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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Having regard to Article 18 of the Frequency Decree;

HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:

Chapter 1. Definitions

Article 1

In this Regulation, the terms below shall be defined as follows:

a. Act:Telecommunications Act;

b. Minister:Minister for Transport, Public Works and Communications.

Chapter 2. Frequency space for which no licence is required

Section 1. Failure

Article 2

The user of frequency space for which no licence is required shall ensure that the use or the desired signal or the radio transmission appliance does not cause any failure or disturbance in other radio transmission appliances or other electrical or electronic appliances.

Section 2. Indication of categories of radio transmission appliances

Article 3

1. Categories of radio transmission appliances, referred to in Article 3.4, first paragraph, under a, of the Act, shall comprise:

a. peripheral equipment which is intended for connection to a public telecommunications network;

b. peripheral equipment which is intended for connection to a public satellite system, for the benefit or mobile communication, with the exception of emergency and security traffic;

c. peripheral equipment, being cordless telephones, which is intended for connection to a fixed, public telephone network, provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration;

d. radio transmission appliances for general radio communication in the 27

MHz frequency band (CB), provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration;

e. peripheral equipment which is intended for connection to a public telecommunications network for the purpose or determining locations;

f. mobile VHF/UHF radio transmission appliances for land-based mobile use which in actual fact, and pursuant to an agreement concluded for this purpose, form part of a closed network which, in turn, forms part of a radio network with dynamic frequency allocation, for the benefit or which a licence has been granted for the use or frequency space (trunking installation);

g. radio transmission appliances forming part of a digital radio network with dynamic frequency allocation, provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration;

h. mobile UHF radio transmission appliances, operating in the 446 MHz frequency band, intended for general use for the benefit of short-distance speech (PMR 446), provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration;

i. peripheral equipment, being satellite earth stations (SGS), provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration;

j. peripheral equipment for mobile communication via ionisation traces of meteors, provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration;

k. the categories of radio transmission appliances, referred to in Annexe 2, provided that the frequency bands and the ancillary user instructions, indicated in Annexe 1, are taken into consideration.

2. The list, referred to in the first paragraph, only comprises appliances which meet the provisions laid down by or pursuant to the Decree on peripheral equipment and radio appliances.

Chapter 3. Final provisions

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force as of the second day following its publication in the Official Gazette in which it is placed, and shall have a retro-active effect to 22 June 2002.

Article 5

This Regulation may be cited as:Regulation on the use of frequency space without a licence.

This Regulation, with its explanatory statement, shall be placed in the Official Gazette.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS,

drs. J.M. de Vries

Annexe 1 to Article 3, first paragraph, under c, d, g, h, i and j of the Regulation on the use or frequency space without a licence

Cordless telephones (Article 3, first paragraph, sub-section c)

Note:

1 ) After 31 December 2008, the frequencies under b and c will no longer be available for cordless telephony.

CB equipment (Article 3, first paragraph, sub-section d)

Equipment that forms part of a closed, digital network for the benefit of trunking (Article 3, first paragraph, under g)

If the radio transmission appliances form part of a digital radio network with dynamic frequency allocation for which a licence has been granted for the use of frequency space, it is permitted to make use of the following for direct [word missing from the source] between the radio transmission appliances:

PMR 446 equipment (Article 3, first paragraph, sub-section h)

Peripheral equipment, being satellite earth stations (SGS) (Article 3, first paragraph, under i)

Notes:

1 ) The peripheral equipment may only be used at a distance of at least 500 m outside the parameters of an airfield as referred to in the Aviation Act.

2 ) The maximum permitted output power of the peripheral equipment is 2 Watt.

Peripheral equipment for mobile communication via ionisation traces of meteors (Article 3, first paragraph, under j)

Notes:

1 ) a maximum transmission time of 100 milliseconds and a minimum waiting time of 10 seconds, with a total of 24 transmissions every 24 hours.

Annexe 2 to Article 3, first paragraph, under k, of the Regulation on the use of frequency space without a licence

Category 1

Radio transmission appliances intended for telemetry, telecommand, raising the alarm, data in general, and other similar applications

Notes:

1 ) The entire frequency band may also be used as 1 single channel for data transfer at a high transmission rate.

Category 2

Radio transmission appliances intended for railway-related applications (Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI))

Notes:

1 ) Transmissions may only take place in order to identify trains

2 ) 5 channels, each 1.5 MHz wide, in the 2446 - 2454 MHz band

Category 3

Radio transmission appliances intended for Local Area Networks, RLANs

Notes:

1 ) For ‘direct sequence spread spectrum’, the maximum power spectral density is limited to -20 dBW/1 MHz.For ‘frequency hopping spread spectrum’, the maximum power density is limited to -10 dBW/100 kHz.

2 ) Equipment that works in the 5470 - 5725 MHz band and/or in the 5250 - 5350 MHz band must be fitted with so-called ‘Transmitter Power Control’ and ‘Dynamic Frequency Selection’.

Transmitter Power Control means that the system must be able to reduce the average output power in the up- and downlink by 3 dB if the propagation path allows for this.

By applying Dynamic Frequency Selection, the equipment must be able to detect co-channel use by other services (e.g. radar systems) and to select and use a different frequency on that basis.When both the 5150 – 5350 MHz band and the 5470 – 5725 MHz band are used, the power must be spread over at least 330 MHz; if use is only made of the 5470 – 5725 MHz band, the power must be spread over 255 MHz.

3 ) This is the maximum average e.i.r.p. Average e.i.r.p. is defined as the e.i.r.p. average across a burst transmission at the transmission’s maximum output power.

Category 4

Radio transmission appliances intended for road haulage and traffic telematics

Notes:

1 ) Available for ‘vehicle to vehicle’ and ‘road to vehicle’ systems.

2 ) Available for vehicle radar systems.

3 ) The average power may not exceed 100 W (50 dBm) e.i.r.p. and the average power of a pulsating radar may not exceed 223 mW (23,5 dBm).

Category 5

Radio transmission appliances intended for movement detection and signalling

Category 6

Radio transmission appliances intended for raising the alarm

Raising the alarm for protection and security

Raising the alarm in social surroundings

Note:

1 ) The entire frequency band may also be used as 1 single channel for data transfer at a high transmission rate.

Category 7

Radio transmission appliances intended for active medical implants with an extremely low power

Note:

1 ) Individual transmission devices can combine adjoining channels in order to obtain an increased band width up to a maximum of 300 kHz.

Category 8

Radio transmission appliances intended for cordless audio transfer

Category 9

Radio transmission appliances intended for call systems

Category 10

Radio transmission appliances intended for low-power, cordless audio connections

Notes:

1 ) With regard to this frequency band, a maximum channel width of 50 kHz applies.

2 ) Frequency Modulation (FM) or a comparable modulation technique with a constant carrier wave, such as Gaussian Filtered Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK) or Generalized Tamed Frequency Modulation (GTFM).

Microphones for those in need

Category 11

Radio transmission appliances intended for model control

Note:

1 ) The use of this frequency band is exclusively reserved for the control of model aircraft.

Category 12

Radio transmission appliances intended for inductive systems

Notes:

1 ) From 30 kHz with a decrease of 3 dB/octave

2 ) In the case of an external aerial, this should be of the loop coil type.

3 ) If a loop coil aerial is used with a surface area of between 0.05 m2 and 0.16 m2, the field intensity must be reduced by 10log (surface area of aerial/0.16 m2); For loop coil aerials with a surface area of less than 0.05 m2, the field intensity must be reduced by 10 dB.

The maximum permitted H – field in the 9 - 135 kHz frequency band is depicted in Figure 1.

Figure 1: 9-135 kHz, magnetic field limits at 10 m measuring distance

Category 13

Radio transmission appliances intended for identification applications (RFID)

Notes:

1 ) The aerial has a horizontal opening angle of less than, or equal to, 45 degrees and has a side-lobe suppression of 15 dB minimum.

2 ) Only internally. The field intensity at a distance of 10 m from a building may not exceed the field intensity which would be produced by a transmission appliance with 500 mW e.i.r.p. mounted on the building outside and also measured at a distance of 10 m. If the building comprises several premises, such as, for example, a shopping complex, the reference field intensity is determined outside of the user’s premises.

3 ) The use of Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) techniques is compulsory.

4 ) The appliance must be fitted with ‘automatic power control’ such that in the case of mobile use, or if the appliance is used outside, the power is automatically lowered to 500 mW e.i.r.p..(see Harmonised Standard and 300 440).

5 ) measured over a period of 200 ms (30 ms on / 170 ms off).

APPENDIX TO ANNEXES 1 AND 2

Comments to the tables

Power

• e.r.p. (Effective Radiated Power) is the effective radiated power of the transmission unit compared to half a wave dipole.
• e.i.r.p. (Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power) is the effective radiated power of the transmission unit compared to an isotropic radiation device.

Channel grid

• If a channel grid is used within a frequency band, the first channel will adjoin the lowest specified frequency.The central frequency of the first radio channel is located half a grid channel higher in frequency.
• The width of the channel equals the value stipulated for the channel grid.

Channel width

• The maximum channel width is specified, smaller channel widths are therefore permitted
• Within the frequency band specified, the user himself may determine the working frequencies, taking into account the selected channel width.

Duty cycle

The duty cycle is defined as the relation, expressed in percentage points, between the maximum transmission time on 1 or more frequencies relative to a one-hour period.

If no duty cycle is specified, any duty cycle is possible.

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[1]Stands for Effective Radiated Power – Trans.

[2]Stands for Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power – Trans.