CELEX: 51990PC0139(02)
Language: en
Date: 1990-06-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE FREQUENCY BANDS TO BE DESIGNATED FOR THE COORDINATED INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL EUROPEAN CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ( DECT ) IN THE COMMUNITY

27. 7. 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 187/5
               Proposal for a Council Directive on the frequency bands to be designated for the coordinated
                    introduction of digital European cordless telecomunications (DECT) in the Community
                                                  COM(90) 139 final — SYN 277
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 19 June 1990)
                                                          (90/C 187/02)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas ETSI has estimated that DECT will require 20 MHz
                                                                     in high density areas;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a                  Whereas the European Conference of Postal and
 thereof,                                                            Telecommunications            Administrations    (CEPT)     has
                                                                     designated the common European frequency band 1 880 to
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   1 900 MHz for DECT, recognizing that subject to the system
                                                                     development of DECT additional frequency spectrum may
 In cooperation with the European Parliament,                        be required;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
 Committee,                                                          Whereas the implementation of Council recommendation
                                                                       . . . / . . ./EEC of . . . on the coordinated introduction of
Whereas Council recommendation 84/549/EEC (*) calls for              digital European cordless telecommunications in the
the introduction of services on the basis of a common                Community ( 4 ), will ensure the implementation of DECT by
                                                                     31 December 1992 at the latest;
harmonized approach in the field of telecommunications;
Whereas the Council in its resolution of 30 June 1988 (2)            Whereas Council Directive . . . / . . ./EEC of . . . on the
on the development of the common market for                          approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning
telecommunications services and equipment calls for the              telecommunications terminal equipment, including the
promotion of Europe-wide services according to market                mutual recognition of their conformity (5) will allow the
requirements;                                                        rapid establishment of common conformity specifications for
                                                                     DECT;
Whereas       the     resources     offered     by     modern
telecommunications networks should be utilized to the full           Whereas the establishment of DECT depends on the
for the economic development of the Community;                       allocation and availability of a frequency band in order to
                                                                     transmit and receive between fixed-base stations and mobile
Whereas Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 on                stations;
the approximation of the laws of Member States relating
to electromagnetic compatibility (3) is applicable, and              Whereas some flexibility will be needed in order to take
particular attention should be taken to avoid harmful                account of different frequency requirements in different
electromagnetic interference;                                        Member States; it will be necessary to ensure that such
                                                                     flexibility does not slow down the expansion of a
Whereas current cordless telephone systems in use in the             pan-European system;
Community, and the frequency bands they operate in, vary
widely and do not allow the benefits of Europe-wide services         Whereas the progressive availability of the full range of the
or benefit from the economies of scale associated with a truly       frequency band set out above will be indispensable for the
European market;                                                     establishment of DECT on a Europe-wide basis,
Whereas the European Telecommunications Standard
Institute (ETSI) is currently developing the European
telecommunications standard (ETS) for digital European
cordless telecommunications (DECT);                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Whereas the development of the ETS must take account of
the safety of users, and the need for Europe-wide
                                                                                                   Article 1
interoperability;
Whereas the European implementation of DECT will                     For the purposes of this Directive, digital European cordless
provide a unique opportunity to establish truly European             telecommunications (DECT) shall mean terminal apparatus
digital cordless telephone facilities;                               conforming to the European telecommunications standard
                                                                     (ETS) for digital cordless telecommunications referred to in
(») OJ No L 298, 16. 11. 1984, p. 49.
(2) OJ No C 257, 4. 10. 1988, p. 1.                                  (4) OJ No L . . .
(3) OJ No L 139, 23. 5. 1989, p. 19.                                 (*) OJ No L . . .
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Council recommendation            . . ./ . . ./EEC, and the              comply with this Directive by 31 December 1991. They shall
telecommunications systems, both public and private, which               forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
directly utilize such terminal apparatus, and where users
provided with a service in one Member State can also gain                Any measures adopted pursuant to the first subparagraph
access to the service in any other Member State.                         shall make express reference to this Directive.
                                                                         2.     Member States shall communicate to the Commission
                                                                         the text of any national law which they adopt in the field
                           Article 2                                     governed by this Directive.
Member States shall designate the frequency band 1 880 to
                                                                                                    Article 4
 1 900 MHz for DECT by 1 January 1992. DECT shall have
priority and shall be protected in the designated band.                  The Commission shall report to the Council on the
                                                                         implementation of this Directive not later than the end of
                                                                          1995.
                           Article 3
                                                                                                    Article 5
 1.    Member States shall bring into force the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to                   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 88 / 77/EEC on the approximation of the laws of
               the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous pollutants from
                                                     diesel engines for use in vehicles
                                                     COM(90) 174 final — SYN 272
                                          (Submitted by the Commission on 21 May 1990)
                                                              (90/C 187/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 combating atmospheric pollution caused by gases emitted
                                                                         from motor vehicles and for directives adopted previously to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    be amended accordingly; whereas the third programme of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a                       action provides for additional efforts to reduce considerably
thereof,                                                                 the present level of emissions of pollutants from motor
                                                                         vehicles;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                         Whereas Council Directive 88/77/EEC (*) lays down the
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                             limit values for the emissions of carbon monoxide, unburnt
                                                                         hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from diesel engines for use
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                  in motor vehicles on the basis of a test procedure
Committee,                                                               representative for European driving conditions for the
                                                                         vehicles concerned; whereas in accordance with Article 6 of
Whereas it is important to adopt measures with the aim of                that Directive these limit values should be further reduced
progressively establishing the internal market over a period             and a limit value for particulate emissions established;
expiring on 31 December 1992; whereas the internal market
shall comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the
free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is                 Whereas the work undertaken by the Commission in that
ensured;                                                                 sphere has shown that the Community motor industry has
                                                                         available, or is currently perfecting, technologies which
                                                                         allow a further reduction of the limit values in question and
Whereas the first programme of action of the European
                                                                         compliance with a stringent particulate standard;
Communities on the protection of the environment,
approved by the Council on 22 November 1973, called for
account to be taken of the latest scientific advances in                 H OJ No L 36, 9. 2. 1988, p. 33.