1999/645/EC: Commission Decision of 15 September 1999 on a common technical Regulation for the attachment requirements for TETRA access to emergency services (notified under document number C(1999) 2987) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, technical regulations, technical standard, telecommunications, waveband

L 255/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 9. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 September 1999

on a common technical Regulation for the attachment requirements for TETRA access to
emergency services

(notified under document number C(1999) 2987)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/645/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

falling within the scope of the harmonised standard identified
in Article 2(1).

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

2.
This Decision establishes a common technical regulation
covering the attachment requirements for TETRA equipment
accessing emergency services in the frequency bands in the
range 380 MHz to 383 MHz and 390 MHz to 393 MHz.

Article 2

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

terminal equipment

The common technical Regulation shall

1.
include the
harmonised standard prepared by the relevant standardisation
body implementing to the extent applicable the essential
requirements referred to in Article 5(c) to 5(f) of Directive
98/13/EC. The reference to the standard is set out in the
Annex.

(2) Whereas the corresponding harmonised standards, or
parts thereof,
implementing the essential requirements
which are to be transformed into common technical
regulations should be adopted;

(3) Whereas in order to ensure continuity of access to
markets for manufacturers, it is necessary to allow for
transitional arrangements regarding equipment approved
according to national type-approval regulations;

(4) Whereas

the proposal has been submitted to the

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

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

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 (2) and 89/336/EEC (3).

Article 3

Notified bodies designated for carrying out
the procedures
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 harmonised standard referred to in
the Annex by the coming into force of this Decision.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Article 4

National type-approval regulations covering equipment
1.
within the scope of the harmonised standard referred to in the
Annex shall be repealed with effect from 15 December 1999.

Terminal equipment, approved under such national type-
2.
approval regulations may continue to be placed on the national
market and put into service.

(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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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

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

Reference to the harmonised standard applicable

Terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA); emergency access

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSI Secretariat

TBR35: September 1998

(excluding the forewords and sections 4.2.2, 5.4.2 and A.2.3)

Additional information

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is recognised according to Directive 98/34/EC of the Council and
of the European Parliament (1).

The harmonised standard referred to above has been produced according to a mandate issued in accordance with relevant
procedures of Directive 98/34/EC.

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

or

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 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.