98/519/EC: Commission Decision of 17 June 1998 on a common technical Regulation for very small aperture terminals (VSATs) operating in the 11/12/14 GHz frequency bands (notified under document number C(1998) 1612) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-06-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, satellite communications, technical regulations, telecommunications, waveband

19. 8. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 232/17

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 June 1998

on a common technical Regulation for very small aperture terminals (VSATs)
operating in the 11/12/14 GHz frequency bands

(notified under document number C(1998) 1612)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/519/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Directive 98/13/EC of the European
Parliament and of
the Council of 12 February 1998
relating to telecommunciations terminal equipment and
satellite earth station equipment, including the mutual
recognition of their conformity (1),

Whereas the Commission has adopted the measure iden-
tifying the type of satellite earth station equipment for
which a common technical Regulation is required, as well
as the associated scope statement;

Whereas the corresponding harmonised standards, or
parts thereof,
implementing the essential requirements
which are to be transformed into common technical regu-
lations should be adopted;

Whereas the common technical Regulation adopted in
this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of ACTE,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

1.
The common technical Regulation shall include the
harmonised standards prepared by the relevant standard-
isation body implementing to the extent applicable the
referred to in Article 17 of
essential
Directive 98/13/EC. The reference to the standards is set
out in the Annex.

requirements

2.
Satellite earth station equipment covered by this
Decision shall comply with the common technical Regu-
lation referred to in paragraph 1, shall meet the essential
requirements referred to in Article 5(a) of Directive 98/
13/EC, and shall meet the requirements of any other
applicable Directives, in particular Council Directives 73/
23/EEC (2) and 89/336/EEC (3).

Article 3

Notified Bodies designated for carrying out
the pro-
cedures referred to in Article 10 of Directive 98/13/EC
shall, as regards satellite earth station equipment covered
by Article 1(1) of this Decision, use or ensure the use of
the harmonised standard referred to in the Annex after
the coming into force of this Decision.

Article 4

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

This Decision shall apply to satellite earth station
1.
equipment falling within the scope of the harmonised
standard referred to in Article 2(1).

2.
This Decision establishes a common technical Regu-
lation covering very small aperture terminals (VSATs)
operating in the 11/12/14 GHz frequency bands.

Done at Brussels, 17 June 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 74, 12. 3. 1998, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 77, 26. 3. 1973, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 139, 23. 5. 1989, p. 19.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

Reference to the harmonised standard applicable

The harmonised standard referred to in Article 2 of the Decision is:

Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES);

very small aperture terminal (VSAT); Transmit-only, transmit/receive or receive-only satellite earth stations
operating in the 11/12/14 GHz frequency bands

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSI

ETSI Secretariat

TBR 28 (cid:190) December 1997

(excluding the foreword)

Additional information

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is recognised according to Council Directive
83/189/EEC (1).

The harmonised standard referred to above has been produced according to a mandate issued in accordance
with the relevant procedures of Directive 83/189/EEC.

The full text of the harmonised standard referenced above can be obtained from:

European Telecommunications Standards Institute
650, route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex

European Commission
DG XIII/A/2 (cid:190) (BU 31, 1/7)
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels

or from any other organisation responsible for making ETSI standards available, of which a list can be found
on the Internet under address www.ispo.cec.be.

(1) OJ L 109, 26. 4. 1983, p. 8.