98/542/EC: Commission Decision of 4 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, phase II (edition 2) (notified under document number C(1998) 2561) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer terminal, satellite communications, technical regulations, technical standard, telecommunications, telecommunications equipment

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 September 1998

on a common technical regulation for telephony application requirements for
public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, phase
II (edition 2)

(notified under document number C(1998) 2561)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/542/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to European Parliament and Council
Directive 98/13/EC of 12 February 1998 regarding tele-
communications terminal equipment and satellite earth
station equipment, including the mutual recognition of
their conformity (1), and in particular Article 7(2), second
indent, thereof,

Whereas the Commission has adopted the measures iden-
tifying the type of
for which a
common technical regulation is required, as well as the
associated scope statement according to Article 7(2), first
indent;

terminal equipment

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 in order
to ensure continuity of access to
markets for manufacturers, it is necessary to lay down
transitional provisions
regarding equipment approved
under Commission Decision 96/629/EC (2);

Whereas Decision 96/629/EC should be repealed with
effect from the end of the transitional period;

Whereas Decision 97/527/EC (3) should be repealed on
24 October 1998;

Whereas
Committee (ACTA), according to Article 29(2);

the proposal has been submitted to the

Whereas the common technical regulation to be adopted
in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of
ACTE,

1.
This Decision shall apply to terminal equipment
intended to be connected to a public telecommunications
network and falling within the scope of the harmonised
standard referred to in Article 2(1).

2.
This Decision establishes a common technical regu-
lation covering the telephony application requirements
for terminal equipment for the pan-European cellular
digital
land-based mobile telecommunications network
comprising constant envelope modulation and operating
in the 900 MHz band with a channel separation of 200
kHz and carrying traffic channels according to the TDMA
principle.

Article 2

1.
The common technical regulation shall include the
harmonised standard prepared by the relevant standard-
isation body implementing to the extent applicable the
referred to in Article 5(g) of
essential
Directive 98/13/EC. The reference to the standard is set
out in Annex I. The applicable parts are contained in
Annex II.

requirements

Terminal equipment covered by this Decision shall
2.
comply with the common technical regulation referred to
in paragraph 1, shall meet the essential requirements
referred to in Article 5(a) and (b) of Directive 98/13/EC,
and shall meet the requiremets of any other applicable
Directives in particular Council Directives 73/23/EEC (4)
and 89/336/EEC (5).

Article 3

Notified bodies designated for carrying out the proced-
ures referred to in Article 10 of Directive 98/13/EC, shall,
as regards terminal equipment covered by Article 1(1) of

(1) OJ L 74, 12. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1996, p. 75.
(3) OJ L 215, 7. 8. 1997, p. 57.

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

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this Decision, use or ensure the use of the applicable parts
of the harmonised standard referred to in Article 2(1) after
the coming into force of this Decision.

3. Decision 97/527/EC shall be repealed with effect
from 24 October 1998.

Article 5

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

1. Decision 96/629/EC shall be repealed with effect
from 4 December 1998.

Done at Brussels, 4 September 1998.

2.
Terminal equipment, approved under Decision 96/
629/EC may continue to be placed on the market and put
into service.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Reference to the harmonised standard applicable

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

European digital cellular telecommunications systems (phase 2); Attachment requirements for global system
for mobile communications (GSM) mobile stations; Telephony

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSI

ETSI Secretariat

TBR 20 edition 3 February 1998

(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 referred to above can be obtained from:

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

European Commission
DG XIII/A/2 — (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 at www.ispo.cec.be.

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

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ANNEX II

Applicable parts of TBR 20

TBR 20
requirement

TBR 20
requirement

TBR 20
requirement

TBR 20
requirement

TBR 20
requirement

TBR 20
requirement

14.4.3

30.6.2

32.8

30.1

30.7.1

32.9

30.2

32.2

30.3

32.3

30.4

32.4

30.5.1

32.7