98/575/EC: Commission Decision of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for the general attachment requirements for mobile stations intended to be used with Phase II public digital cellular telecommunications networks operating in the GSM 1800 band (Edition 2) (notified under document number C(1998) 2721) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, public service, radio telecommunications, technical regulations, transmission network, waveband

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 September 1998

on a common technical regulation for the general attachment requirements for
mobile stations intended to be used with Phase II public digital cellular telecom-
munications networks operating in the GSM 1800 band (Edition 2)

(notified under document number C(1998) 2721)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/575/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 telecommunications terminal equipment and
satellite earth station equipment, including the mutual
their conformity (1), and in particular
recognition of
Article 7(2), second indent, thereof,

Whereas the Commission has adopted the measure iden-
tifying the type of telecommunications terminal equip-
ment
regulation is
required, as well as
the associated scope statement
according to Article 7(2) first indent;

for which a common technical

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 97/528/EC (2);

Whereas Decision 97/528/EC should be repealed with
effect from the end of the transitional period;

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

the proposal has been submitted to the

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

network and falling within the scope of the harmonised
standard referred to in Article 2(1).

This Decision establishes a common technical regu-
2.
lation covering the access requirements for
terminal
equipment for the Phase II public digital cellular tele-
communications networks operating in the DCS 1 800
band with a channel separation of 200 kHz and carrying
traffic channels according to the TDMA principale. The
Decision shall also apply to terminal equipment capable
of operation in both GSM 900 and GSM 1 800 frequency
bands.

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
essential requirements referred to in Article 5(c) to (f) of
Directive 98/13/EC. The reference to the standard is set
out in Annex I. The applicable parts are contained in
Annex II.

2.
Terminal equipment covered by this Decision shall
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 requirements of any other applicable
Directives, in particular Council Directives 73/23/EEC (3)
and 89/336/EEC (4).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
This Decision shall apply to terminal equipment
intended to be connected to a public telecommunications

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
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.

(1) OJ L 74, 12. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 215, 7. 8. 1997, p. 60.

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

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Article 4

Article 5

1. Decision 97/528/EC shall be repealed with effect
from the date three months after the coming into force of
this Decision.

2.
Terminal equipment, approved under Decision 97/
528/EC may continue to be placed on the market and put
into service provided that such approval is granted no
later than three months after the coming into force of this
Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1998.

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

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2);

Attachment requirements for mobile stations in the DCS 1 800 band and additional GSM 900 band;

Access

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSI Secretariat

TBR31 Edition 2: March 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 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 under address www.ispo.cec.be.

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

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ANNEX II

Applicable parts of TBR 31 (edition 2)

TBR 31 Requirement

11.2

12.2.1

14.1.1.2

14.3

14.5.2

15

19.2

20.5

20.11

20.19

21.3.2

25.2.1.1.2.3

25.2.1.2.4

25.2.5.1

26.2.1.2

11.3

12.2.2

14.1.2.2

14.4.1

14.6.1

16

19.3

20.6

20.12

20.20.1

21.4

25.2.1.1.3

25.2.2.1

25.2.5.2

26.2.1.3

11.4

13.1

14.2.1

14.4.2

14.6.2

17.1

20.1

20.7

20.13

20.20.2

22

25.2.1.1.4

25.2.2.2

25.2.6.1

26.2.2

11.5

13.2

14.2.2

14.4.4

14.7.1

17.2

20.2

20.8

20.15

21.1

25.2.1.1.1

25.2.1.2.1

25.2.2.3

25.2.6.2

26.2.3

26.2.4 pr3

26.2.4 pr4

26.2.4 pr5

26.2.4 pr6

26.5.1

26.5.3.2

26.5.5.1.2

26.5.6.1.2

26.5.7.1.4

26.6.1.4

26.6.2.3.2

26.6.3.4

26.6.5.1-3

26.6.5.2-1

26.6.5.2-7

26.6.5.4-1

26.6.5.6

26.6.8.4

26.10.3.1

26.6.13.5

26.7.2.1

26.7.4.2.2-1

26.7.4.3.3

26.7.5.5

26.8.1.2.3.6

26.8.1.2.4.7

26.8.1.2.6.3

26.5.2.1.1

26.5.3.3

26.5.5.2.1

26.5.6.2.1

26.5.7.2

26.6.2.1.1

26.6.2.4

26.6.3.6

26.6.5.1-4

26.6.5.2-2

26.6.5.2-8

26.6.5.4-2

26.6.5.7

26.6.8.5

26.6.12.1

26.6.13.6

26.7.2.2

26.7.4.2.2-2

26.7.4.3.4

26.7.5.7.1

26.8.1.2.4.2

26.8.1.2.4.8

26.8.1.2.6.5

26.5.2.1.2

26.5.3.4

26.5.5.2.3

26.5.6.2.4

26.5.7.3

26.6.2.1.2

26.6.2.5

26.6.4.1

26.6.5.1-5

26.6.5.2-3

26.6.5.2-9

26.6.5.4-3

26.6.5.8

26.10.2.1

26.6.12.2

26.6.13.8

26.7.3.1

26.7.4.2.3

26.7.4.5.1

26.8.1.2.2.1

26.8.1.2.4.3

26.8.1.2.4.13

26.8.1.2.6.6

26.5.2.2

26.5.4.1

26.5.5.3.1.1

26.5.6.3

26.6.1.1

26.6.2.1.3

26.6.3.1

26.6.4.2.2

26.6.5.1-6

26.6.5.2-4

26.6.5.2-10

26.6.5.4-4

26.6.5.9

26.10.2.2

26.6.12.3

26.6.13.9

26.7.3.2

26.7.4.2.4 pr1

26.7.4.5.2

26.8.1.2.2.2

26.8.1.2.4.4

26.8.1.2.5.2

26.8.1.2.7.1

11.1.1

12.1.1

13.3-1

14.2.3

14.4.5

14.8.1

18

20.3

20.9

20.16

21.2

25.2.1.1.2.1

25.2.1.2.2

25.2.3

25.2.7

26.2.4 pr1

26.2.4 pr7

26.5.2.3

26.5.5.1.1.1

26.5.5.3.2

26.5.7.1.1

26.6.1.2

26.6.2.2

26.6.3.2

26.6.5.1-1

26.6.5.1-7

26.6.5.2-5

26.6.5.3-1

26.6.5.5.1

26.6.6.1

26.10.2.3

26.6.12.4

26.6.13.10

26.7.4.1

26.7.4.3.1

26.7.4.6

26.8.1.2.3.2

26.8.1.2.4.5

26.8.1.2.5.3

11.1.2

12.1.2

13.4

14.2.4

14.5.1

14.8.2

19.1

20.4

20.10

20.17

21.3.1

25.2.1.1.2.2

25.2.1.2.3

25.2.4.3

26.2.1.1

26.2.4 pr2

26.2.4 pr8

26.5.3.1

26.5.5.1.1.2

26.5.6.1.1

26.5.7.1.3

26.6.1.3

26.6.2.3.1

26.6.3.3

26.6.5.1-2

26.6.5.1-8

26.6.5.2-6

26.6.5.3-2

26.6.5.5.2

26.6.7.1

26.10.2.5

26.6.13.3

26.7.1

26.7.4.2.1

26.7.4.3.2

26.7.5.3

26.8.1.2.3.5

26.8.1.2.4.6

26.8.1.2.6.2

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26.8.1.2.7.3

26.8.1.3.3.1

26.8.1.3.5.2

26.8.1.4.3.2

26.9.2

26.9.6.2.1

26.11.3.1

26.12.3

27.6

27.11.1.4

27.11.3

27.17.1.2

27.17.1.5.4

27.18.1

27.21.4

31.6.1.1

31.6.2.1

31.8.3.1

34.2.2

26.8.1.2.8.1

26.8.1.3.3.3

26.8.1.3.5.3

26.8.1.4.5.1

26.9.3

26.9.6.2.2

26.11.3.2

26.12.4

27.7

27.11.1.5

27.12.1

27.17.1.3

27.17.2.1.1

27.18.2

29.3.2.6.7

31.6.1.2

31.6.2.2

31.10

34.2.3

26.8.1.2.9.1

26.8.1.3.3.4

26.8.1.3.5.4

26.8.2.1

26.9.4

26.11.2.1

26.11.5.1

26.12.5

27.10

27.11.2.1

27.12.2

27.17.1.4

27.17.2.1.2

27.19

29.3.2.6.9

31.6.1.5

31.6.2.3

32.11

34.2.5.3

26.8.1.2.9.2

26.8.1.3.4.2

26.8.1.3.5.5

26.8.2.2

26.9.5

26.11.2.2.1

26.12.1

27.3

27.11.1.1

27.11.2.2

27.14.3

27.17.1.5.1

27.17.2.2

27.20.

29.3.3.2

31.6.1.6

31.6.2.4

32.12

34.3

26.8.1.2.9.4

26.8.1.3.4.3

26.8.1.4.2.1

26.8.2.3

26.9.6.1.1

26.11.2.2.2

26.12.2.1

27.4

27.11.1.2

27.11.2.3

27.14.4

27.17.1.5.2

27.17.2.3

27.21.1

29.3.3.3

31.6.1.7

31.6.2.5

33.6

26.8.1.3.1.1

26.8.1.3.4.8

26.8.1.4.3.1

26.8.3

26.9.6.1.2

26.11.2.3

26.12.2.2

27.5

27.11.1.3

27.11.2.4

27.17.1.1

27.17.1.5.3

27.17.2.5

27.21.3

29.3.3.5

31.6.1.8

31.8.1.1

34.2.1