2008/673/EC: Commission Decision of 13 August 2008 amending Decision 2005/928/EC on the harmonisation of the 169,4-169,8125 MHz frequency band in the Community (notified under document number C(2008) 4311) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, regulation of telecommunications, technical standard, telecommunications policy, waveband

15.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 220/29

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 August 2008

amending Decision 2005/928/EC on the harmonisation of the 169,4-169,8125 MHz frequency band
in the Community

(notified under document number C(2008) 4311)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/673/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

increasing the channel raster options in these bands
can and should be allowed.

(6)

(7)

Decision 2005/928/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly. By amending this Decision channels up to
50 kHz will be possible in the 169,4000-169,4750 MHz
and 169,4875-169,5875 MHz bands.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee,

in this Decision are in
the Radio Spectrum

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/928/EC is amended as follows:

1. In the 4th row of the frequency plan in the Annex the
channel raster (in kHz) figure ‘12,5’ for channels 1a, 1b,
2a, 2b, 3a and 3b is replaced by ‘up to 50 kHz’.

2. In the 4th row of the frequency plan in the Annex the
channel raster (in kHz) figure ‘50’ for channels 4b + 5 +
6a and 6b + 7 + 8a is replaced by ‘up to 50 kHz’.

Article 2

Article 1 shall apply from 31 October 2008.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 August 2008.

For the Commission

Viviane REDING
Member of the Commission

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)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 2005/928/EC (2) harmonises the
the
169,4-169,8125 MHz
Community.

frequency

band

in

The frequency plan contained in the Annex to Decision
2005/928/EC describes the channel raster which the
different applications operating under the conditions set
in this Decision should adhere to. Such a channel raster
aims at enabling compatibility and facilitating coexistence
of the applications allowed in these bands.

The frequency plan imposes a channel raster of 12,5 kHz
in the 169,4000-169,4750 MHz band and a channel
raster of 50 kHz in the 169,4875-169,5875 MHz band.

Following the adoption of Decision 2005/928/EC further
investigations of the technical parameters defined in this
Decision revealed that the channel raster arrangements in
the bands 169,4000-169,4750 MHz and 169,4875-
169,5875 MHz are considered unduly restrictive given
the
several
channel raster options will
increase the flexibility for
the users
to choose the optimal bandwidth up to
50 kHz in accordance with quality requirements of the
specific applications.

development. Allowing

technological

(5)

The European Conference of Postal and Telecommuni­
confirmed that
cations Administrations

(CEPT) has

(1) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 344, 27.12.2005, p. 47.