98/574/EC: Commission Decision of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for the general attachment requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, Phase II (Edition 2) (notified under document number C(1998) 2720) (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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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 September 1998

on a common technical regulation for the general attachment requirements for
public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, Phase
II (Edition 2)

(notified under document number C(1998) 2720)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/574/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
the Council of 12 February 1998
Parliament and of
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
the associated scope statement
required, as well as
according to Article 7(2) first indent;

for which a common technical

Whereas Commission Decision 97/526/EC (3) should be
repealed on 24 October 1998;

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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;

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).

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 96/630/EC (2);

Whereas Decision 96/630/EC should be repealed with
effect from the end of the transitional period;

This Decision establishes a common technical regu-
2.
terminal
lation covering the access requirements for
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 prin-
ciple.

(1) OJ L 74, 12. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1996, p. 79.

(3) OJ L 215, 7. 8. 1997, p. 54.

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Article 2

Article 4

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.

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 requirements of any other applicable
Directives, in particular Council Directives 73/23/EEC (1)
and 89/336/EEC (2).

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. Decision 96/630/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 96/
630/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.

3. Decision 97/526/EC shall be repealed with effect
from 24 October 1998.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

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

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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 system (Phase 2)

Attachment requirements for global system for mobile communications (GSM) mobile stations

Access

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSI Secretariat

TBR19 Edition 5: 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 19 (edition 5)

TBR 19 Requirement

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

21.3.2

25.2.1.1.2.3

25.2.1.2.4

25.2.5.1

26.2.1.2

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

21.4

25.2.1.1.3

25.2.2.1

25.2.5.2

26.2.1.3

11.2

12.2.1

14.1.1.2

14.3

14.5.2

15

19.2

20.5

20.11

20.19

22

25.2.1.1.4

25.2.2.2

25.2.6.1

26.2.2

11.3

12.2.2

14.1.2.2

14.4.1

14.6.1

16

19.3

20.6

20.12

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

26.6.13.3

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

26.8.1.2.8.1

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

26.6.13.5

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

26.8.1.2.9.1

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

26.6.12.1

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

26.8.1.2.9.2

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

26.6.12.2

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

26.8.1.2.9.4

11.4

13.1

14.2.1

14.4.2

14.6.2

17.1

20.1

20.7

20.13

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

26.6.12.3

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

26.8.1.3.1.1

11.5

13.2

14.2.2

14.4.4

14.7.1

17.2

20.2

20.8

20.15

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

26.6.12.4

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

26.8.1.2.7.3

26.8.1.3.3.1

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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

26.10.2.2

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

26.8.1.3.3.4

26.8.1.3.5.4

26.8.2.1

26.9.4

26.10.2.1

26.10.2.3

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

26.8.1.3.4.2

26.8.1.3.5.5

26.8.2.2

26.9.5

26.10.2.4.1

26.10.2.5

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

26.8.1.3.4.3

26.8.1.4.2.1

26.8.2.3

26.9.6.1.1

26.10.2.4.2

26.10.3.1

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

26.8.1.3.4.8

26.8.1.4.3.1

26.8.3

26.9.6.1.2

26.12.1

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

26.8.1.3.5.2

26.8.1.4.3.2

26.9.2

26.9.6.2.1

26.12.2.1

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