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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2016) XXX  draft  
  
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 
2014/53/EU  EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 
2014/53/EU  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having re gard to Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 
April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making 
available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC1, and in 
particular Articles 10(10) and 45(2) , thereof  
Whereas:  
(1) Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU provides that i n cases of restrictions on putting 
into service or of requirements for authorisation of use, information available on the 
packaging shall allow the identification of the Member States or the geographical area 
within a Member State where restrictions on putting into service or requirements for 
authorisation of use exist  and that s uch information shall be completed in the 
instructions ac companying the r adio equipment.  
(2) Pursuant to Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU the Commission may adopt 
implementing acts specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 
10(10).  
(3) Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory  procedure 
referred to in Article 45(2)  of Directive 2014/53/EU . 
(4) The measures set out in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Telecommunication Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee , 
established  in accordance with  Article 45 of Directive 2014/53/EU.  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
This Regulation specif ies how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10)  of 
Directive 2014/53/EU and shall apply only to radio equipment which is subject to restrictions  
on putting into service or to requirements for authorisation of use  in at least one Member 
State.  
Article 2 
1.  If radio equipment is subject to restrictions on putting into service or to requir ements for 
authorisation of use, as provided for in Article 1 0(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU, the packaging 
of the radio equipment shall indicate  visibly and legibly : 
                                                 
1 OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62.  EN 3   EN (a) a pictogram, as set out in Annex I; or  
(b) the words 'Restrictions or Requirements in',  in a language easily understood by end -
users  as determined by the Me mber State concerned , followed by the abbreviations 
of the  Member States , as prescribed in Annex II,  where such restri ctions or 
requirements exist.   
 
2.  If radio equipment is subject to restrictions on putting into service or to requirements for 
authoris ation of use , as provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU, the 
instructions accompanying the radio equipment shall indicate , in a language easily understood 
by end -users  as determined by the Member State concerned , the list of the Member Stat es and  
geographical area s within the Member States where such restrictions or requirements exist, as 
well as the types of restrictions or requirements applicable in each Member State and each 
geographical area within a Member State . 
Article 3  
This Regulati on shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union , and it shall apply as of …..[6 months after  its 
entry into force ] 
Radio equipment, which is placed on the market after [date: on e day before the entry into 
force of this Regulation] and is in conformity  with this Regulation , shall be deemed to be in 
conformity with Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU.  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in al l Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Jean -Claude Juncker