out in  Table 2 to be used as a single frequency band provided the specific conditions 
of each of these adjacent frequency bands are met.  
– Member States shall  allow the usage of spectrum up to the transmit power, field strength or power density  set out  in Table 2. Pursuant to  
Article 3(3), they may impose less restrictive conditions, that is to say  allow the use of spectrum with higher transmit power, field strength or 
power density, provided it does not reduce or compromise the appropriate coexistence b etween short -range devices in bands harmonised by 
this Decision.  
– Member States may only impose the additional parameters  (channelling and/or channel access and occupation rules) set out  in Table 2, and  
shall  not add other parameters or spectrum access and  mitigation requirements. Less restrictive conditions pursuant to  Article 3(3), mean s that 
Member States may completely omit these  additional parameters in a given cell or allow higher values, provided that the appropriate sharing 
environment in the harmon ised band is not compromised.  
– Member States may only impose the other usage restrictions  set out  in Table 2 and shall not add additional usage restrictions. Since  less 
restrictive conditions may be applied pursuant to  Article 3(3), Member States may omit o ne or all of  these  restrictions, provided that the 
appropriate sharing environment in the harmonised band is not compromised.  
– Less restrictive conditions pursuant to Article 3(3) shall  apply without prejudice to Directive 2014/53/EU.  
For the purposes of this Annex, the following duty cycle definition applies:  
 
 ‘duty cycle ’ means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of Σ(Ton)/(Tobs) where Ton is the “on” time of a single transmitter device and Tobs is the 
observation period. Ton is measured in an observation frequency band (Fobs). Unless otherwise specified in this technical annex, Tobs is a continuous 
one hour period and Fobs is the applicable frequency band in this technical annex. Less restrictive conditions within the mea ning of Article 3(3), mean 
that Member States may allow a higher value for ‘duty cycle’.   
EN 2  EN Table 1  
Categories of short -range devices pursuant  to Article 2(3) and their scope  
Category of short -range 
devices  Scope  
Non-specific short -range devices 
(SRDs)  Covers all k inds of radio devices, regardless of the application or their purpose, which fulfil the technical conditions 
as specified for a given frequency band. Typical uses include telemetry, telecommand, alarms, data transmissions in 
general and other applications.  
Active medical implant devices  Covers the radio part of active implantable medical devices that are intended to be fully or partially introduced, 
surgically or medically, into the human body or that of an animal, and where applicable their peripherals. A ctive 
implantable medical devices are defined in Council Directive 90/385/EEC1. 
Assistive listening devices 
(ALDs)  Covers radio communications systems that allow persons with hearing impairment to increase their listening 
capability. Typical system installations include one or more radio transmitters and one or more radio receivers.  
High duty cycle/continuous 
transmission devices  Covers radio devices that rely on low latency and high duty cycle transmissions. These devices are typically used for 
personal wireless audio and multimedia streaming systems used for combined audio/video transmissions and 
audio/video sync signals, mobile phones, automotive or home entertainment system, wireless microphones, cordless 
loudspeakers, cordless headphones, radio devices carried on a person, assistive listening devices, in -ear monitoring, 
wireless microphones for use at concerts or other stage pr oductions, and low power analogue FM transmitters.   
  
Inductive devices  Covers radio devices that use magnetic fields with inductive loop systems for near field communications and 
determination applications. This typically includes devices for car immobi lisation, animal identification, alarm 
systems, cable detection, waste management, personal identification, wireless voice links, access control, proximity 
and metal sensors, anti -theft systems as well as RF anti -theft induction systems, data transfer to h and-held devices, 
                                                 
1 Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implant able medical devices (OJ L 189, 20.7.1990, 
p. 17).   
EN 3  EN automatic article identification, wireless control systems and automatic road tolling.  
 
Low duty cycle/high reliability 
devices  Covers radio devices that rely on low overall spectrum utilisation and low duty cycle spectrum access rules to ensure 
highly reliable spectrum access and transmissions in shared bands. Typical applications include alarm systems that use 
radio communication for indicating an alert condition at a distant location and social alarm systems that allow reliable 
commun ication for a person in distress.  
Medical data acquisition devices  Covers the transmission of non -voice data to and from non -implantable medical devices in order to monitor, diagnose 
and treat patients in healthcare facilities or in their homes as prescri bed by duly authorised healthcare professionals.  
PMR446 devices  
 Covers hand  portable equipment (without base station or repeater use) carried on a person or manually operated, 
which uses integral antennas only in order to maximise sharing and minimise i nterference. PMR 446 equipment 
operates in short -range peer -to-peer mode and  shall not be used as a part of infrastructure network nor as a repeater.  
Radio determination devices  Covers radio devices used for determining the position, velocity and/or other  characteristics of an object, or for 
obtaining information relating to these parameters. Radio determination equipment typically conducts measurements 
to obtain such characteristics. Radio determination devices exclude any kind of point -to-point or point -to-multipoint 
radio communications.  
Radio frequency identification 
(RFID) devices  Covers tag/interrogator based radio communications systems, consisting of (i) radio devices (tags) attached to animate 
or inanimate items and (ii) transmitter/receiver units  (interrogators) which activate the tags and receive data back. 
Typical applications include the tracking and identification of items, for instance  for the purpose of electronic article 
surveillance (EAS), and collecting and transmitting data relating to the items to which tags are attached, which may be 
either battery -less, battery assisted or battery powered. The responses from a tag are validated by its interrogator and 
passed to its host system.  
Transport and traffic telematics 
devices  Covers radio de vices that are used in the fields of transport (road, rail, water or air, depending on the relevant 
technical restrictions), traffic management, navigation, mobility management and in intelligent transport systems 
(ITS). Typical applications include interf aces between different modes of transport, communication between vehicles 
(e.g. car to car), between vehicles and fixed locations (e.g. car to infrastructure) as well as communication from and to  
EN 4  EN users.  
Wideband data transmission 
devices  Covers radio devi ces that use wideband modulation techniques to access the spectrum. Typical uses include wireless 
access systems such as radio local area networks (WAS/RLANs) or wideband SRDs in data networks.  
 
Table 2  
Frequency bands with corresponding harmonised techni cal conditions and implementation deadlines for short -range devices  
Band 
no Frequency band  Category of short -range 
devices  Transmit power limit/ 
field strength 
limit/power density 
limit  Additional parameters 
(channelling and/or 
channel access and 
occupatio n rules)  Other usage 
restrictions  Implemen
-tation 
deadline  
1 9-59.750 kHz  Inductive devices  72 dBμA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
2 9-315 kHz  Active medical implant 
devices  30 dBμA/m at 10 metres  Duty cycle limit: 10  % This set of usage 
conditions is only  
available to active 
implantable medical 
devices .  1 July 
2014  
3 9-148 kHz  Radio determination 
devices  46 dBµA/m at 10 m 
distance at a reference of 
100 Hz, outside the 
Nuclear Magnetic 
Resonance (NMR ) 
device.  
Magnetic field strength  For enclosed Nuclear 
Magnetic Resonance 
(NMR) applications 
[j]. 1 May 
2022  
 
EN 5  EN descending 10 dB/decade 
above 100Hz.  
4 59.750 -60.250 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBμA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
5 60.250 -74.750 kHz  Inductive devices  72 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
6 74.750 -75.250 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
7 75.250 -77.250 kHz  Inductive devices  72 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
8 77.250 -77.750 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
9 77.750 -90 kHz  Inductive devices  72 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
10 90-119 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
11 119-128.6 kHz  Inductive devices  66 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
12 128.6 -129.6 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
13 129.6 -135 kHz  Inductive devices  66 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
 
EN 6  EN 14 135-140 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBµA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
15 140-148.5 kHz  Inductive devices  37.7 dBμA/m at 10 
metres    1 July 
2014  
16 148.5 -5 000 kHz [1]  Inductive devices  -15 dBμA/m at 10 metres 
in any bandwidth of 10 
kHz.  
Furthermore the total 
field strength is -5 
dΒμΑ/m at 10 m for 
systems operating at 
bandwidths larger than 
10 kHz    
 1 July 
2014  
17 148-5000 kHz  Radio determination 
devices  -15 dBµA/m at 10 m 
distance outside the 
Nuclear Magnetic 
Resonance ( NMR ) 
device.   For enclosed Nuclear 
Magnetic Resonance 
(NMR) applications 
[j]. 1 May 
2022  
18 400-600 kHz  Radio Frequency 
Identification (RFID) 
devices  -8 dBμA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
87 442.2 -450.0 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  7 dBµA/m at 10 m  Channel spacing ≥ 150 
Hz This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for person 
detection and collision 1 January 
2020  
 
EN 7  EN avoidance devices.  
19 456.9 -457.1 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  7 dBµA/m at 10 m  
 This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for 
emergency detections 
of buried victims and 
valuable items 
devices.  1 July 
2014  
20 984-7484 kHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  9 dBμA/m at 10  m Duty cycle limit: 1  % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for 
Eurobalise 
transmissions in the 
presence of trains and 
using the 27 090 -27 
100 kHz band for 
telepowering as per 
the 26 957 -27 283 
kHz band (band no 
28). 1 July 
2014  
21 3 155-3 400 kHz  Inductive devices  13.5 dBμA/m at 10 
metres    1 July 
2014  
22 5 000-30 000 kHz [2]  Inductive devices  -20 dBμA/m at 10 metres 
in any bandwidth of 10 
kHz. Furthermore the 
total field strength is -5 
dΒμΑ/m at 10 m for 
systems operating at   
 1 July 
2014  
 
EN 8  EN bandwidths larger than 
10 kHz  
23 5000 -30 000 kHz  Radio determination 
devices  -5 dBµA/m at 10m 
distance outside the 
Nuclear Magnetic 
Resonance ( NMR ) 
device.   For enclosed Nuclear 
Magnetic Resonance 
(NMR) applications 
[j]. 1 May 
2022  
24 6 765-6 795 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBμA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
25 7 300-23 000 kHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  -7 dBμA/m at 10  m Antenna requirements 
apply [8].   This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for 
Eurobalise 
transmissions in the 
presence of trains and 
using the 27 090 -27 
100 kHz band for 
telepowering as per 
the 26 957 -27 283 
kHz band (band no 
28). 1 July 
2014  
26 7 400-8 800 kHz  Inductive devices  9 dBμA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
27 10 200-11 000 kHz  Inductive devices  9 dBμA/m at 10 metres  
  1 July 
2014  
 
EN 9  EN 28a 13 553-13 567 kHz  Inductive devices  42 dBμA/m at 10 metres  Transmission mask and 
antenna requirements 
for all combined 
frequency segments 
apply [8], [9].    1 January 
2020  
28b 13 553-13 567 kHz  Radio Frequency 
Identification (RFID) 
devices  60 dBμA/m at 10 metres  Transmission mask and 
antenna requirements 
for all combined 
frequency segments 
apply [8], [9].   1 July 
2014  
28c 13 553-13 567 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.    1 July 
2014  
29 26 957-27 283 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.     1 July 
2014  
30 26 990-27 000 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1  %. 
Model control devices 
[d] may operate without 
duty cycle restrictions.   1 July 
2014  
31 27 040-27 050 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1  %. 
Model control devices 
[d] may operate without 
duty cycle restrictions.   1 July 
2014  
32 27 090-27 100 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1  %. 
Model control devices  1 July 
2014  
 
EN 10  EN [d] may operate without 
duty cycle restrictions.  
33 27 140-27 150 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1  %. 
Model control devices 
[d] may operate without 
duty cycle restrictions.   1 July 
2014  
34 27 190-27 200 kHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1  %. 
Model control devices 
[d] may operate without 
duty cycle restrictions.   1 July 
2014  
35 30-37.5 MHz  Active medical implant 
devices  1 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 10 % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to ultra -low 
power medical 
membrane implants 
for blood pressure 
measurements within 
the definition of active 
implantable medical 
devices . 1 July 
2014  
36 30-130 MHz  Radio determination 
devices  -36 dBm e.r.p. outside 
the Nuclear Magnetic 
Resonance  (NMR ) 
device.   For enclosed Nuclear 
Magnetic Resonance 
(NMR) applications 
[j]. 1 May 
2022  
 
EN 11  EN 37 40.66 -40.7 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.  
  1 January 
2018  
38 87.5-108 MHz  High duty 
cycle/continuous 
transmission devices  50 nW e.r.p.  Channel spacing up to 
200 kHz.  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to wireless 
audio and multimedia 
streaming transmitters 
with analogue 
frequency modulation 
(FM).  1 July 
2014  
39a 169.4 -169.475 MHz  Assistive Listening 
Devices (ALD)  500 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: max 
50 kHz.   1 July 
2014  
39c 169.4 -169.475 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  500 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: max 
50 kHz.  
Duty cycle limit: 1.0  %.  
For metering devices 
[a], the duty cycle limit 
is 10.0%   1 July 
2014  
40 169.4 -169.4875 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1%.  
 1 January 
2020  
41a 169.4875 -169.5875 
MHz  Assistive Listening 
Devices (ALD)  500 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: max 
50 kHz.   1 July 
2014  
41b 169.4875 -169.5875 
MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit:  
0.001%.   1 January 
2020  
 
EN 12  EN Between 00:00h and 
06:00h local time a duty 
cycle limit of 0.1 % 
may be used.  
42 169.5875 -169.8125 
MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1  %. 
 1 
January  
2020  
84 173.965 -216 MHz  Assistive Listening 
Devices (ALD)  10 mW e.r.p.  On a tuning range basis 
[5]. Channel spacing: 
max 50 kHz. A 
threshold of 35 
dBµV/m is required to 
ensure the protection of 
a DAB receiver located 
at 1.5m from the ALD 
device, subject to DAB 
signal strength 
measurements taken 
around the ALD 
operating site. The 
ALD device should 
operate under all 
circumstances at least 
300 kHz away from the 
channel edge of an 
occup ied DAB channel.  
Requirements on 
techniques to access  1 January 
2018  
 
EN 13  EN spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
43 401-402 MHz  Active medical implant 
devices  25 μW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz.  
Individual transmitters 
may combine adjacent 
channels for increased 
bandwidth up to 100 
kHz.  
Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively , a duty 
cycle limit of 0.1  % 
may also be used.  This set of usage  
conditions is only 
available for systems 
specifically designed 
for the purpose of 
providing non -voice 
digital 
communications 
between active 
implantable medical 
devices and/or body -
worn devices and 
other devices external 
to the human body 
used for transfer ring 
non-time critical 
individual patient -
related physiological 
information.  1 July 
2014  
44 402-405 MHz  Active medical implant 
devices  25 μW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz.  
Individual transmitters 
may combine adjacent 
channels for increased 
bandwidth up to 300 
kHz.  This set  of usage 
conditions is only 
available to active 
implantable medical 
devices . 1 July 
2014  
 
EN 14  EN Other techniques to 
access spectrum or 
mitigate interference, 
including bandwidths 
greater than 300 kHz, 
can be used provided 
they ensure compatible 
operation with the other 
users and in particular 
with meteorological 
radiosondes  [7].  
45 405-406 MHz  Active medical implant 
devices  25 μW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz 
Individual transmitters 
may combine adjacent 
channels for increased 
bandwidth up to 100 
kHz.  
Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively a duty 
cycle limit of 0,1 % 
may also be used.  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for systems 
specifically designed 
for the purpose of 
providing non -voice 
digital 
communications 
between active 
implantable medical 
devices and/or body -
worn devices and 
other devices external 
to the human body 
used for transferr ing 
non-time critical 
individual patient -
related physiological 
information.  1 July 
2014  
 
EN 15  EN 88 430-440 MHz  Medical data acquisition 
devices  -50 dBm/100kHz e.r.p. 
power density but not 
exceeding a total power 
of -40 dBm/10MHz 
(both limits are intended 
for meas urement outside 
of the patient's body)   The set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for Ultra -
Low Power Wireless 
Medical Capsule 
Endoscopy (ULP -
WMCE) applications 
[h]. 1 January 
2020  
46a 433.05 -434.79 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  1 mW e.r.p. and  - 13 
dBm/10 kHz power 
density for bandwidth 
modulation larger than 
250 kHz   Voice  applications are 
allowed with 
advanced mitigation 
techniques. Other 
audio and video 
applications are 
excluded.  1 July 
2014  
46b 433.05 -434.79 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 10  % 
 1 January 
2020  
47c 434.04 -434.79 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 100  % 
subject to channel 
spacing up to 25 kHz.  Voice applications are 
allowed with 
advanced mitigation 
techniques. Other 
audio and video 
applications are 
excluded.  1 January 
2020  
 
85 446.0 -446.2 MHz  PMR446  500 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate  1 January 
2018  
 
EN 16  EN interference apply [7].  
89 862-863 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Duty cycle limit: 0.1%.  
Bandwidth: ≤ 350 kHz.   1 January 
2020  
48a 863-865 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively , a duty 
cycle limit of 0.1  % 
may also be used.    
1 January 
2018  
48b 863-865 MHz  High duty 
cycle/continuous 
transmission devices  10 mW e.r.p.  
 This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to wireless 
audio and multimedia 
streaming devices.  1 July 
2014  
86 863-868 MHz  Wideband data 
transmission devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Bandwidth: > 600 kHz 
and ≤ 1 MHz.  
Duty cycle: ≤ 10% for 
network access points 
[g] This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for 
wideband SRDs in 
data networks [g]. 1 January 
2018  
 
EN 17  EN Duty cycle: ≤ 2.8% 
otherwise  
49 865-868 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively , a duty 
cycle limit of 1 % may 
also be used.   1 January 
2020  
49a 865-868 MHz [6]  Radio Frequency 
Identification (RFID) 
devices  2 W e.r.p.  
Interrogator 
transmissions at 2 W 
e.r.p. only permitted 
within the four channels 
centred at 865.7 MHz, 
866.3 MHz, 866.9 MHz 
and 867.5 MHz  
 
RFID interrogator 
devices placed on the 
market before the repeal 
date of EC Decision 
2006/804/EC are 
‘grandfathered’, i.e. they 
are continuously 
permitted to be used in Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz  
  1 January 
2018  
 
EN 18  EN line with the provisions 
set out in EC Decision 
2006/804/EC before the 
repeal date.  
49b 865-868 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  500 mW e.r.p.  
Transmissions only 
permitted within the 
frequency ranges 865.6 -
865.8 MHz, 866.2 -866.4 
MHz, 866.8 -867.0 MHz 
and 867.4 -867.6 MHz.  
Adaptive Power Control 
(APC) required. 
Alternatively other 
mitigation technique with 
at least an equivalent 
level of spectrum 
compatibility.  Requirements on 
techni ques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Bandwidth: ≤ 200 kHz  
Duty cycle: ≤ 10% for 
network access points 
[g] 
Duty cycle: ≤ 2.5% 
otherwise  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for data 
networks [g]. 1 January 
2018  
50 868-868.6 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively , a duty 
cycle limit of 1 % may 
also be used.   1 January 
2020  
 
EN 19  EN 51 868.6 -868.7 MHz  Low duty cycle /high 
reliability devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz. The whole 
frequency band may 
also be used as a single 
channel for high -speed 
data transmission.  
Duty cycle limit: 1.0  % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to alarm 
systems [e]. 1 J uly 
2014  
52 868.7 -869.2 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively a duty 
cycle limit of 0,1 % 
may also be used.   1 January 
2020  
53 869.2 -869.25 MHz  Low duty cycle /high 
reliability devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz. Duty cycle limit: 
0.1 % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to social 
alarm devices [b].  1 July 
2014  
54 869.25 -869.3 MHz  Low duty cycle /high 
reliability devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz. Duty cycle limit: 
0.1 % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to alarm 
systems [e]. 1 July 
2014  
55 869.3 -869.4 MHz  Low duty cycle /high 
reliability devices  10 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz. Duty cycle limit:  
1.0 % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to alarm 1 July 
2014  
 
EN 20  EN systems [e]. 
56 869.4 -869.65 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  500 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively , a Duty 
cycle limit of 10% may 
also be used.   1 January 
2020  
57 869.65 -869.7 MHz  Low duty cycle /high 
reliability devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Channel spacing: 25 
kHz Duty cycle limit: 
10 % This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to alarm 
systems [e]. 1 July 
2014  
58a 869.7 -870 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  5 mW e.r.p.  
 Voice applications are 
allowed with 
advanced mitigation 
techniques. Other 
audio and video 
applications are 
excluded.  1 July 
2014  
58b 869.7 -870 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Alternatively , a duty 
cycle limit of 1 % may  1 January 
2020  
 
EN 21  EN also be used.  
59a 2 400-2 483.5 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 mW equivalent 
isotropic ra diated power 
(e.i.r.p.)    
 1 July 
2014  
59b 2 400-2 483.5 MHz  Radio determination 
devices  25 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
59c 2 400-2 483.5 MHz  Wideband data 
transmission devices  100 mW e.i.r.p. and 100 
mW/100 kHz e.i.r.p. 
density applies when 
frequency hopping 
modulation is used, 10 
mW/MHz e.i.r.p. density 
applies when other types 
of modulation are used  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].    1 July 
2014  
60 2 446-2 454 MHz  Radio Frequency 
Identification (RFID ) 
devices  500 mW e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].    1 July 
2014  
61 2 483.5 -2 500 MHz  Active medical implant 
devices  10 mW e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Channel spacing: 1 
MHz. The whole 
frequency band may 
also be used This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to  active 
implantable medical 
devices . 
Peripheral master 
units are for indoor 1 July 
2014  
 
EN 22  EN dynamically as a single 
channel for high -speed 
data transmissions.  
In addition, a duty cycle 
limit of 10  % applies.  use only.  
61a 2 483.5 -2 500 MHz  Medical data acquisition 
devices  1 mW e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Modulation Bandwidth: 
≤ 3 MHz.  
In addition, a duty 
cycle: ≤ 10% applies.  The set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for medical 
body area network 
system (MBANS) [f] 
for indoor use within 
healthcare facilities  1 January 
2018  
61b 2 483.5 -2 500 MHz  Medic al data acquisition 
devices  10 mW e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Modulation Bandwidth: 
≤ 3 MHz.  
In addition, a duty 
cycle: ≤ 2% applies  The set of usage 
conditions is only 
available for medical 
body area network 
system (MBANS) [f] 
for indoor use within 
the patient’s home  1 January 
2018  
62 4 500-7 000 MHz  Radio determination 
devices  24 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Tank 1 July 
2014  
 
EN 23  EN interference apply [7].  Level Probing Radar 
[c]. 
63 5 725-5 875 MHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  25 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
64 5 795-5 815 MHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  2 W e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions applies 
only to road tolling 
applications and smart 
tachograph, weight 
and dimension 
applications [i]. 1 January 
2020  
90 5 855-5 865 MHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  33 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 
dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density 
and a Transmit Power 
Control (TPC) range of 
30 dB  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to vehicle -
to-vehicle, vehicle -to-
infrastructure and 
infrastructure -to-
vehicle systems.  1 January 
2020  
91 5 865-5 875 MHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  33 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 
dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density 
and a Transmit Power 
Control (TPC) range of 
30 dB  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to vehicle -
to-vehicle, vehicle -to-
infrastructure and 
infrastructure -to-
vehicle systems.  1 January 
2020  
65 6 000-8 500 MHz  Radio determination 7 dBm/50 MHz peak 
e.i.r.p. and -33 Automatic power 
control and antenna This set of usage 
conditions is only 1 July 
 
EN 24  EN devices  dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.  requirements as well as 
requirements on  
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7], 
[8] [10].  available to Level 
Probing Radar.  
Established exclusion 
zones a round radio 
astronomy sites shall  
be obeyed.  2014  
66 8 500-10 600 MHz  Radio determination 
devices  30 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Tank 
Level Probing Radar 
[c]. 1 July 
2014  
67 17.1-17.3 GHz  Radio determination 
devices  26 dBm e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to ground -
based systems.  1 July 
2014  
68 24.05 -24.075 GHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telemati cs devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
69 24.05 -26.5 GHz  Radio determination 
devices  26 dBm/50 MHz peak 
e.i.r.p. and -14 
dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.  Automatic power 
control and antenna 
requirements as well as 
requirements on  
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7]. 
[8], [10]  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Level 
Probing Radar.  
Established exclusion 
zones around radio 
astronomy sites shall 
be obeyed.  1 July 
2014  
 
EN 25  EN 70 24.05 -27 GHz  Radio determination 
devices  43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Tank 
Level Probing Radar 
[c]. 1 July 
2014  
71a 24.075 -24.15 GHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to ground -
based vehicle radars.  1 July 
2014  
71b 24.075 -24.15 GHz  Transport and  Traffic 
Telematics devices  0.1 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
72a 24.15 -24.25 GHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
72b 24.15 -24.25 GHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
76a 57-64 GHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.i.r.p. and a 
maximum transmit 
power of 10 dBm     1 January 
2020  
76b 57-64 GHz  Radio determination 
devices  43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Tank 
Level Probing Radar 
[c]. 1 July 
2014  
76c 57-64 GHz  Radio determination 35 dBm/50 MHz peak 
e.i.r.p. and -2 dBm/MHz Automatic power 
control and antenna This set of usage 
conditions is only 1 July 
 
EN 26  EN devices  mean e.i.r.p.  requirements  as well as 
requirements on  
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7] 
[8], [10].  available to Level 
Probing Radar.  2014  
77 57-71 GHz  Wideband data 
transmission devices  40 dBm e.i.r.p. and 23 
dBm/MHz  e.i.r.p. density  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  Fixed outdoor 
installations are 
excluded.  1 January 
2020  
77a 57-71 GHz  Wideband data 
transmission devices  40 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 
dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density 
and maximum transmit 
power of 27 dBm at the 
antenna port or ports  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].   1 January 
2020  
77b 57-71 GHz  Wideband data 
transmission devices  55 dBm e.i.r.p., 38 
dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density 
and a transmit antenna 
gain ≥ 30 dBi  
 Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to fixed 
outdoor installations.  1 January 
2020  
78 61-61.5 GHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
79 63.72 -65.88 GHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  40 dBm e.i.r.p.  TTT devices placed on 
the market before the 1 
January 2020  are 
‘grandfathered’, i.e. This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to vehicle -
to-vehicle, vehicle -to-1 January 
2020  
 
EN 27  EN they are permitted to 
use the previous 
frequency range 63 -64 
GHz, and otherwise the 
same conditions apply.  infrastructure and 
infrastructure -to-
vehicle systems.  
80a 75-85 GHz  Radio determination 
devices  34dBm/50 MHz peak 
e.i.r.p. and -3 dBm/MHz 
mean e.i.r.p.  Automatic power 
control and antenna 
requirements  as well as 
requirements on  
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7], 
[8], [10].   This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Level 
Probing Radar.  
Established exclusion 
zones around radio 
astronomy sites shall 
be obeyed.  1 July 
2014  
80b 75-85 GHz  Radio determination 
devices  43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to Tank 
Level Probing Radar 
[c]. 1 July 
2014  
81a 76-77 GHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  55 dBm peak e.i.r.p. and 
50 dBm mean e.i.r.p. and 
23.5 dBm mean e.i.r.p. 
for pulse radars  Requirements on 
techniques to access 
spectrum and mitigate 
interference apply [7].  
Fixed transportation 
infrastructure radars 
have to be of  a scanning 
nature in order to limit 
the illumination time This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to ground -
based vehicle and 
infrastructure systems.  1 June 
2020  
 
EN 28  EN and ensure a minimum 
silent time to achieve 
coexistence with 
automotive radar 
systems.  
81b 76-77 GHz  Transport and Traffic 
Telematics devices  30 dBm peak e.i.r.p. and  
3 dBm/MHz average 
power spectral density  Duty cycle limit: ≤ 56 
%/s This set of usage 
conditions is only 
available to obstacle 
detection systems for 
rotorcraft use [4].  1 January 
2018  
82a 122-122.25 GHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  10 dBm e.i.r.p/ 250 MHz 
and 
-48 dBm/MHz at 30° 
elevation     
1 January 
2018  
82b 122.25 -123 GHz  Non-specific short -range 
devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  
   
1 January 
2018  
83 244-246 GHz  Non-specific  short -range 
devices  100 mW e.i.r.p.  
  1 July 
2014  
 
Applications and devices referred  to in Table 2:  
[a] ‘Metering devices’ means  radio devices that are part of bidirectional radio communications systems which allow remote monitoring, measuring and transm ission of data in smart 
grid infrastructures, such as electricity, gas and water.   
EN 29  EN [b] ‘Social alarm devices’ means  radio communica tions systems that allow reliable communication for a person in distress in a confined area to initiate a call for assistance . Typical 
uses of social alarm are to assist elderly or disabled people.  
[c] ‘Tank Level Probing Radar’ (TLPR) means  a specific typ e of radiodetermination application, which is used for tank level measurements and is installed in metallic or reinforced 
concrete tanks, or similar structures made of material with comparable attenuation characteristics. The purpose of the tank i s to cont ain a substance.  
[d] ‘Model control devices’ means  a specific kind of telecommand and telemetry radio equipment that is used to remotely control the movement of models (princip ally miniature 
representations of vehicles) in the air, on land or over or under  the water surface.  
[e] An alarm system is a device which uses radio communication support for indicating an alert to a system or a person, as a ma in functionality , at a distant location when a problem 
or a specific situation occurs. Radio alarms include social alarms and alarms for security and safety.  
[f] Medical Body Area Network Systems (MBANSs) are used for medical data acquisition and are intended for low -power wireless networking of a plurality of body -worn sensors 
and/or actuators as well as of a h ub device placed on/around the human body.  
[g] A network access point in a data network is a fixed terrestrial short -range device that acts as a connection point for the other short -range devices in the data network to service 
platforms located outside of that data network. The term data network refers to several short -range devices, including the network access point, as network components and to the 
wireless connections between them.  
[h] Wireless medical capsule endoscopy is used for medical data acquisit ion designed for use in medical doctor -patient scenarios with the aim of acquiring images of human 
digestive tract.  
[i] Smart tachograph, weight and dimension applications are defined as remote enforcement of the tachograph in Appendix 14 of  Commission Imp lementing Regulation 2016/7992 
and for the weights and dimensions enforcement in Article 10d of Directive 2015/7193. 
[j] Enclosed NMR sensors are devices where the material/object under investigation is put inside the enclosure of the NMR dev ice. NMR techn iques use nuclear magnetic resonance 
excitation and magnetic field strength response of a material/object under test to get information about material properties based on resonance frequency responses of isotopes of 
atoms. Nuclear magnetic resonance imagin g and magnetic resonance tomography systems are not included in this scope.  
 
                                                 
2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council laying 
down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repai r of tachographs and their components (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, 
p. 1).  
3 Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC la ying down for certain road vehicles 
circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum auth orised weights in international traffic 
(Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 115, 6.5.2015, p. 1).”   
EN 30  EN Other technical requirements and clarifications referred to in Table 2 : 
[1] In band 20 higher field strengths and additional usage restrictions apply for inductive applications.  
[2] In bands 22, 24, 25, 27a, and 28 higher field strengths and additional usage restrictions apply for inductive applications . 
[3] The power limit applies inside a closed tank and corresponds to a spectral density of -41,3 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. outside a 500 li tre test tank . 
[4] Member States can specify exclusion zones or equivalent measures in which the obstacle detection appli cation for rotorcraft use shall not be used for the protection of the 
radioastronomy service or other national use. Rotorcraft is defin ed as EASA CS -27 and CS -29 (resp. JAR -27 and JAR -29 for former certifications) . 
[5] Devices shall implement the whole frequency range on a tuning range basis.  
[6] RFID tags respond at a very low power level ( -20 dBm e.r.p.) in a frequency range around the RFID interrogator channels and shall comply with the essential requirements of 
Directive 2014/53/EU.   
[7] Techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with t he essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU 
shall be used. If relevant techniques are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the  European 
Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equ ivalent to these techniques shall be ensured.  
[8] Antenna requirements that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Direct ive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions 
are described in harmonised st andards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Dire ctive 2014/53/EU, 
performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.  
[9] Transmission mask that provides an ap propriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant r estrictions are 
described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Jour nal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, 
performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.  
[10] Automatic power control that provides an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requir ements of Direct ive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant 
restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Offici al Journal of the European Union under Directive 
2014/53/EU, performance at least equival ent to these restrictions shall be ensured. ’