96/629/EC: Commission Decision of 23 October 1996 on a common technical regulation for telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, Phase II (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 October 1996 on a common technical regulation for telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, Phase II (Text with EEA relevance) (96/629/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/263/EEC of 29 April 1991 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning telecommunications terminal equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity (1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Commission has adopted the measure identifying the type of terminal equipment for which a common technical regulation is required, as well as the associated scope statement;
Whereas the relevant standardization body has prepared the harmonized standards implementing the essential requirements applicable;
Whereas the corresponding harmonized standards or parts thereof implementing the essential requirements which are to be transformed into common technical regulations should be adopted;
Whereas the applicable parts of the harmonized standard regarding test cases require a prior validation process; whereas the status of validated test cases should be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;
Whereas it should be possible for notified bodies to continue to approve terminal equipment according to the requirements of Commission Decision 94/12/EC (3) for a transitional period of two years, and for such equipment to continue to be placed on the market and put into service after that period;
Whereas Decision 94/12/EC should be repealed at the end of the transitional period;
Whereas this Decision should be reviewed in order to ensure coherence between the notified bodies in the assessment of conformity with the harmonized standards applicable;
Whereas the common technical regulation provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of ACTE,