Implementing decision 2011/251 - 2011/251/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 April 2011 amending Decision 2009/766/EC on the harmonisation of the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands for terrestrial systems capable of providing pan-European electronic communications services in the EC (notified under document C(2011) 2633)

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. DECISIONS
  6. Sources and disclaimer
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1.

Current status

This implementing decision was in effect until February  8, 2022 and should have been implemented in national regulation on April 19, 2011 at the latest.

2.

Key information

official title

2011/251/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 April 2011 amending Decision 2009/766/EC on the harmonisation of the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands for terrestrial systems capable of providing pan-European electronic communications services in the Community (notified under document C(2011) 2633) Text with EEA relevance
 
Legal instrument implementing decision
Number legal act Implementing decision 2011/251
CELEX number i 32011D0251

3.

Key dates

Document 18-04-2011
Publication in Official Journal 27-04-2011; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 039,OJ L 106, 27.4.2011
Effect 19-04-2011; Takes effect Date notif.
End of validity 08-02-2022; Implicitly repealed by 32022D0173 {repealing.act.provisional.date.notification.disclaimer|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_365/repealing.act.provisional.date.notification.disclaimer}
Notification 19-04-2011

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Legislative text

27.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 106/9

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 18 April 2011

amending Decision 2009/766/EC on the harmonisation of the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz frequency bands for terrestrial systems capable of providing pan-European electronic communications services

in the Community

(notified under document C(2011) 2633)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2011/251/EU)

 

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) ('), and in particular

Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

  • (1) 
    Commission Decision 2009/766/EC (1)    aims to

harmonise the technical conditions for the availability and efficient use of the 900 MHz band, in accordance with Council Directive 87/372/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (2), and of the 1 800 MHz band for terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communications services.

  • (2) 
    The efficient use of the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz bands has been kept under review by the Member States with a view to covering additional technologies while ensuring technical compatibility with the GSM system and the UMTS system as defined in Directive 87/372/EEC by appropriate means.
  • (3) 
    On 15 June 2009 the Commission gave a mandate to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (‘the CEPT’) pursuant to Article 4(2) of Decision No 676/2002/EC to define the technical conditions for allowing LTE and possibly other technologies into the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz bands.
  • (4) 
    CEPT’s response to the mandate is set out in CEPT Reports 40 and 41. Those Reports concluded that the LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) systems can be introduced in the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz bands using appropriate values for the separation between the channel edges of the respective carriers.
  • (5) 
    As regards coexistence between UMTS, LTE and WiMAX and aeronautical systems above 960 MHz, CEPT Reports 41 and 42 provide information and recommendations on how to mitigate interference.
  • (6) 
    The results of the work carried out pursuant to the mandate issued to CEPT should be applied in the Union and Member States should be required to implement as soon as possible given the increasing market demand for the introduction of LTE and WiMAX in these bands. In addition, Member States should ensure that UMTS, LTE and WiMAX give appropriate protection to existing systems in adjacent bands.
  • (7) 
    Harmonised standards EN 301908-21 and EN 30190822 are being finalised by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in order to give presumption of conformity with Article 3(2) of Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (4).
  • (8) 
    The Annex to Decision 2009/766/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
  • (9) 
    The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2009/766/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

  • (4) 
    OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 April 2011.

For the Commission Neelie KROES Vice-President

ANNEX

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LIST OF TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 AND ARTICLE 4(2)

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