CELEX: 51987PC0035(02)
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-09
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive on the frequency bands to be made available for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European digital mobile communications in the Community

17. 3. 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 69/9
              Proposal for a Council Directive on the frequency bands to be made available for the
              coordinated introduction of public pan-European digital mobile communications in the
                                                            Community
                                                        COM(87) 3 5 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 February 1987)
                                                           (87/C 69/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas the European Conference of Postal and
                                                                     Telecommunications          Administrations    (CEPT)      has
                                                                     recommended that frequencies 890 to 915 and 935 to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     960 M H z be set aside for such a system, in accordance
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100
                                                                     with         recommendations       by    the     International
thereof,
                                                                     Telecommunications Union (ITU) allocating such
                                                                     frequencies to mobile radio services use;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     Whereas parts of these frequency bands are being used
                                                                     or are intended for use by certain Member States for
Having regard       to   the   opinion    of   the   European        interim systems and other purposes;
Parliament,
                                                                     Whereas the progressive availability of the full range of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     the frequency bands set out above will be indispensable
Social Committee,                                                    for the establishment of truly pan-European mobile
                                                                     communications;
Whereas Council recommendation 84/549/EEC (x) calls                  Whereas the implementation of Council recommendation
for the introduction of services on the basis of a common            . . . of . . . on the coordinated introduction of public pan-
harmonized approach in the field of telecommunications;              European cellular digital mobile communications in the
                                                                     Community, aiming at starting a pan-European system
                                                                     by 1991 at the latest, will allow the speedy specification
Whereas resources of modern               telecommunications         of the radio transmission path;
should be utilized to the full           for the economic
development of the Community;
                                                                     Whereas Council Directive 86/361/EEC (2) on the initial
                                                                     stage of the mutual recognition of type approval will
Whereas mobile radio services are the only means of                  allow the rapid establishment of common conformity
contacting users on the move and the most efficient                  specifications for the pan-European cellular digital
means for those users to have connections to the public              mobile communications system;
telecommunications networks;
                                                                     Whereas it is appropriate to review the current radio
                                                                     frequency allocations considering the importance of the
Whereas mobile communications depend on the reser-                   future pan-European cellular digital mobile communi-
vation and availability of frequency bands, in order to              cations system;
transmit and receive between fixed base stations and
mobile stations;
                                                                     Whereas it is necessary to strengthen the international
                                                                     coordination in this field, in accordance with the radio
Whereas frequencies and systems currently in use in the              regulations of the ITU;
Community vary widely and do not allow the benefits of
European-wide services and European-wide markets to                  Whereas a common position should be reached
be reaped for all users on the move throughout the                   regarding availability of frequency resources with regard
Community, whether in vehicles, boats, trains, or on                 to the ITU's world administration radio conferences;
foot;
                                                                     Whereas the report on public mobile communications
                                                                     drawn up by the analysis and forecasting group (GAP)
Whereas the change-over to the second generation                     for the senior officials group on telecommunications
cellular digital mobile communications system will                   (SOG-T) has drawn attention to the availability of
provide a unique opportunity to establish a truly pan-               adequate frequency resources as a vital precondition for
European mobile communications system;                               pan-European cellular digital mobile communications;
 (') OJ No L 298, 16. 11. 1984, p. 49.                                O OJNoL217, 5. 8. 1986, p. 21.
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Whereas favourable opinions on this report have been                                           Article 2
delivered by the telecommunications administrations,
by the European Conference of Postal and Telecom-                  For the purposes of this Directive, a public pan-
munications Administrations (CEPT) and by the                      European cellular digital mobile communications service
telecommunications equipment industry in the Member                means a mobile communications service which allows
States,                                                            mobile terminals to communicate efficiently with mobile
                                                                   and fixed terminals in all parts of the Community using
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:                                        digital techniques according to common specifications.
                          Article 1
                                                                                              Article 3
1.    Member States shall ensure that the frequency
bands 905 to 914 M H z and 950 to 959 M H z or                     1.    Member States shall bring into force the provisions
equivalent parts of the bands mentioned in paragraph 2             necessary to comply with this Directive on . . . at the
are made available exclusively for a public pan-European           latest ( ! ). They shall forthwith inform the Commission
cellular digital mobile communications service by 1                thereof.
January 1991.
2.    Member States shall ensure that plans are prepared           2.    Member States shall communicate to the
for the public pan-European cellular digital mobile                Commission the text of the provisions of national law
communications service to be able to occupy                        which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
progressively the whole of bands 890 to 915 and 935 to
960 M H z according to commercial demand but at the
                                                                                              Article 4
latest within a period of 10 years starting from 1 January
1991.                                                              This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                   (') Not later than one year following adoption thereof.