How can ETSI help

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The regulatory environment in the European Union
How can ETSI help?
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Directives regulations (equipment)
Radio Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
Directive (1999/5/EC)
Radio Spectrum Decision 676/2002/EC
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Directives regulations(networks and services)
Regulation (2887/2000) Unbundled access to the
local loop
Framework Directive (2002/21/EC)
Authorisation Directive (2002/20/EC)
Access Directive (2002/19/EC)
Universal Service Directive (2002/22/EC)
Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC)
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Directives regulations(sector-specific)
and many more.
Automotive EMC Directive (2004/104/EC)
Marine Equipment Directive (96/98/EC)
Single European Sky
Medical Devices
Electronic Fee Collection
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Directives regulations (safety)
Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EC)
Council Rec on limitation of EMF exposure to
General Public (1999/519/EC)
 Physical Agents Directive  (2004/40/EC)
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Directives regulations
How can ETSI help?
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What is ETSI?
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
European Standards Organisation (98/34/EC)
Association of Industry players
manufacturers, network operators, service
providers, administrations, users, industry
associations
with direct participation
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Directives regulations (equipment)
Radio Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
Directive (1999/5/EC)
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What does a manufacturer need to do?

• Meet the essential requirements
• health safety
• electromagnetic compatibility
• avoidance of harmful interference (radio
  equipment only)
• possibly others, if invoked by the Commission

Declare conformity
Carry out  essential radio test suites 
Meet national radio interface regulations
Inform member state (if using non-harmonised
radio spectrum)
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How can ETSI help (1/3)?
How do I meet essential requirements?
Are there any others?
Harmonised Standards
Harmonized Standards??
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Other essential requirements

• Access to emergency services (3.3e)
• Ships using inland waterways (EC Decision
  2000/637/EC)
• Marine distress safety equipment(EC Decision
  2004/71/EC)
• Marine Identification System (EC Decision
  2003/213/EC)

• Avalanche beacons (EC Decision 2001/148/EC)

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Harmonised Standards

• Where apparatus meets the relevant harmonised
  standards or parts thereof whose reference
  numbers have been published in the Official
  Journal of the European Communities, Member
  States shall presume compliance with those of the
  essential requirements referred to in Article 3
  as are covered by the said harmonised standards
  or parts thereof. Article 5.1

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Harmonised Standards

• European Standards (EN)
• Produced under a mandate from the European
  Commission
• And adopted by Member States (98/34 committee)
• Implement essential requirements of a  New
  Approach  Directive (e.g. RTTE, EMC)
• Adopted by National Standards Organisations
• Cited in the Official Journal of the European
  Union
• Member statesrequired to presume conformity

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Harmonised Standards
Identify  essential radio test suites 
necessary before placing on the market
Identify technical requirements necessary to meet
regulatory objective (essential requirements)
Mandate M/284
Standardise aspects not relevant to the
Directive separately
Only the part of the standard relevant to the
Directive is cited in the OJEU
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Harmonised Standards
MSG GSM DECT DECT TETRA TETRA
TM4 Fixed Radio Links
SES Satellite Earth Stations
ERM Land-mobile radio, Amateur Radio, Citizens
Band, RFID (ERM TG34)
ERM/MSG TFES IMT-2000
BRAN HIPERACCESS, 5 GHz RLAN
ERM 2,45 GHz RLAN
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Harmonised Standards
ERM Electromagnetic Compatibility, Meteorological
Aids, Avalanche Beacons, Ultra Wide Band (ERM
TG31a), Broadcast transmitters, professional
audio/video
ERM Marine radio, Short-range devices (ERM
TG28), Paging, Cordless telephones, Radar, Medical
Implants, Road Transport Traffic Telematics
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Harmonised Standards
Co-ordinated by OCG Steering Committee OCG_RTTED
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How can ETSI help (2/3)?
How do I meet national radio interface
regulations?
Harmonised Frequencies
working with CEPT
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Radio Spectrum Access
CEPT-ETSI MoU
ETSI
CEPT
HarmonisedStandard
Recommendation or Decision on spectrum allocation
National licence regimes plus interface
regulations
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CEPT - ETSI MoU
Overall ETSI view
ETSI
CEPT
ETSI Liaison Officer
Working Groups(adopting)
Decision on spectrum
ETSI Member
Project Teams(drafting)
Individualview
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Spectrum How do we get an ETSI view?
System ReferenceDocument

• Basic description of application
• Simple technical description
• Current ETSI standards
• Justified spectrum requirements
• Possible compatibility issues
• Market forecasts
• Traffic evaluation
• Economic/social benefit
• Market window
• Requested action from CEPT

Proforma EG 201 788
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Spectrum How do we get an ETSI view?
AffectedETSI TBs
System ReferenceDocument
Have all interested parties been consulted?
Is there consensus?
TC ERM
SRDoc to CEPT
Resolution by members of affected TBs
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Example 2W RFID working at UHF
ETSI
TR 101 445SRDoc
CEPT
EN 302 208Harmonised Standard
Proposed modification to annex 11 of CEPT/ECC/Rec
70-03
National licence regimes plus interface
regulations
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How can ETSI help (3/3)?
National frequency allocations
Harmonised Frequencies
What about legal certainty?
I want global markets!
working with the European Commission
Radio Spectrum Decision 676/2002/EC
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The problem
Manufacturer needs to know local frequency
regulations
Frequencies are managed on a national basis CEPT
Recommendations not enforceable at a European
level
Inform member state 4 weeks before marketing
equipment
Inform user of national restrictions on use
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The Radio Spectrum Decision
Radio Spectrum Policy Group
European Parliament, CEPT and ETSI as permanent
observers
Member states advise EC on spectrum requirements
to support EU policy initiatives
e.g. Broadband Access Road Safety Access for
people with disabilities
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The Radio Spectrum Decision
Radio Spectrum Committee
European Commission requests CEPT to provide
frequency allocations in support of EU policies
CEPT output codified into a Commission Decision
Legal certainty !
CEPT and ETSI are permanent observers
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The Radio Spectrum Decision
Spectrum Tables
Member States to notify National Frequency
regulations to the Commission
Comission to publish in a common format
National regulations to be transparent, even if
not harmonised
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The Radio Spectrum Decision
International Negotiations World Radio
Conference (WRC)
CEPT will continue to establish European Common
Positions
Commission to communicate with Parliament
Council for political support
Aim for global harmonisation where possible
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Example automotive short-range radar
Radio Spectrum Committee
Request (mandate) to CEPT on frequencies for UWB
vehicle radar at 24 GHz
CEPT/ECC Decision (04)10
Commission Decision 2005/50/EC (Jan 2005)
ETSI Harmonised Standard EN 302 288 (Jan 2005)
Legal certainty for placing on the market and use
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Directives regulations(networks and services)
Regulation (2887/2000) Unbundled access to the
local loop
Framework Directive (2002/21/EC)
Authorisation Directive (2002/20/EC)
Access Directive (2002/19/EC)
Universal Service Directive (2002/22/EC)
Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC)
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How can ETSI help?
List of Standards (article 17) to  encourage 
harmonisation
Framework Directive?
may be made compulsory for interoperability
(article 17) or access (Access Dir. Art 5.2)
OCG ECNS
SR 002 211
Mandate M/328 STF 254
COCOM subgroup reviewing results
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How can ETSI help?
Standards for interoperability of iDTV (article
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Interactive digital TV?
Mandate M/331
EBU/CENELEC/ETSI JTC Broadcast
STF 255
TR 102 282
Standards to follow
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How can I contribute?

• Membership of ETSI is open to any organisation
  with an interest in telecommunications (European
  or not)
• Harmonised Standards produced by Technical
  Committees of experts drawn from members
• Funded Specialist Task Forces to accelerate
  critical work
• Public Approval Process managed by National
  Standards Organisations

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Keeping up to date

• http//www.etsi.org/europe/public-interest
• http//portal.etsi.org
• RTTE
• Spectrum
• Others
• http//portal.etsi.org/ocg
• RTTE Steering Committee
• http//www.newapproach.org
• http//www.europa.eu.int