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Commission Decision of 16 May 2007 on harmonised availability of information regarding spectrum use within the Community (notified under document number C(2007) 2085) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/344/EC)

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Article 1

The purpose of this Decision is to harmonise the availability of information on the use of radio spectrum in the Community through a common information point and by the harmonisation of the format and content of such information.

Article 2

Member States shall use the ERO Frequency Information System (EFIS) set up by the European Radiocommunications Office (ERO) as a common access point, in order to make comparable information regarding the use of spectrum in each Member State available to the public via the Internet.

Article 3

1.Member States shall provide to EFIS the following information regarding the use of radio spectrum on their territory:

(a)for each frequency band individually:

  • (a)Service Allocations as defined by the Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),

  • applications using the choice of terms available in EFIS,

  • Radio Interface Specifications according to the format in Annex I,

  • Individual Rights of Use in accordance with Annex II;

(b)for use of radio spectrum in general:

  • (b)national contact point capable of answering inquiries from the public related to finding national spectrum information not included in the European spectrum information portal as well as information on procedures and conditions applicable to any envisaged national assignment process for rights of use,

  • if available, national spectrum policy and strategy in the form of a report.

2.Member States shall update the information referred to in paragraph 1 at least once a year until 1 January 2010 and twice per year thereafter. This shall be executed either through manual entry of data via the Internet or through automatic uploading facilities using a specified format for data exchange.

Article 4

Member States shall inform the Commission if they consider that EFIS is no longer able to provide the technical capacity, integrity and reliability to justify its use as a common information point.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.

The provision of information on Individual Rights of Use shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2007.

For the Commission

Viviane Reding

Member of the Commission

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