The CEPT Framework Presented by C' Pelmoine, EUROCONTROL

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The CEPT FrameworkPresented by C. Pelmoine,
EUROCONTROL
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WHAT IS CEPT?
Conference Européenne des Administration des
postes et des télécommunications European
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administrations
Europäische Konferenz der Verwaltungen für
Post und Telekommunikation

• Committee made up of members representing all of
  the Nation Telecommunication Administrations from
  each country within Europe
• Responsible for Policy making and Regulation

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WHY WE FOLLOW AND PARTICIPATE WITHIN CEPT ?

• Account for 45 votes at the ITU Committee when
  determining world Spectrum policy. (European
  Aviation can persuade and unite CEPT position
  within ITU)
• CEPT represents the mandatory / standards
  authorities for Telecommunication and Radio
  spectrum in Europe

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CEPT Background

• Established 1959 (originally 19 countries)
• CEPT is an independent organisation which
  cooperates with the European Union, the European
  Free Trade Association and other relevant
  intergovernmental organisations as well as with
  other organisations concerned with posts and
  electronic communications.
• Presidency passes from country to country
  annually, currently with Switzerland - Marc
  Furrer CEO OFCOM, responsibilities include
  chairmanship and secretariat
• The decision to admit new Members is taken by a
  two-thirds majority of the Members. (Each member
  country has 1 vote)

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Member Countries

• 45 Member countries
• (33 votes from EUROCONTROL member states)
• Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,
  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
• Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
  Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great
• Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
  Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
• Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands,
  Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
• Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia,
  Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The
• former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey,
  Ukraine, Vatican.

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CEPT Background continued.

• CEPT Assembly meets twice a year to endorse
  policy made in the subcommitees
• 1 vote per country at Assembly
• For decisions in Assembly to be taken 60 (or in
  some special cases-article 12, 66.6) of
  countries must be present to validate vote.
• Financial contributions based on different
  structure e.g. (25 share ( UK,France, Germany) 10
  share (Belgium), 5 share, 1 share basis (Armenia)

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CEPT Mandate (as refined at 1995 plenary in
Weimar)

• Establishing a European forum for discussions on
  sovereign and regulatory issues in the field of
  Post and Telecommunication issues
• Providing mutual assistance among members with
  regard to the settlement of sovereign/regulatory
  issues
• Exerting an influence on the goals and priorities
  in the field of European Post and
  Telecommunications through common positions
• Shaping, in the field of European Posts and
  Telecoms, those areas coming under its
  responsibilities
• Carrying out its activities at a pan-European
  level

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CEPT Mandate continued.

• Strengthening and fostering more intensively
  co-operation with Eastern and central European
  countries
• Promoting and facilitating relations between
  European regulators
• Influencing, through common positions,
  developments within ITU in accordance with
  European goals (at ITU CEPT block carries 44
  votes)
• Responding to new circumstances in a
  non-bureaucratic and cost-effective way and
  carrying out its activities in the time allocated
• Settling common problems at committee level,
  through close collaboration between its
  committees

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CEPT Mandate continued...

• Giving its activities more binding force, if
  required than in the past
• Creating a single Europe on posts and
  Telecommunication sectors
• Liaison with Asia-Pacific Telecommunications
  (APT) (MOU signed may 2000)
• Liaison with Arab Telecommunications Council of
  Ministers/League of Arab States (MoU signed Feb
  99)
• liaison with the African Telecommunications Union
  (MoU signed March 2002)
• liaison with American States (CITEL) (signed Oct
  2002)

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CEPT Structure and Sub committees (pre
September 01)
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CEPT Sub committee structure

• Each sub committee reporting into CEPT has own
  rules and elects own chairman
• Committees handle harmonisation activities within
  their own fields of responsibility and adopt
  recommendations and decisions
• Recommendations and decisions are prepared by
  their working groups and project teams

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New CEPT structure from 1/9/01 (as agreed at
Bergen Plenary)
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Reasons for restructure of Subcommittees

• To give CEPT more active role as a forum for
  strategic planning, decision-making and for
  preparing for conferences of the ITU
• Response to convergence in the telecommunication
  sector
• response to the EC policy on a single information
  society within Europe

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ECC (Electronic Communications Committee) Terms
of Reference

• Consider and develop policies on electronic
  communications activities, taking account of
  European and international legislation and
  regulations.)
• Develop European common positions and proposals,
  as appropriate, for use in the framework of
  international and regional bodies
• Forward plan and harmonise within Europe the
  efficient use of the radio spectrum, satellite
  orbits and numbering resources, so as to satisfy
  the requirements of users and industry

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Working Group FM (Frequency Management)

• - To develop strategies for the implementation of
  long term plans for the future use of the
  frequency spectrum
• -To harmonise national frequency allocation
  tables and to co-ordinate the use of the
  frequency bands
• -To respond to specific requests from the ERC on
  short term and medium term frequency allocation
  matters
• -To assemble, examine and circulate information
  concerning the methods of co-ordinating frequency
  assignments and harmonise relevant regulations
• - To select and apply appropriate criteria for
  sharing and compatibility between radio
  communications services and systems
• -To co-ordinate monitoring activities
• - To harmonise national regulations governing
  frequency management

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European Common Allocation Table (ECA)

• frequency range 9 kHz to 275 GHz, to be
  implemented by 2008.
• The table includes spectrum strategies for the
  current and future use of spectrum
• Aligned with military use, supported by the NATO
  Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA)
• used by CEPT Administrations as the basis for
  developing of National Frequency Allocation and
  Utilisation tables. The ERO has developed an
  on-line information system (ERO Frequency
  Information System EFIS) to provide easy access
  for industry and users to frequency utilisation
  information across ultimately all 45 CEPT
  countries in Europe. This system also contains
  documentation and hyperlinks related to the use
  of frequency spectrum.

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Working Group SE (Spectrum Engineering)

• Terms of Reference
• To study the compatibility problems between
  certain radio communications systems operating in
  adjacent bands. The Project Team should invite
  appropriate members of ETSI and the UIC etc. to
  participate in the work
• Project Teams
• SE21 Unwanted Emissions
• SE24/S Short Range Devices
• SE39 Compatibility for certain aeronautical and
  maritime services

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Working Group RA(Regulatory Affairs)

• Study regulatory, economical and administrative
  matters
• Study matters related to market surveillance
• Contribute to the efficient introduction of new
  radio systems and services
• Speed up the process of facilitating, simplifying
  and harmonising authorisation of spectrum use in
  and free circulation and use of equipment between
  CEPT countries
• Contribute to the efficient implementation of
  radio related EU legislation and policy

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Conference Preparation Group (CPG)

• Provide a forum within the CEPT to prepare
  European positions for ITU World Radio
  communication. Conferences (WRCs) and Radio
  communication Assemblies (RAs)
• Develop, as required, co-ordinated positions in
  order to assist CEPT Administrations
• Develop common positions in respect of ITU-R
  meetings, in particular the Conference
  Preparatory Meeting
• Develop European Common Proposals (ECPs) for the
  work of WRCs and RAs

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Working Group CPG continued...

• CPG has four Project Teams
• PT1-Regulatory/Procedural aspects
• PT2-
• PT3-WRC-07 agenda items 1.6,....
• PT4-WRC-07 agenda items

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

• WWW.CEPT.DK
• WWW.ERO.DK