ANNEX
‘ANNEX
Frequency bands with corresponding harmonised technical conditions and implementation deadlines for short-range devices
Table 1 defines the scope of different categories of short-range devices (defined in Article 2(3)) to which this Decision applies. Table 2 specifies different combinations of frequency band and category of short-range devices, and the harmonised technical conditions for spectrum access and implementation deadlines applicable thereto.
General technical conditions applicable to all bands and short-range devices that fall within the scope of this Decision:
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Member States shall allow adjacent frequency bands set out in Table 2 to be used as a single frequency band provided the specific conditions of each of these adjacent frequency bands are met.
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Member States shall allow the usage of spectrum up to the transmit power, field strength or power density set out in Table 2. Pursuant to Article 3(3), they may impose less restrictive conditions, that is to say allow the use of spectrum with higher transmit power, field strength or power density, provided it does not reduce or compromise the appropriate coexistence between short-range devices in bands harmonised by this Decision.
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Member States may only impose the additional parameters (channelling and/or channel access and occupation rules) set out in Table 2, and shall not add other parameters or spectrum access and mitigation requirements. Less restrictive conditions pursuant to Article 3(3), means that Member States may completely omit these additional parameters in a given cell or allow higher values, provided that the appropriate sharing environment in the harmonised band is not compromised.
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Member States may only impose the other usage restrictions set out in Table 2 and shall not add additional usage restrictions. Since less restrictive conditions may be applied pursuant to Article 3(3), Member States may omit one or all of these restrictions, provided that the appropriate sharing environment in the harmonised band is not compromised.
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Less restrictive conditions pursuant to Article 3(3) shall apply without prejudice to Directive 2014/53/EU.
For the purposes of this Annex, the following duty cycle definition applies:
“
duty cycle
” means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of Σ(Ton)/(Tobs) where Ton is the “on” time of a single transmitter device and Tobs is the observation period. Ton is measured in an observation frequency band (Fobs). Unless otherwise specified in this technical annex, Tobs is a continuous one hour period and Fobs is the applicable frequency band in this technical annex. Less restrictive conditions within the meaning of Article 3(3), mean that Member States may allow a higher value for “duty cycle”.
Table 1
Categories of short-range devices pursuant to Article 2(3) and their scope
Category of short-range devices
Scope
Non-specific short-range devices (SRD)
Covers all kinds of radio devices, regardless of the application or their purpose, which fulfil the technical conditions as specified for a given frequency band. Typical uses include telemetry, telecommand, alarms, data transmissions in general and other applications.
Active medical implant devices
Covers the radio part of active implantable medical devices that are intended to be fully or partially introduced, surgically or medically, into the human body or that of an animal, and where applicable their peripherals. Active implantable medical devices are defined in Council Directive 90/385/EEC ( 1 ) .
Assistive listening devices (ALD)
Covers radio communications systems that allow persons with hearing impairment to increase their listening capability. Typical system installations include one or more radio transmitters and one or more radio receivers.
Audio Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) devices
Covers radio devices used for transmission of analogue or digital audio signals between a limited number of transmitters and receivers, such as radio microphones, in-ear monitors or audio links, used mainly for the production of broadcast programmes or private or public social or cultural events.
Inductive devices
Covers radio devices that use magnetic fields with inductive loop systems for near field communications and determination applications. This typically includes devices for car immobilisation, animal identification, alarm systems, cable detection, waste management, personal identification, wireless voice links, access control, proximity and metal sensors, anti-theft systems as well as RF anti-theft induction systems, data transfer to hand-held devices, automatic article identification, wireless control systems and automatic road tolling.
Reliable alarm devices
Covers radio devices that use radio communication support for indicating an alert to a system or a person, as a main functionality, at a distant location when a problem or a specific situation occurs. Radio alarms include social alarms and alarms for security and safety.
Medical data acquisition devices
Covers the transmission of non-voice data to and from non-implantable medical devices in order to monitor, diagnose and treat patients in healthcare facilities or in their homes as prescribed by duly authorised healthcare professionals.
PMR446 devices
Covers hand portable equipment (without base station or repeater use) carried on a person or manually operated, which uses integral antennas only in order to maximise sharing and minimise interference. PMR 446 equipment operates in short-range peer-to-peer mode and shall not be used as a part of infrastructure network nor as a repeater.
Radio determination devices
Covers radio devices used for determining the position, velocity and/or other characteristics of an object, or for obtaining information relating to these parameters. Radio determination equipment typically conducts measurements to obtain such characteristics. Radio determination devices exclude any kind of point-to-point or point-to-multipoint radio communications.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices
Covers tag/interrogator based radio communications systems, consisting of (i) radio devices (tags) attached to animate or inanimate items; and (ii) transmitter/receiver units (interrogators) which activate the tags and receive data back. Typical applications include the tracking and identification of items, for instance for the purpose of electronic article surveillance (EAS), and collecting and transmitting data relating to the items to which tags are attached, which may be either battery-less, battery assisted or battery powered. The responses from a tag are validated by its interrogator and passed to its host system.
Transport and traffic telematics devices
Covers radio devices that are used in the fields of transport (road, rail, water or air, depending on the relevant technical restrictions), traffic management, navigation, mobility management and in intelligent transport systems (ITS). Typical applications include interfaces between different modes of transport, communication between vehicles (e.g. car to car), between vehicles and fixed locations (e.g. car to infrastructure) as well as communication from and to users.
Wideband data transmission devices
Covers radio devices that use wideband modulation techniques to access the spectrum. Typical uses include wireless access systems such as radio local area networks (WAS/RLAN) or wideband SRD in data networks.
Table 2
Frequency bands with corresponding harmonised technical conditions and implementation deadlines for short-range devices
Band No
Frequency band
Category of short-range devices
Transmit power limit / field strength limit / power density limit
Additional parameters (channelling and/or channel access and occupation rules)
Other usage restrictions
Implementation deadline
1
9 -59,750 kHz
Inductive devices
72 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
90
9 -148 kHz
Radio determination devices
46 dBμA/m at 10 metres at a reference of 100 Hz, outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.
Magnetic field strength descending 10 dB/decade above 100 Hz.
For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].
1 July 2022
2
9 -315 kHz
Active medical implant devices
30 dBμA/m at 10 metres
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %
1 July 2014
3
59,750 -60,250 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
4
60,250 -74,750 kHz
Inductive devices
72 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
5
74,750 -75,250 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
6
75,250 -77,250 kHz
Inductive devices
72 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
7
77,250 -77,750 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
8
77,750 -90 kHz
Inductive devices
72 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
9
90 -119 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
10
119 -128,6 kHz
Inductive devices
66 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
11
128,6 -129,6 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
12
129,6 -135 kHz
Inductive devices
66 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
13
135 -140 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
14
140 -148,5 kHz
Inductive devices
37,7 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
15
148,5 -5 000 kHz [1 ]
Inductive devices
– 15 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz.
Furthermore the total field strength is – 5 dΒμΑ/m at 10 metres for systems operating at bandwidths larger than 10 kHz.
1 July 2014
91
148 -5 000 kHz
Radio determination devices
– 15 dBμA/m at 10 metres outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.
For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].
1 July 2022
16
315 -600 kHz
Active medical implant devices
– 5 dB μA/m at 10 metres
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %
This set of usage conditions is only available for animal implant devices.
1 July 2025
17
400 -600 kHz
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices
– 8 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz. Furthermore, the total field strength is – 5 dBμA/m at 10 metres for systems operating at bandwidths larger than 10 kHz.
Bandwidth ≥ 30 kHz
1 July 2025
85
442,2 -450,0 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
7 dBμA/m at 10 metres
Channel spacing ≥ 150 Hz
This set of usage conditions is only available for person detection and collision avoidance devices.
1 January 2020
18
456,9 -457,1 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
7 dBμA/m at 10 metres
This set of usage conditions is only available for emergency detections of buried victims and valuable items devices.
1 July 2014
19
984 -7 484 kHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
9 dBμA/m at 10 metres
Duty cycle ≤ 1 %
This set of usage conditions is only available for Eurobalise transmissions in the presence of trains using the 27 090 -27 100 kHz band for telepowering pursuant to the conditions set for band 28.
1 July 2014
20
3 155 -3 400 kHz
Inductive devices
13,5 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
21
5 000 -30 000 kHz [2 ]
Inductive devices
– 20 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz.
Furthermore the total field strength is – 5 dΒμΑ/m at 10 metres for systems operating at bandwidths larger than 10 kHz.
1 July 2014
92
5 000 -30 000 kHz
Radio determination devices
– 5 dBμA/m at 10 metres outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.
For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].
1 July 2022
22
6 765 -6 795 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
23
7 300 -23 000 kHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
– 7 dBμA/m at 10 metres
Antenna requirements apply [8].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Eurobalise transmissions in the presence of trains using the 27 090 -27 100 kHz band for telepowering pursuant to the conditions set for band 28.
1 July 2014
24
7 400 -8 800 kHz
Inductive devices
9 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
25
10 200 -11 000 kHz
Inductive devices
9 dBμA/m at 10 metres
1 July 2014
26
12 500 -20 000 kHz
Active medical implant devices
– 7 dBμA/m at 10 metres in any bandwidth of 10 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %
This set of usage conditions is only available for indoor use by animal implant devices.
1 July 2025
27a
13 553 -13 567 kHz
Inductive devices
42 dBμA/m at 10 metres
Transmission mask and antenna requirements for all combined frequency segments apply [8], [9].
1 January 2020
27b
13 553 -13 567 kHz
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices
60 dBμA/m at 10 metres
Transmission mask and antenna requirements for all combined frequency segments apply [8], [9].
1 July 2014
27c
13 553 -13 567 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
1 July 2014
28
26 957 -27 283 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
1 July 2014
29
26 990 -27 000 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.
1 July 2014
30
27 040 -27 050 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.
1 July 2014
31
27 090 -27 100 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤: 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.
1 July 2014
32
27 140 -27 150 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.
1 July 2014
33
27 190 -27 200 kHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Model control devices [d] may operate without duty cycle restrictions.
1 July 2014
34
30 -37,5 MHz
Active medical implant devices
1 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %
This set of usage conditions is only available for ultra-low power medical membrane implants for blood pressure measurements.
1 July 2014
93
30 -130 MHz
Radio determination devices
– 36 dBm e.r.p. outside the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device.
For enclosed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications [j].
1 July 2022
35
40,66 -40,7 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
1 January 2018
36
87,5 -108 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
50 nW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz.
This set of usage conditions is only available for audio transmitters with analogue frequency modulation (FM).
1 July 2025
37a
169,4 -169,475 MHz
Assistive Listening Devices (ALD)
500 mW e.r.p.
1 July 2025
37c
169,4 -169,475 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
500 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 1,0 %
For metering devices [a], the duty cycle ≤ 10 %
1 July 2025
38
169,4 -169,4875 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
1 January 2020
39a
169,4875 -169,5875 MHz
Assistive Listening Devices (ALD)
500 mW e.r.p.
1 July 2025
39b
169,4875 -169,5875 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,001 %
Between 00:00h and 06:00h local time a duty cycle ≤ 0,1 % may be used.
1 January 2020
40
169,5875 -169,8125 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
1 January 2020
82
173,965 -216 MHz
Assistive Listening Devices (ALD)
10 mW e.r.p.
On a tuning range basis [5].
A threshold of 35 dBμV/m is required to ensure the protection of a DAB receiver located at 1,5 metres from the ALD device, subject to DAB signal strength measurements taken around the ALD operating site. The ALD device should operate under all circumstances at least 300 kHz away from the channel edge of an occupied DAB channel.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
1 July 2025
41
401 -402 MHz
Active medical implant devices
25 μW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 100 kHz
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle limit of 0,1 % applies.
This set of usage conditions is only available for systems specifically designed for the purpose of providing non-voice digital communications between active implantable medical devices and/or body-worn devices and other devices external to the human body used for transferring non-time-critical individual patient-related physiological information.
1 July 2025
42
402 -405 MHz
Active medical implant devices
25 μW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 300 kHz.
Other techniques to access spectrum or mitigate interference, including bandwidths greater than 300 kHz, can be used provided they ensure compatible operation with the other users and in particular with meteorological radiosondes [7].
1 July 2025
43
405 -406 MHz
Active medical implant devices
25 μW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 100 kHz
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle limit of 0,1 % applies.
This set of usage conditions is only available for systems specifically designed for the purpose of providing non-voice digital communications between active implantable medical devices and/or body-worn devices and other devices external to the human body used for transferring non-time-critical individual patient-related physiological information.
1 July 2025
86
430 -440 MHz
Medical data acquisition devices
– 50 dBm/100kHz e.r.p. power density but not exceeding a total power of – 40 dBm/10MHz (both limits are intended for measurement outside of the patient’s body)
The set of usage conditions is only available for Ultra-Low Power Wireless Medical Capsule Endoscopy (ULP-WMCE) applications [h].
1 January 2020
44a
433,05 -434,79 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
1 mW e.r.p.
1 July 2025
44b
433,05 -434,79 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %
1 January 2020
45c
434,04 -434,79 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 100 % subject to bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz.
1 July 2025
83
446,0 -446,2 MHz
PMR446
500 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
1 January 2018
94
821,5 -826 MHz
Audio PMSE devices
100 mW e.i.r.p. for body-worn devices
20 mW e.i.r.p. for other devices
1 July 2025
95
826 -832 MHz
Audio PMSE devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2025
87
862 -863 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
Bandwidth ≤ 350 kHz
1 January 2020
46a
863 -865 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 0,1 % applies.
1 January 2018
46b
863 -865 MHz
Audio PMSE devices
10 mW e.r.p.
This set of usage conditions is also available for personal cordless audio devices.
1 July 2025
84
863 -868 MHz
Wideband data transmission devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth > 600 kHz and ≤ 1 MHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 % for network access points [g]
Duty cycle ≤ 2,8% otherwise
This set of usage conditions is only available for wideband SRD in data networks [g].
1 January 2018
47
865 -868 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 1 % applies.
1 January 2020
47a
865 -868 MHz [6 ]
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices
Interrogator transmissions at 2 W e.r.p. only permitted within the channels centred at 865,7 MHz, 866,3 MHz, 866,9 MHz and 867,5 MHz
RFID interrogator devices placed on the market before the repeal date of EC Decision 2006/804/EC are “grandfathered”, i.e. they are continuously permitted to be used in line with the provisions set out in EC Decision 2006/804/EC before the repeal date.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz
1 January 2018
47b
865 -868 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
500 mW e.r.p.
Transmissions only permitted within the frequency ranges 865,6-865,8 MHz, 866,2-866,4 MHz, 866,8-867,0 MHz and 867,4-867,6 MHz,
Adaptive Power Control (APC) required. Alternatively other mitigation technique with at least an equivalent level of spectrum compatibility.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 200 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 % for network access points [g]
Duty cycle ≤ 2,5 % otherwise
This set of usage conditions is only available for data networks [g].
1 January 2018
48
868 -868,6 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 1 % applies.
1 January 2020
49
868,6 -868,7 MHz
Reliable alarm devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz. The whole frequency band may also be used as a single channel.
Duty cycle ≤ 1 %
1 July 2025
50
868,7 -869,2 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 0,1 % applies.
1 January 2020
51
869,2 -869,25 MHz
Reliable alarm devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Channel spacing: 25 kHz.
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
This set of usage conditions is only available for social alarm devices [b].
1 July 2014
52
869,25 -869,3 MHz
Reliable alarm devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 0,1 %
1 July 2025
53
869,3 -869,4 MHz
Reliable alarm devices
10 mW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 1 %
1 July 2025
54
869,4 -869,65 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
500 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 10 % applies.
1 January 2020
55
869,65 -869,7 MHz
Reliable alarm devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Bandwidth ≤ 25 kHz
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %
1 July 2025
56a
869,7 -870 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
5 mW e.r.p.
1 July 2025
56b
869,7 -870 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Alternatively, a duty cycle ≤ 1 % applies.
1 January 2020
96
1 785 -1 804,8 MHz
Audio PMSE devices
50 mW e.i.r.p. for body-worn devices or devices implementing Spectrum Scanning Procedure (SSP).
20 mW e.i.r.p. for other devices.
1 July 2025
57a
2 400 -2 483,5 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
57b
2 400 -2 483,5 MHz
Radio determination devices
25 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
57c
2 400 -2 483,5 MHz
Wideband data transmission devices
100 mW e.i.r.p. and 100 mW/100 kHz e.i.r.p. density applies when frequency hopping modulation is used.
10 mW/MHz e.i.r.p. density applies when other types of modulation are used.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
1 July 2014
58
2 446 -2 454 MHz
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices
500 mW e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
1 July 2014
59
2 483,5 -2 500 MHz
Active medical implant devices
10 mW e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 1 MHz. The whole frequency band may also be used dynamically as a single channel to maintain a communications session.
Duty cycle ≤ 10 % for peripherals.
Peripheral master units are for indoor use only.
1 July 2025
59a
2 483,5 -2 500 MHz
Medical data acquisition devices
1 mW e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 3 MHz.
Duty cycle ≤ 10 %.
The set of usage conditions is only available for medical body area network system (MBANS) [f] for indoor use within healthcare facilities.
1 January 2018
59b
2 483,5 -2 500 MHz
Medical data acquisition devices
10 mW e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Bandwidth ≤ 3 MHz.
Duty cycle ≤ 2 %.
The set of usage conditions is only available for medical body area network system (MBANS) [f] for indoor use within the patient’s home.
1 January 2018
60
4 500 -7 000 MHz
Radio determination devices
24 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].
1 July 2014
61
5 725 -5 875 MHz
Non-specific short-range devices
25 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
62
5 795 -5 815 MHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
2 W e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions applies only to road tolling applications and smart tachograph, weight and dimension applications [i].
1 January 2020
88
5 855 -5 865 MHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
33 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and a Transmit Power Control (TPC) able to reduce the total power from its maximum to 3 dBm e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle systems.
1 July 2025
89
5 865 -5 875 MHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
33 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and a Transmit Power Control (TPC) able to reduce the total power from its maximum to 3 dBm e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle systems.
1 July 2025
63
6 000 -8 500 MHz
Radio determination devices
7 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 33 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.
Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7], [8] [10].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.
1 July 2014
64
8 500 -10 600 MHz
Radio determination devices
30 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].
1 July 2014
65
17,1 -17,3 GHz
Radio determination devices
26 dBm e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based SAR systems [k].
1 July 2025
66
24,05 -24,075 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
67
24,05 -26,5 GHz
Radio determination devices
26 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 14 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.
Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7]. [8], [10]
This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.
1 July 2014
68
24,05 -27 GHz
Radio determination devices
43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].
1 July 2014
69a
24,075 -24,15 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based vehicle radars.
1 July 2014
69b
24,075 -24,15 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
0,1 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
70a
24,15 -24,25 GHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
70b
24,15 -24,25 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
74a
57 -64 GHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.i.r.p. and a maximum transmit power of 10 dBm
1 January 2020
74b
57 -64 GHz
Radio determination devices
43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].
1 July 2014
74c
57 -64 GHz
Radio determination devices
35 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 2 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.
Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7] [8], [10].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
1 July 2014
75
57 -71 GHz
Wideband data transmission devices
40 dBm e.i.r.p. and 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Fixed outdoor installations are excluded.
1 January 2020
75a
57 -71 GHz
Wideband data transmission devices
40 dBm e.i.r.p., 23 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and maximum transmit power of 27 dBm at the antenna port or ports
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
1 January 2020
75b
57 -71 GHz
Wideband data transmission devices
55 dBm e.i.r.p., 38 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. density and a transmit antenna gain ≥ 30 dBi
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for fixed outdoor installations.
1 January 2020
76
61 -61,5 GHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
77
63,72 -65,88 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
40 dBm e.i.r.p.
TTT devices placed on the market before the 1 January 2020 are “grandfathered”, i.e. they are permitted to use the previous frequency range 63-64 GHz, and otherwise the same conditions apply.
This set of usage conditions is only available to vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle systems.
1 January 2020
97
69,8 -79,9 GHz
Radio determination devices
7 dBm e.i.r.p.
This set of usage conditions is available for security scanners [l] operated indoors.
1 July 2025
78a
75 -85 GHz
Radio determination devices
34 dBm/50 MHz peak e.i.r.p. and – 3 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p.
Automatic power control and antenna requirements as well as requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7], [8], [10].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Level Probing Radar.
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.
1 July 2014
78b
75 -85 GHz
Radio determination devices
43 dBm e.i.r.p. [3]
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for Tank Level Probing Radar [c].
1 July 2014
79a
76 -77 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
55 dBm peak e.i.r.p. and 50 dBm mean e.i.r.p. and 23,5 dBm mean e.i.r.p. for pulse radars
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
Fixed transportation infrastructure radars have to be of a scanning nature in order to limit the illumination time and ensure a minimum silent time to achieve coexistence with automotive radar systems.
This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based vehicle and infrastructure systems.
1 June 2020
79b
76 -77 GHz
Transport and Traffic Telematics devices
30 dBm peak e.i.r.p. and
3 dBm/MHz average e.i.r.p. density
Duty cycle ≤ 56 %/s
This set of usage conditions is only available for obstacle detection systems for rotorcraft use [4].
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.
1 July 2025
98
76 -77 GHz
Radio determination devices
48 dBm mean e.i.r.p. and 18 dBm/MHz mean e.i.r.p. density
Requirements on techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference apply [7].
This set of usage conditions is only available for ground-based SAR systems [k].
Exclusion zones around radio astronomy sites shall apply.
1 July 2025
99
76,5 -80,5 GHz
Radio determination devices
19 dBm peak e.i.r.p.
At least 23 dB out-of-band attenuation relative to the maximum allowed peak e.i.r.p. is required.
This set of usage conditions is only available for security scanners [l] operated indoors.
1 July 2025
80a
122 -122,25 GHz
Non-specific short-range devices
10 dBm/250 MHz e.i.r.p. and
– 48 dBm/MHz at 30° elevation
1 January 2018
80b
122,25 -123 GHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 January 2018
81
244 -246 GHz
Non-specific short-range devices
100 mW e.i.r.p.
1 July 2014
Applications and devices referred to in Table 2:
[a]
“Metering devices” means radio devices that are part of bidirectional radio communications systems which allow remote monitoring, measuring and transmission of data in smart grid infrastructures, such as electricity, gas and water.
[b]
“Social alarm devices” means radio communications systems that allow reliable communication in a given area for a person in distress to initiate a call for assistance. Typical uses of social alarms are to assist elderly or disabled people.
[c]
“Tank Level Probing Radar” (TLPR) means a specific type of radiodetermination application, which is used for tank level measurements and is installed in metallic or reinforced concrete tanks, or similar structures made of material with comparable attenuation characteristics. The purpose of the tank is to contain a substance.
[d]
“Model control devices” means a specific kind of telecommand and telemetry radio equipment that is used to remotely control the movement of models (principally miniature representations of vehicles) in the air, on land or over or under the water surface.
[f]
Medical Body Area Network Systems (MBANSs) are used for medical data acquisition and are intended for low-power wireless networking of a plurality of body-worn sensors and/or actuators as well as of a hub device placed on/around the human body.
[g]
A network access point in a data network is a fixed terrestrial short-range device that acts as a connection point for the other short-range devices in the data network to service platforms located outside of that data network. The term data network refers to several short-range devices, including the network access point, as network components and to the wireless connections between them.
[h]
Wireless medical capsule endoscopy is used for medical data acquisition designed for use in medical doctor-patient scenarios with the aim of acquiring images of human digestive tract.
[i]
Smart tachograph, weight and dimension applications are defined as remote enforcement of the tachograph in Appendix 14 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 ( ) and for the weights and dimensions enforcement in Article 10d of Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( ) .
[j]
Enclosed NMR sensors are devices where the material/object under investigation is put inside the enclosure of the NMR device. NMR techniques use nuclear magnetic resonance excitation and magnetic field strength response of a material/object under test to get information about material properties based on resonance frequency responses of isotopes of atoms. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance tomography systems are not included in this scope.
[k]
Ground-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems are intended for deformation monitoring of terrain and natural or man-made structures, performed by interferometry radar.
[l]
Security scanners are a specific type of radio determination applications which are used to detect objects carried by a person or on a person’s body for security screening purposes without making any physical contact.
Other technical requirements and clarifications referred to in Table 2:
[1]
In band 20, higher field strengths and additional usage restrictions apply for inductive applications.
[2]
In bands 22, 24, 25, 27a, and 28, higher field strengths and additional usage restrictions apply for inductive applications.
[3]
The power limit applies inside a closed tank and corresponds to a spectral density of –41,3 dBm/MHz e.i.r.p. outside a 500 litre test tank.
[4]
Member States can specify exclusion zones or equivalent measures in which the obstacle detection application for rotorcraft use shall not be used for the protection of the radioastronomy service or other national use. Rotorcraft is defined as EASA CS-27 and CS-29 (resp. JAR-27 and JAR-29 for former certifications).
[5]
Devices shall implement the whole frequency range on a tuning range basis.
[6]
RFID tags respond at a very low power level (-20 dBm e.r.p.) in a frequency range around the RFID interrogator channels and shall comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU.
[7]
Techniques to access spectrum and mitigate interference that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant techniques are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these techniques shall be ensured.
[8]
Antenna requirements that provide an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.
[9]
Transmission mask that provides an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.
[10]
Automatic power control that provides an appropriate level of performance to comply with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU shall be used. If relevant restrictions are described in harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Directive 2014/53/EU, performance at least equivalent to these restrictions shall be ensured.
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( 1 ) Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices ( OJ L 189, 20.7.1990, p. 17 ).
( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components ( OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, p. 1 ).
( 3 ) Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic ( OJ L 115, 6.5.2015, p. 1 ).
