2007/90/EC: Commission Decision of 12 February 2007 amending Decision 2005/513/EC on the harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5 GHz frequency band for the implementation of Wireless Access Systems including Radio Local Area Networks (WAS/RLANs) (notified under document number C(2007) 269) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, radio telecommunications, regulation of telecommunications, waveband

L 41/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.2.2007

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 February 2007

amending Decision 2005/513/EC on the harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5 GHz frequency
band for the implementation of Wireless Access Systems including Radio Local Area Networks
(WAS/RLANs)

(notified under document number C(2007) 269)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/90/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Decision No 676/2002/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regulatory
framework for
in the European
Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) (1), and in particular
Article 4(3) thereof,

radio spectrum policy

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the

adoption of Commission Decision
Following
2005/513/EC of 11 July 2005 on the harmonised use
of radio spectrum in the 5 GHz frequency band for the
implementation of Wireless Access Systems including
Radio Local Area Networks (WAS/RLANs) (2),
further
investigations of
the technical parameters defined in
this Decision revealed that the maximum mean e.i.r.p.
density limits
in the bands 5 150-5 250 MHz and
5 250-5 350 MHz can be expressed in a similar way,
as
thus
opposed to the specifications in the Decision of 11
July 2005. The new formulation of the technical para-
meters would therefore ease the take-up of these systems
in the EU.

facilitating equipment

substantially

testing,

the protection vis-à-vis

the
Both ETSI and the CEPT have confirmed that
to these technical parameters does not
amendment
change
services
sharing the spectrum with WAS/RLANs and keeps in
particular
from RLANs
operating in the frequency band 5 150-5 350 MHz to
a level sufficiently low so that interference to satellite
communications would be avoided.

interference

the other

aggregate

the

(3)

(4)

The Harmonised Standard for RLAN equipment using the
5 GHz bands which has been adopted by the European
Telecommunications Standards
Institute (ETSI) under
number EN 301 893 takes account of this simplification
of technical parameters.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee,

in this Decision are in
the Radio Spectrum

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 4(1) of Decision 2005/513/EC is
following:

replaced by the

‘Article 4

1.
In the frequency band 5 150-5 350 MHz, WAS/RLANs
shall be restricted to indoor use with a maximum mean
e.i.r.p. of 200 mW. Furthermore, in the 5 150-5 350 MHz
band the maximum mean e.i.r.p. density shall be limited to
10 mW/MHz in any 1 MHz band.’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2007.

For the Commission

Viviane REDING
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 22.