Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/105 of 22 January 2025 amending Decision 2006/771/EC updating harmonised technical conditions in the area of radio spectrum use for short-range devices and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/641/EU on harmonised technical conditions of radio spectrum use by wireless audio programme making and special events equipment in the Union (notified under document C(2025) 192)
Date: 2025-01-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual equipment, harmonisation of standards, radio telecommunications, regulation of telecommunications, technical specification, technical standard, transmission network, waveband




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/105


23.1.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/105
of 22 January 2025
         
amending Decision 2006/771/EC updating harmonised technical conditions in the area of radio spectrum use for short-range devices and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/641/EU on harmonised technical conditions of radio spectrum use by wireless audio programme making and special events equipment in the Union


(notified under document C(2025) 192)


(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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 radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Short-range devices are typically mass-market or portable radio equipment, or both, that can easily be carried and used across borders. Differences in spectrum access conditions risk creating harmful interference with other radio applications and services, prevent their free movement, and increase their production costs.












(2)


Commission Decision 2006/771/EC (2) and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 (3) constitute the regulatory framework for short-range devices, which supports innovation for a wide range of applications within the digital single market.












(3)


Decision 2006/771/EC harmonises the technical conditions for spectrum use for a wide variety of short-range devices in application areas such as alarms, local communications, telecommand, medical implants and medical data gathering, intelligent transport systems and the ‘Internet of Things’ including radio-frequency identification (‘RFID’). As a result, short-range devices that respect these harmonised technical conditions are subject to no more than a general authorisation under national law.












(4)


Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 also harmonises the technical conditions for spectrum use by short-range devices within the 874-874,4 and 915-919,4 MHz frequency bands. In these frequency bands, the sharing environment is different from the rest of the radio spectrum used by short-range devices and requires a specific regulatory regime. That Decision enables technically advanced RFID solutions as well as ‘Internet of Things’ applications based on networked short-range devices in data networks.












(5)


New applications for short-range devices regularly emerge due to the growing importance of these devices for the economy and the rapid changes in technology and societal demands. Such applications require regular updates of harmonised technical conditions for spectrum use.












(6)


Based on the permanent mandate that the Commission has issued to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (‘the CEPT’) in July 2006, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Decision No 676/2002/EC, the Annex to Decision 2006/771/EC should be updated in order to reflect technological and market developments in the area of short-range devices. That Annex has been amended eight times. The work carried out on the basis of the permanent mandate to the CEPT was also the basis for Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 providing additional spectrum for short-range devices within the 874-874,4 and 915-919,4 MHz frequency ranges.












(7)


On 21 October 2021, the Commission issued a guidance letter for the ninth update cycle. In response to the permanent mandate to the CEPT and in accordance with that guidance, the CEPT submitted Report 85 to the Commission on 8 March 2024. In addition to improvements of existing entries applicable to active medical implants, RFID, voice and video applications and assistive listening devices, the CEPT proposes to add new entries to the Annex to Decision 2006/771/EC. Those new entries enable the use of spectrum by ground-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (‘SAR’) systems and security scanners. The report should therefore form the technical basis for this Decision.












(8)


In Report 85, the CEPT also proposed to include in the Annex to Decision 2006/771/EC technical conditions applicable to audio devices for programme making and special events (‘audio PMSE devices’) that use 32,3 MHz of harmonised spectrum in the 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands and recommended that Commission Implementing Decision 2014/641/EU (4) is repealed.












(9)


The Commission, in its Communication of 26 September 2012 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions (5), recognised cultural and creative industries as one of Europe’s most dynamic economic sectors and an essential driver of cultural diversity in Europe. In particular, Article 8(5) of Decision No 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), stresses the importance of PMSE and requires Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, to seek to ensure the necessary frequency bands for such equipment, in accordance with the Union’s objectives to improve the integration of the internal market and access to culture.












(10)


The requirements for social and cultural events will often exceed the amount of 32,3 MHz available in the 800 MHz and 1 800 MHz frequency bands. Since the spectrum requirements for audio PMSE use vary significantly, there is a need to ensure at Union level the availability of at least 62,3 MHz of sustainable spectrum to meet recurring ordinary needs for users of audio PMSE devices.












(11)


The additional amount of at least 30 MHz of spectrum to meet possible demand for audio PMSE applications at social and cultural events should be selected from tuning ranges to be decided by Member States, preferably in the 470-790 MHz spectrum range.












(12)


Short-range devices operating within the conditions set out in this Decision should also comply with Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (7).












(13)


Decision 2006/771/EC should therefore be amended and Implementing Decision 2014/641/EU should be repealed accordingly.












(14)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision 2006/771/EC is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 3, the following paragraph is added after paragraph 2:

‘2a.   Member States shall designate and make available radio spectrum in addition to the spectrum harmonised by this Decision for audio PMSE devices, so that in complement to the bands identified in the Annex, an additional amount of at least 30 MHz can be used for audio PMSE devices, subject to user demand. Such use by audio PMSE devices shall be on a non-interference and non-protected basis with regard to users who have an individual right to use such spectrum.’
;









(2)


in Article 4a, the date ‘1 October 2022’ is replaced by the date ‘1 November 2025’;










(3)


the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
Implementing Decision 2014/641/EU is repealed with effect from 1 July 2025.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 22 January 2025.


For the Commission

Henna VIRKKUNEN
            

Executive Vice-President






(1)  
            OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2002/676(1)/oj.

(2)  Commission Decision 2006/771/EC of 9 November 2006 on harmonisation of the radio spectrum for use by short-range devices (OJ L 312, 11.11.2006, p. 66, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2006/771(2)/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 of 11 October 2018 on the harmonisation of radio spectrum for use by short-range devices within the 874-876 and 915-921 MHz frequency bands (OJ L 257, 15.10.2018, p. 57, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2018/1538/oj).

(4)  Commission Implementing Decision 2014/641/EU of 1 September 2014 on harmonised technical conditions of radio spectrum use by wireless audio programme making and special events equipment in the Union (OJ L 263, 3.9.2014, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2014/641/oj).

(5)  Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Promoting cultural and creative sectors for growth and jobs in the EU’, COM(2012) 537 final.

(6)  Decision No 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (OJ L 81, 21.3.2012, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2012/243(2)/oj).

(7)  Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/53/oj).




ANNEX



‘ANNEX

Frequency bands with corresponding harmonised technical conditions and implementation deadlines for short-range devices

Table 1 defines the scope of different categories of short-range devices (defined in Article 2(3)) to which this Decision applies. Table 2 specifies different combinations of frequency band and category of short-range devices, and the harmonised technical conditions for spectrum access and implementation deadlines applicable thereto.
General technical conditions applicable to all bands and short-range devices that fall within the scope of this Decision:






—


Member States shall allow adjacent frequency bands set out in Table 2 to be used as a single frequency band provided the specific conditions of each of these adjacent frequency bands are met.










—


Member States shall allow the usage of spectrum up to the transmit power, field strength or power density set out in Table 2. Pursuant to Article 3(3), they may impose less restrictive conditions, that is to say allow the use of spectrum with higher transmit power, field strength or power density, provided it does not reduce or compromise the appropriate coexistence between short-range devices in bands harmonised by this Decision.










—


Member States may only impose the additional parameters (channelling and/or channel access and occupation rules) set out in Table 2, and shall not add other parameters or spectrum access and mitigation requirements. Less restrictive conditions pursuant to Article 3(3), means that Member States may completely omit these additional parameters in a given cell or allow higher values, provided that the appropriate sharing environment in the harmonised band is not compromised.










—


Member States may only impose the other usage restrictions set out in Table 2 and shall not add additional usage restrictions. Since less restrictive conditions may be applied pursuant to Article 3(3), Member States may omit one or all of these restrictions, provided that the appropriate sharing environment in the harmonised band is not compromised.










—


Less restrictive conditions pursuant to Article 3(3) shall apply without prejudice to Directive 2014/53/EU.




For the purposes of this Annex, the following duty cycle definition applies:

                        “
                        duty cycle
                        ” means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of Σ(Ton)/(Tobs) where Ton is the “on” time of a single transmitter device and Tobs is the observation period. Ton is measured in an observation frequency band (Fobs). Unless otherwise specified in this technical annex, Tobs is a continuous one hour period and Fobs is the applicable frequency band in this technical annex. Less restrictive conditions within the meaning of Article 3(3), mean that Member States may allow a higher value for “duty cycle”.

Table 1


Categories of short-range devices pursuant to Article 2(3) and their scope







Category of short-range devices



Scope





Non-specific short-range devices (SRD)


Covers all kinds of radio devices, regardless of the application or their purpose, which fulfil the technical conditions as specified for a given frequency band. Typical uses include telemetry, telecommand, alarms, data transmissions in general and other applications.




Active medical implant devices


Covers the radio part of active implantable medical devices that are intended to be fully or partially introduced, surgically or medically, into the human body or that of an animal, and where applicable their peripherals. Active implantable medical devices are defined in Council Directive 90/385/EEC (1).




Assistive listening devices (ALD)


Covers radio communications systems that allow persons with hearing impairment to increase their listening capability. Typical system installations include one or more radio transmitters and one or more radio receivers.




Audio Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) devices


Covers radio devices used for transmission of analogue or digital audio signals between a limited number of transmitters and receivers, such as radio microphones, in-ear monitors or audio links, used mainly for the production of broadcast programmes or private or public social or cultural events.




Inductive devices


Covers radio devices that use magnetic fields with inductive loop systems for near field communications and determination applications. This typically includes devices for car immobilisation, animal identification, alarm systems, cable detection, waste management, personal identification, wireless voice links, access control, proximity and metal sensors, anti-theft systems as well as RF anti-theft induction systems, data transfer to hand-held devices, automatic article identification, wireless control systems and automatic road tolling.




Reliable alarm devices


Covers radio devices that use radio communication support for indicating an alert to a system or a person, as a main functionality, at a distant location when a problem or a specific situation occurs. Radio alarms include social alarms and alarms for security and safety.




Medical data acquisition devices


Covers the transmission of non-voice data to and from non-implantable medical devices in order to monitor, diagnose and treat patients in healthcare facilities or in their homes as prescribed by duly authorised healthcare professionals.




PMR446 devices


Covers hand portable equipment (without base station or repeater use) carried on a person or manually operated, which uses integral antennas only in order to maximise sharing and minimise interference. PMR 446 equipment operates in short-range peer-to-peer mode and shall not be used as a part of infrastructure network nor as a repeater.




Radio determination devices


Covers radio devices used for determining the position, velocity and/or other characteristics of an object, or for obtaining information relating to these parameters. Radio determination equipment typically conducts measurements to obtain such characteristics. Radio determination devices exclude any kind of point-to-point or point-to-multipoint radio communications.




Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices


Covers tag/interrogator based radio communications systems, consisting of (i) radio devices (tags) attached to animate or inanimate items; and (ii) transmitter/receiver units (interrogators) which activate the tags and receive data back. Typical applications include the tracking and identification of items, for instance for the purpose of electronic article surveillance (EAS), and collecting and transmitting data relating to the items to which tags are attached, which may be either battery-less, battery assisted or battery powered. The responses from a tag are validated by its interrogator and passed to its host system.




Transport and traffic telematics devices


Covers radio devices that are used in the fields of transport (road, rail, water or air, depending on the relevant technical restrictions), traffic management, navigation, mobility management and in intelligent transport systems (ITS). Typical applications include interfaces between different modes of transport, communication between vehicles (e.g. car to car), between vehicles and fixed locations (e.g. car to infrastructure) as well as communication from and to users.




Wideband data transmission devices


Covers radio devices that use wideband modulation techniques to access the spectrum. Typical uses include wireless access systems such as radio local area networks (WAS/RLAN) or wideband SRD in data networks.








Table 2


Frequency bands with corresponding harmonised technical conditions and implementation deadlines for short-range devices












Band No


Frequency band


Category of short-range devices


Transmit power limit / field strength limit / power density limit


Additional parameters (channelling and/or channel access and occupation rules)


Other usage restrictions


Implementation deadline




1


9 -59,750  kHz


Inductive devices


72 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




90


9 -148  kHz


Radio determination devices


46 dBμA/m at 10 metres at a reference of 100 Hz, outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.
Magnetic field strength descending 10 dB/decade above 100 Hz.


 


For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].


1 July 2022




2


9 -315  kHz


Active medical implant devices


30 dBμA/m at 10 metres


Duty cycle ≤ 10 %


 


1 July 2014




3


59,750 -60,250  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




4


60,250 -74,750  kHz


Inductive devices


72 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




5


74,750 -75,250  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




6


75,250 -77,250  kHz


Inductive devices


72 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




7


77,250 -77,750  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




8


77,750 -90  kHz


Inductive devices


72 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




9


90 -119  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




10


119 -128,6  kHz


Inductive devices


66 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




11


128,6 -129,6  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




12


129,6 -135  kHz


Inductive devices


66 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




13


135 -140  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




14


140 -148,5  kHz


Inductive devices


37,7 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




15


148,5 -5 000  kHz [1 ]


Inductive devices


– 15 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz.
Furthermore the total field strength is – 5 dΒμΑ/m at 10 metres for systems operating at bandwidths larger than 10 kHz.


 


 


1 July 2014




91


148 -5 000  kHz


Radio determination devices


– 15 dBμA/m at 10 metres outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.


 


For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].


1 July 2022




16


315 -600  kHz


Active medical implant devices


– 5 dB μA/m at 10 metres


Duty cycle ≤ 10 %


This set of usage conditions is only available for animal implant devices.


1 July 2025




17


400 -600  kHz


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices


– 8 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz. Furthermore, the total field strength is – 5 dBμA/m at 10 metres for systems operating at bandwidths larger than 10 kHz.


Bandwidth ≥ 30 kHz


 


1 July 2025




85


442,2 -450,0  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


7 dBμA/m at 10 metres


Channel spacing ≥ 150 Hz


This set of usage conditions is only available for person detection and collision avoidance devices.


1 January 2020




18


456,9 -457,1  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


7 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


This set of usage conditions is only available for emergency detections of buried victims and valuable items devices.


1 July 2014




19


984 -7 484  kHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


9 dBμA/m at 10 metres


Duty cycle ≤ 1 %


This set of usage conditions is only available for Eurobalise transmissions in the presence of trains using the 27 090 -27 100  kHz band for telepowering pursuant to the conditions set for band 28.


1 July 2014




20


3 155 -3 400  kHz


Inductive devices


13,5 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




21


5 000 -30 000  kHz [2 ]


Inductive devices


– 20 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz.
Furthermore the total field strength is – 5 dΒμΑ/m at 10 metres for systems operating at bandwidths larger than 10 kHz.


 


 


1 July 2014




92


5 000 -30 000  kHz


Radio determination devices


– 5 dBμA/m at 10 metres outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.


 


For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].


1 July 2022




22


6 765 -6 795  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




23


7 300 -23 000  kHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


– 7 dBμA/m at 10 metres


Antenna requirements apply [8].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Eurobalise transmissions in the presence of trains using the 27 090 -27 100  kHz band for telepowering pursuant to the conditions set for band 28.


1 July 2014




24


7 400 -8 800  kHz


Inductive devices


9 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




25


10 200 -11 000  kHz


Inductive devices


9 dBμA/m at 10 metres


 


 


1 July 2014




26


12 500 -20 000  kHz


Active medical implant devices


– 7 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz


Duty cycle ≤ 10 %


This set of usage conditions is only available for indoor use by animal implant devices.


1 July 2025




27a


13 553 -13 567  kHz


Inductive devices


42 dBμA/m at 10 metres


Transmission mask and antenna requirements for all combined frequency segments apply [8], [9].


 


1 January 2020




27b


13 553 -13 567  kHz


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices


60 dBμA/m at 10 metres


Transmission mask and antenna requirements for all combined frequency segments apply [8], [9].


 


1 July 2014




27c


13 553 -13 567  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




28


26 957 -27 283  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




29


26 990 -27 000  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.


 


1 July 2014




30


27 040 -27 050  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.


 


1 July 2014




31


27 090 -27 100  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤: 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.


 


1 July 2014




32


27 140 -27 150  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.


 


1 July 2014




33


27 190 -27 200  kHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.


 


1 July 2014




34


30 -37,5  MHz


Active medical implant devices


1 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 10 %


This set of usage conditions is only available for ultra-low power medical membrane implants for blood pressure measurements.


1 July 2014




93


30 -130  MHz


Radio determination devices


– 36 dBm e.r.p. outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.


 


For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].


1 July 2022




35


40,66 -40,7  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 January 2018




36


87,5 -108  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


50 nW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz.


This set of usage conditions is only available for audio transmitters with analogue frequency modulation (FM).


1 July 2025




37a


169,4 -169,475  MHz


Assistive Listening Devices (ALD)


500 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2025




37c


169,4 -169,475  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


500 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 1,0 %
For metering devices [a], the duty cycle ≤ 10 %


 


1 July 2025




38


169,4 -169,4875  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %


 


1 January 2020




39a


169,4875 -169,5875  MHz


Assistive Listening Devices (ALD)


500 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2025




39b


169,4875 -169,5875  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,001 %
Between 00:00h and 06:00h local time a duty cycle ≤ 0,1 % may be used.


 


1 January 2020




40


169,5875 -169,8125  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %


 


1 January 2020




82


173,965 -216  MHz


Assistive Listening Devices (ALD)


10 mW e.r.p.


On a tuning range basis [5].
A threshold of 35 dBμV/m is required to ensure the protection of a DAB receiver located at 1,5 metres from the ALD device, subject to DAB signal strength measurements taken around the ALD operating site. The ALD device should operate under all circumstances at least 300 kHz away from the channel edge of an occupied DAB channel.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


 


1 July 2025




41


401 -402  MHz


Active medical implant devices


25 μW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 100 kHz
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle limit of 0,1 % applies.


This set of usage conditions is only available for systems specifically designed for the purpose of providing non-voice digital communications between active implantable medical devices and/or body-worn devices and other devices external to the human body used for transferring non-time-critical individual patient-related physiological information.


1 July 2025




42


402 -405  MHz


Active medical implant devices


25 μW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 300 kHz.
Other techniques to access spectrum or mitigate interference, including bandwidths greater than 300 kHz, can be used provided they ensure compatible operation with the other users and in particular with meteorological radiosondes [7].


 


1 July 2025




43


405 -406  MHz


Active medical implant devices


25 μW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 100 kHz
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle limit of 0,1 % applies.


This set of usage conditions is only available for systems specifically designed for the purpose of providing non-voice digital communications between active implantable medical devices and/or body-worn devices and other devices external to the human body used for transferring non-time-critical individual patient-related physiological information.


1 July 2025




86


430 -440  MHz


Medical data acquisition devices


– 50 dBm/100kHz e.r.p. power density but not exceeding a total power of – 40 dBm/10MHz (both limits are intended for measurement outside of the patient’s body)


 


The set of usage conditions is only available for Ultra-Low Power Wireless Medical Capsule Endoscopy (ULP-WMCE) applications [h].


1 January 2020




44a


433,05 -434,79  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


1 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2025




44b


433,05 -434,79  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 10 %


 


1 January 2020




45c


434,04 -434,79  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 100 % subject to bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz.


 


1 July 2025




83


446,0 -446,2  MHz


PMR446


500 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


 


1 January 2018




94


821,5 -826  MHz


Audio PMSE devices


100 mW e.i.r.p. for body-worn devices
20 mW e.i.r.p. for other devices


 


 


1 July 2025




95


826 -832  MHz


Audio PMSE devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2025




87


862 -863  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Bandwidth ≤ 350 kHz


 


1 January 2020




46a


863 -865  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 0,1 % applies.


 


1 January 2018




46b


863 -865  MHz


Audio PMSE devices


10 mW e.r.p.


 


This set of usage conditions is also available for personal cordless audio devices.


1 July 2025




84


863 -868  MHz


Wideband data transmission devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth > 600 kHz and ≤ 1 MHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 % for network access points [g]
Duty cycle ≤ 2,8% otherwise


This set of usage conditions is only available for wideband SRD in data networks [g].


1 January 2018




47


865 -868  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 1 % applies.


 


1 January 2020




47a


865 -868  MHz [6 ]


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices


Interrogator transmissions at 2 W e.r.p. only permitted within the channels centred at 865,7 MHz, 866,3 MHz, 866,9 MHz and 867,5 MHz
RFID interrogator devices placed on the market before the repeal date of EC Decision 2006/804/EC are “grandfathered”, i.e. they are continuously permitted to be used in line with the provisions set out in EC Decision 2006/804/EC before the repeal date.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz


 


1 January 2018




47b


865 -868  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


500 mW e.r.p.
Transmissions only permitted within the frequency ranges 865,6-865,8 MHz, 866,2-866,4 MHz, 866,8-867,0 MHz and 867,4-867,6 MHz,
Adaptive Power Control (APC) required. Alternatively other mitigation technique with at least an equivalent level of spectrum compatibility.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 % for network access points [g]
Duty cycle ≤ 2,5 % otherwise


This set of usage conditions is only available for data networks [g].


1 January 2018




48


868 -868,6  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 1 % applies.


 


1 January 2020




49


868,6 -868,7  MHz


Reliable alarm devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz. The whole frequency band may also be used as a single channel.
Duty cycle ≤ 1 %


 


1 July 2025




50


868,7 -869,2  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 0,1 % applies.


 


1 January 2020




51


869,2 -869,25  MHz


Reliable alarm devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Channel spacing: 25 kHz.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %


This set of usage conditions is only available for social alarm devices [b].


1 July 2014




52


869,25 -869,3  MHz


Reliable alarm devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %


 


1 July 2025




53


869,3 -869,4  MHz


Reliable alarm devices


10 mW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 1 %


 


1 July 2025




54


869,4 -869,65  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


500 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 10 % applies.


 


1 January 2020




55


869,65 -869,7  MHz


Reliable alarm devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %


 


1 July 2025




56a


869,7 -870  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


5 mW e.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2025




56b


869,7 -870  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 1 % applies.


 


1 January 2020




96


1 785 -1 804,8  MHz


Audio PMSE devices


50 mW e.i.r.p. for body-worn devices or devices implementing Spectrum Scanning Procedure (SSP).
20 mW e.i.r.p. for other devices.


 


 


1 July 2025




57a


2 400 -2 483,5  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




57b


2 400 -2 483,5  MHz


Radio determination devices


25 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




57c


2 400 -2 483,5  MHz


Wideband data transmission devices


100 mW e.i.r.p. and 100 mW/100 kHz e.i.r.p. density applies when frequency hopping modulation is used.
10 mW/MHz e.i.r.p. density applies when other types of modulation are used.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


 


1 July 2014




58


2 446 -2 454  MHz


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices


500 mW e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


 


1 July 2014




59


2 483,5 -2 500  MHz


Active medical implant devices


10 mW e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 1 MHz. The whole frequency band may also be used dynamically as a single channel to maintain a communications session.
Duty cycle ≤ 10 % for peripherals.


Peripheral master units are for indoor use only.


1 July 2025




59a


2 483,5 -2 500  MHz


Medical data acquisition devices


1 mW e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 3 MHz.
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %.


The set of usage conditions is only available for medical body area network system (MBANS) [f] for indoor use within healthcare facilities.


1 January 2018




59b


2 483,5 -2 500  MHz


Medical data acquisition devices


10 mW e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 3 MHz.
Duty cycle ≤ 2 %.


The set of usage conditions is only available for medical body area network system (MBANS) [f] for indoor use within the patient’s home.


1 January 2018




60


4 500 -7 000  MHz


Radio determination devices


24 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].


1 July 2014




61


5 725 -5 875  MHz


Non-specific short-range devices


25 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




62


5 795 -5 815  MHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


2 W e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions applies only to road tolling applications and smart tachograph, weight and dimension applications [i].


1 January 2020




88


5 855 -5 865  MHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


33 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and a Transmit Power Control (TPC) able to reduce the total power from its maximum to 3 dBm e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle systems.


1 July 2025




89


5 865 -5 875  MHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


33 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and a Transmit Power Control (TPC) able to reduce the total power from its maximum to 3 dBm e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle systems.


1 July 2025




63


6 000 -8 500  MHz


Radio determination devices


7 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 33 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.


Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7], [8] [10].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.


1 July 2014




64


8 500 -10 600  MHz


Radio determination devices


30 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].


1 July 2014




65


17,1 -17,3  GHz


Radio determination devices


26 dBm e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based SAR systems [k].


1 July 2025




66


24,05 -24,075  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




67


24,05 -26,5  GHz


Radio determination devices


26 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 14 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.


Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7]. [8], [10]


This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.


1 July 2014




68


24,05 -27  GHz


Radio determination devices


43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].


1 July 2014




69a


24,075 -24,15  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based vehicle radars.


1 July 2014




69b


24,075 -24,15  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


0,1 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




70a


24,15 -24,25  GHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




70b


24,15 -24,25  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




74a


57 -64  GHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.i.r.p. and a maximum transmit power of 10 dBm


 


 


1 January 2020




74b


57 -64  GHz


Radio determination devices


43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].


1 July 2014




74c


57 -64  GHz


Radio determination devices


35 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 2 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.


Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7] [8], [10].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.


1 July 2014




75


57 -71  GHz


Wideband data transmission devices


40 dBm e.i.r.p. and 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


Fixed outdoor installations are excluded.


1 January 2020




75a


57 -71  GHz


Wideband data transmission devices


40 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and maximum transmit power of 27 dBm at the antenna port or ports


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


 


1 January 2020




75b


57 -71  GHz


Wideband data transmission devices


55 dBm e.i.r.p., 38 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and a transmit antenna gain ≥ 30 dBi


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for fixed outdoor installations.


1 January 2020




76


61 -61,5  GHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




77


63,72 -65,88  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


40 dBm e.i.r.p.


TTT devices placed on the market before the 1 January 2020 are “grandfathered”, i.e. they are permitted to use the previous frequency range 63-64 GHz, and otherwise the same conditions apply.


This set of usage conditions is only available to vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle systems.


1 January 2020




97


69,8 -79,9  GHz


Radio determination devices


7 dBm e.i.r.p.


 


This set of usage conditions is available for security scanners [l] operated indoors.


1 July 2025




78a


75 -85  GHz


Radio determination devices


34 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 3 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.


Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7], [8], [10].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.


1 July 2014




78b


75 -85  GHz


Radio determination devices


43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].


1 July 2014




79a


76 -77  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


55 dBm peak e.i.r.p. and 50 dBm mean e.i.r.p. and 23,5 dBm mean e.i.r.p. for pulse radars


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Fixed transportation infrastructure radars have to be of a scanning nature in order to limit the illumination time and ensure a minimum silent time to achieve coexistence with automotive radar systems.


This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based vehicle and infrastructure systems.


1 June 2020




79b


76 -77  GHz


Transport and Traffic Telematics devices


30 dBm peak e.i.r.p. and
3 dBm/MHz average e.i.r.p. density


Duty cycle ≤ 56 %/s


This set of usage conditions is only available for obstacle detection systems for rotorcraft use [4].
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.


1 July 2025




98


76 -77  GHz


Radio determination devices


48 dBm mean e.i.r.p. and 18 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p. density


Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].


This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based SAR systems [k].
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.


1 July 2025




99


76,5 -80,5  GHz


Radio determination devices


19 dBm peak e.i.r.p.


At least 23 dB out-of-band attenuation relative to the maximum allowed peak e.i.r.p. is required.


This set of usage conditions is only available for security scanners [l] operated indoors.


1 July 2025




80a


122 -122,25  GHz


Non-specific short-range devices


10 dBm/250 MHz e.i.r.p. and
– 48 dBm/MHz at 30° elevation


 


 


1 January 2018




80b


122,25 -123  GHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 January 2018




81


244 -246  GHz


Non-specific short-range devices


100 mW e.i.r.p.


 


 


1 July 2014




Applications and devices referred to in Table 2:






[a]


“Metering devices” means radio devices that are part of bidirectional radio communications systems which allow remote monitoring, measuring and transmission of data in smart grid infrastructures, such as electricity, gas and water.










[b]


“Social alarm devices” means radio communications systems that allow reliable communication in a given area for a person in distress to initiate a call for assistance. Typical uses of social alarms are to assist elderly or disabled people.










[c]


“Tank Level Probing Radar” (TLPR) means a specific type of radiodetermination application, which is used for tank level measurements and is installed in metallic or reinforced concrete tanks, or similar structures made of material with comparable attenuation characteristics. The purpose of the tank is to contain a substance.










[d]


“Model control devices” means a specific kind of telecommand and telemetry radio equipment that is used to remotely control the movement of models (principally miniature representations of vehicles) in the air, on land or over or under the water surface.










[f]


Medical Body Area Network Systems (MBANSs) are used for medical data acquisition and are intended for low-power wireless networking of a plurality of body-worn sensors and/or actuators as well as of a hub device placed on/around the human body.










[g]


A network access point in a data network is a fixed terrestrial short-range device that acts as a connection point for the other short-range devices in the data network to service platforms located outside of that data network. The term data network refers to several short-range devices, including the network access point, as network components and to the wireless connections between them.










[h]


Wireless medical capsule endoscopy is used for medical data acquisition designed for use in medical doctor-patient scenarios with the aim of acquiring images of human digestive tract.










[i]


Smart tachograph, weight and dimension applications are defined as remote enforcement of the tachograph in Appendix 14 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 () and for the weights and dimensions enforcement in Article 10d of Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council ().










[j]


Enclosed NMR sensors are devices where the material/object under investigation is put inside the enclosure of the NMR device. NMR techniques use nuclear magnetic resonance excitation and magnetic field strength response of a material/object under test to get information about material properties based on resonance frequency responses of isotopes of atoms. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance tomography systems are not included in this scope.










[k]


Ground-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems are intended for deformation monitoring of terrain and natural or man-made structures, performed by interferometry radar.










[l]


Security scanners are a specific type of radio determination applications which are used to detect objects carried by a person or on a person’s body for security screening purposes without making any physical contact.




Other technical requirements and clarifications referred to in Table 2:






[1]


In band 20, higher field strengths and additional usage restrictions apply for inductive applications.










[2]


In bands 22, 24, 25, 27a, and 28, higher field strengths and additional usage restrictions apply for inductive applications.










[3]


The power limit applies inside a closed tank and corresponds to a spectral density of –41,3 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. outside a 500 litre test tank.










[4]


Member States can specify exclusion zones or equivalent measures in which the obstacle detection application for rotorcraft use shall not be used for the protection of the radioastronomy service or other national use. Rotorcraft is defined as EASA CS-27 and CS-29 (resp. JAR-27 and JAR-29 for former certifications).










[5]


Devices shall implement the whole frequency range on a tuning range basis.










[6]


RFID tags respond at a very low power level (-20 dBm e.r.p.) in a frequency range around the RFID interrogator channels and shall comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU.










[7]


Techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant techniques are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these techniques shall be ensured.










[8]


Antenna requirements that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.










[9]


Transmission mask that provides an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.










[10]


Automatic power control that provides an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.






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(1)  Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (OJ L 189, 20.7.1990, p. 17).

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, p. 1).

(3)  Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 115, 6.5.2015, p. 1).



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