Directives

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The regulatory environment in the European Union
How can ETSI help?
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What do I have to do to meet European
Telecommunications regulations?
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Directives regulations (equipment)
Radio Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
(RTTE) Directive (1999/5/EC) (under revision)
Radio Spectrum Decision 676/2002/EC
ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive
2004/108/EC (updates 89/336/EEC)
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Directives regulations(networks and services)
Regulation (2000/2887) 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)
Amended by Directives 2009/136/EC and 2009/140/EC
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Directives regulations (safety)
Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC) (codification
of 73/23/EEC)
Council Recommendation on limitation of EM Field
exposure of General Public (1999/519/EC)
 Physical Agents Directive  protects workers
(2008/46/EC) (amends 2004/40/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 Interoperability Regulation
(552/2004)
Medical Devices
Electronic Fee Collection
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Directives regulations
Who can help?
Talk to ETSI!
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Recognised European Standards Organisation
(98/34/EC)
What is ETSI?
Association of stakeholders
manufacturers, network operators, service
providers, administrations, users, industry
associations
with direct participation
working by consensus
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Directives regulations (equipment)
e.g. Radio Telecommunications Terminal
Equipment, EMC, Safety
New Legislative Framework Replaces New
Approach EP/Council Decision 768/2008/EC EP/Counc
il Regulations 764/2008 765/2008
Essential requirements
Harmonized Standards
Conformity Assessment modules
Notified Bodies
Declaration of Conformity CE mark
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What does a manufacturer need to do?(RTTE
Directive)

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

Carry out  essential radio test suites 
Meet national radio interface regulations
Inform member state (if using non-harmonised
radio spectrum)
Declare conformity
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How can ETSI help (1/4)?
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
  2005/53/EC)

• COSPAS-SARSAT locator beacons (EC Decision
  2005/631/EC)
• Automatic Identification System (AIS)(EC
  Decision 2005/53/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. RTTED 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 states required 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 ( specific mandates)
Only the part of the standard relevant to the
Directive is cited in the OJEU
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Some Harmonised Standards...
MSG GSM DECT DECT TETRA TETRA
ATTM 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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Some more Harmonized 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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Co-ordinated in ETSI by OCG Steering Committee
OCG_RTTED
ETSI is a permanent observer in TCAM
Commission refers regulatory issues to TCAM
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But ??!!

• How can Administrations be sure that standards
  protect the spectrum adequately?
• Technical requirements are set by consensus of
  Administrations and Industry, in co-operation
  with CEPT
• What to do with non-compliant equipment?
• Effective market-surveillance is key
• Members States shall take steps to remove
  non-compliant equipment from the market
• But what is theres a mistake in the standard?
• Revisions can be initiated quickly
• Safeguards can be invoked in worst cases

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How can ETSI help (2/4)?
How do I meet national radio interface
regulations?
Harmonised Frequencies
working with CEPT
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Obtaining spectrum in Europe
Spectrum requirement
From ETSI members, EC etc
National licensing regimes
Creation of SRDoc
Creation of Decision /Recommendation
Creation of EC Decision
National frequency allocations
Spectrum allocation with legal certainty
ETSI Liaison Officer
ETSI Representative
Creation of candidate HS
Citation in Official Journal of the EC
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CEPT - ETSI MoU
Individualview
ETSI input (System Reference Document)
CEPT
Project Teams(draft)
ETSI Member
Overall ETSI view
Working Groups(decide)
ETSI Liaison Officer
Decision on spectrum
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Spectrum How do we get an ETSI input?
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

Guide 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
EN 302 208 HarmonisedStandard
SRDocTR 101 445
National licence regimes plus interface
regulations
CEPT
Modification to annex 11 of CEPT/ECC/Rec 70-03
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How can ETSI help (3/4)?
Frequency allocations are National
Harmonised Frequencies
What about legal certainty in EU?
working with the European Commission
Radio Spectrum Decision 676/2002/EC
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The problem
Frequencies are managed on a national basis CEPT
Recommendations not enforceable in European law
I need to know all National frequency regulations
and inform each member state 4 weeks before
marketing equipment
and inform user of national restrictions on use
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The Radio Spectrum Decision (676/2002/EC)
Radio Spectrum Committee (RSCOM)
CEPT and ETSI are permanent observers
European Commission requests CEPT to provide
frequency allocations in support of EU policies
CEPT output codified into a Commission Decision
Legal certainty !
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Example 5 GHz Radio LAN
Radio Spectrum Committee
Request (mandate) to CEPT on frequencies for
Radio LAN
CEPT/ECC Decision (04)08 in use of 5 GHz band for
Radio LAN
Commission Decision 2005/513/EC
ETSI Harmonized Standard EN 301 893 (BRAN)
Legal certainty for placing on the market and use
in EU/EFTA
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Harmonised Standards and Commission Spectrum
Decisions
ETSI
HarmonisedStandard
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Spectrum allocation with legal certainty
EC
Commission Decision
http//ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/eco
mm/radio_spectrum/documents/index_en.htm
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How can ETSI help (4/4)?
Spectrum is valuable!
European Global Spectrum Policy
My market is global!
What about spectrum policy?
working with the European Commission CEPT
Commission Radio Spectrum Policy Decision
2002/662/EC
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Radio Spectrum Policy Decision
Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG)
European Parliament, CEPT and ETSI are permanent
observers
Member states advise EC on spectrum requirements
to support EU policy initiatives
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Radio Spectrum Policy (example)
International Negotiations World Radio
Conference (WRC)
CEPT continue to establish European Common
Positions
Commission communicate with Parliament Council
for political support
RSPG opinion
Towards Global Spectrum harmonisation!
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Radio Spectrum Policy (more examples)

• Opinion on the Main themes of WRC-12 of interest
  for EU-Wide support
• Opinion on the Preparation of ITU World
  Radiocommunication Conferences
• Opinion on the Digital Dividend
• Opinion on Best practices regarding the use of
  spectrum by public sectors
• Opinion on Streamlining the Regulatory
  Environment
• Opinion on Collective Use of Spectrum
• Opinion on Collective Use of Spectrum

http//rspg.groups.eu.int/rspg_opinions/index_en.h
tm
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Directives regulations (networks and services)
Electronic Communications Framework (Amended by
Directives 2009/136/EC and 2009/140/EC)
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)
Regulation (2887/2000) Unbundled access to the
local loop
Regulation (1211/2009) Body of European
Regulators for Electronic Communications
http//ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/
ecomm/index_en.htm
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How can ETSI help?
List of Standards (article 17) as the basis for
voluntary harmonisation
Framework Directive?
ETSI asked to propose revision to list (mandate
M/358)
SR 002 211 (OCG ECNS)
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How can ETSI help?
Framework Directive?
Commission Decisions (article 17) encourage
harmonisation based on listed standards
Standards may be made compulsory for
interoperability or access
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How can ETSI help?
Standards for interoperability of iDTV (article
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Interactive digital TV?
ETSI requested to produce work programme
TR 102 282 (EBU/CENELEC/ETSI JTC Broadcast)
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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//portal.etsi.org
• http//www.etsi.org
• http//www.newapproach.org

RSPG michael.sharpe_at_etsi.org
TCAM igor.minaev_at_etsi.org
RSCOM marcello.pagnozzi_at_etsi.org
Any questions?