OPERATION OF DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC

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Hi All,

the European Parliament published the "SECOND PROGRESS REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC,
on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity", which might affect the Amateur Radio Service in the future.

Some terms might be redefined as the following citations from this report indicate....

1. The Directive contains in Article 3 a number of essential requirements to protect health and
safety, ensure electromagnetic compatibility and to avoid harmful interference. The way in
which these essential requirements are defined in the Directive is generally considered
appropriate by stakeholders. However, the concept of ‘intended use’ of the equipment seems
to create some confusion between the essential requirements of the Directive and other public
interests, such as public security or freedom of communication, which are beyond its scope.

2. There has also been some evidence suggesting that harmonised standards may sometimes be
too stringent. Market surveillance campaigns have shown that a proportion of unlicensed low
power devices appear to be non conformant with the harmonised standards (cf. § 2.5).
However, the recorded level of harmful interference does not seem to have been affected by
this.

3. The scope of the Directive needs to be reviewed. For instance, the radio and TV receivers
which are not able to transmit by radio or cable do not fall within the scope of the Directive,
while those which are able to transmit signals do.

... and so on.

Please watch this document and possibly intervene through your national MEPs if you find it necessary.

The document is enclosed in English.

vy 73 Thilo DL9KCE
EUROCOM Chairman

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Slovenska verzija:

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ ... tte_sl.pdf

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