G/TBT/N/EU/830  
6 August 2021  
(21-6100) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Short -
range devices (radio equipment).; Radiocommunications (ICS 33.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Decision amending Decision 2006/771/EC as regards the 
update of harmonised technica l conditions in the area of radio spectrum use for short -
range devices (4 page(s), in English; 31 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Implementing Decision requires Member 
States to designate and make available on a non -exclusive, non -interference and non -
protected basis the frequency bands for the types of short -range devices, subject to the 
specific conditions and by the implementation deadline, as laid down in the technical 
annex.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This draft Commission Implementing Decision will amend the short -range 
devices Decision (the SRD Decision – Decision 2006/771/EC as last amended by Decision 
(EU) 2019/1345) by replacing the technical annex in  place with an updated version in 
order to respond to the rapid changes in technology and the emergence of new short -
range applications. Focus of the current update is to improve the existing entries for 
transport and traffic telematics devices and to add new entries enabling the use of 
spectrum for enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications below 130 MHz. 
This new version of the technical annex will increase the number of entries with 
harmonised frequency bands available for the usage by short -range devices. In addition, 
it brings some clarifications as well as minor changes of technical parameters for the 
existing harmonised entries.  G/TBT/N/EU/830  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Short -Range Devices Decision (the SRD Decision – Decision 2006/771/EC as last 
amended by Decision (EU) 2019/1345):  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019D1345&from=EN  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2 021 
Proposed date of entry into force:  November 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_5072_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_5072_01_e.pdf