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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of25June1987
on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European
cellular digitalland-basedmobilecommunicationsintheCommunity
(87/372/EEC)
(OJ L 196, 17.7.1987, p. 85)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 265, 16.9.1987, p. 15 (87/372/EEC)
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of25June1987
on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated intro-
duction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile
communicationsintheCommunity
(87/372/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereasrecommendation 84/549/EEC(3) callsfor the introduction of
services on the basis of a common harmonized approach in the field
of telecommunications;
Whereasthe res ourcesoffered by modern telecommunications
networkss hould be utilized to the full for the economic developmentof the Community;
Whereas mobile radio services are the only means of contacting users
on the move and the most efficient means for those users to beconnected to public telecommunicationsnetworks ;
Whereasmobile communicationsdepend on the allocation and avail-
ability of frequency bandsin order to trans mit and receive between
fixed-base stations and mobile stations;
Whereasthe frequenciesand land-bas ed mobile communications
systems currently in use in the Community vary widely and do not
allow all users on the move in vehicles, boats, trains, or on footthroughout the Community, including on inland or coastal waters, toreap the benefitsof European-wide s ervicesand European-widemarkets;
Whereasthe change-over to the s econd generation cellular digital
mobile communications system will provide a unique opportunity of
establishing truly pan-European mobile communications;
Whereasthe European Conference of Pos tal and Telecommunications
Administrations (CEPT) has recommended that frequencies 890-915►
C1and 935-960 MHz be ◄allocated to such a system, in accor-
dance with the International TelecommunicationsUnion (ITU) RadioRegulations allocating such frequencies to mobile radio services use
aswell;
Whereas parts of these frequency bands are being used or are intended
for use by certain Member States for interim systems and other radio
services;
Whereas the progressive availability of the full range of the frequency
bands set out above will be indispensable for the establishment of trulypan-European mobile communications;
Whereasthe implementation of Council recommendation 87/371/EEC
of 25 June 1987 on the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the
Community(
4), aiming at starting a pan-European system by 1991 at
the latest, will allow the speedy specification of the radio transmissionpath;1987L0372 — EN — 30.06.1987 — 000.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 69, 17. 3. 1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ No C 125, 11. 5. 1987, p. 159.
(3) OJ No L 298, 16. 11. 1984, p. 49.
(4) See page 81 of thisOfficial Journal.
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Whereas on the basis of present technological and market trends it
would appear to be realistic to envisage the exclusive occupation ofthe 890-915 and 935-960 MHz frequency bandsby the pan-European
system within 10 years of 1 January 1991;
WhereasCouncil Directive 86/361/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the initial
stage of the mutual recognition of type approval for telecommunica-tionsterminal equipment(
1) will allow the rapid establishment of
common conformity specifications for the pan-European cellular digital
mobile communications system;
Whereasthe report on public mobile communicationsdrawn up by the
Analysis and Forecasting Group (GAP) for the Senior Officials Groupon Telecommunications (SOG-T) has drawn attention to the necessityfor the availability of adequate frequenciesasa vital pre-condition for
pan-European cellular digital mobile comunications;
Whereasfavourable opinionson thisreport have been delivered by the
telecommunications administrations, by the European Conference ofPostal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) and the tele-communicationsequipment manufacturersin the Member States ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the 905-914 and 950-959 MHz
frequency bandsor equivalent partsof the bandsmentioned in para-graph 2 are reserved exclusively(
2) for a public pan-European cellular
digital mobile communicationss ervice by 1 January 1991.
2. Member States shall ensure that the necessary plans are prepared
for the public pan-European cellular digital mobile communications
service to be able to occupy the whole of the 890-915 and ►C1935-
960 MHz bands ◄according to commerical demand asquickly as
possible.
Article 2
The Commission shall report to the Council on the implementation of
the Directive not later than the end of 1996.
Article 3
For the purposes of this Directive, a public pan-European cellular
digital land-based mobile communications service shall mean a publiccellular radio service provided in each of the Member States to acommon specification, which includes the feature that all voice signalsare encoded into binary digits prior to radio transmission, and where
users provided with a service in one Member State can also gain access
to the service in any other Member State.
Article 4
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to
comply with thisDirective within 18 monthsof itsnotification(
3).
They shall forthwith inform the Commission threof.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of
the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governedby thisDirective.1987L0372 — EN — 30.06.1987 — 000.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 217, 5. 8. 1986, p. 21.
(2) With the exception of the use of these frequencies for point-to-point connec-
tionsexis ting when the Directive entersinto force provided they do not
interfere with the public pan-European cellular digital mobile communica-
tions service and do not prevent its establishment or extension.
(3) ThisDirective wasnotified to the Member Stateson 26 June 1987.
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Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1987L0372 — EN — 30.06.1987 — 000.001 — 4