Clarification of transitional arrangements
Clarification of transitional arrangements concerning harmonised standards of the current type approval regime.
Introduction
Article 18.1 of Directive 1999/5/EC foresees that the technical specifications laid down in Common Technical Regulations (CTRs) adopted under Directive 98/13/EC 
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Comparison of requirements in CTRs under 98/13/EC and 1999/5/EC
Article 3.1 requirements don't appear in CTRs as they relate either to the requirements of the LVD and EMC Directives or, e.g. where equipment is outside the scope of these Directives are covered by the requirements of article 5(a) and 5(b) of Directive 98/13/EC.
The requirement contained in article 3.2 of Directive 1999/5/EC 
is a proper subset of requirement 5(e) of Directive 98/13/EC.
There aren't any technical requirements in CTRs, which relate to Article 5(c). The EMC Directive properly covers all EMC phenomena.
Article 3.1 and 3.2 of the Directive do not cover requirements of articles 5(d), 5(f) and 5(g).
Only for equipment, for which it has been identified that 1 or more of the requirements of article 3.3 has to apply would there be requirements in existing CTRs, giving presumption to requirements of the new Directive. For the time being application of article 3.3 is however not envisaged for equipment, which currently is covered by CTRs.
Superfluous CTRs
Where a CTR only covers requirements from articles 5(d), 5(f) and/or 5(g) of Directive 98/13/EC or where a CTR covers receive-only requirements, all the requirements will have become voluntary requirements under the R&TTE Directive. It therefore is not further necessary to consider publication of the underlying harmonised standards under Directive 1999/5/EC.
This situation occurs for a large number of CTRs, notably those which either:
Cover attachment requirements to fixed networks;
Which cover voice quality and other pure interworking requirements.
The following table lists these CTRs:
|
CTR Reference |
Decision Ref. |
Adoption date |
Description |
|
CTR001 |
97/544/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
X.21 |
|
CTR002 (Ed2) |
97/545/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
X.25 |
|
CTR003 (Am1) |
98/515/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
ISDN Basic Rate Access |
|
CTR004 (Am1) |
98/520/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
ISDN Primary Rate Access |
|
CTR007 (Ed1) |
95/290/EC |
18-Jul-95 |
ERMES |
|
CTR007 (Ed2) |
98/522/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
ERMES |
|
CTR008 |
95/526/EC |
29-Nov-95 |
ISDN Telephony |
|
CTR008 (Ed2) |
1999/304/EC |
12-Apr-99 |
ISDN Telephony |
|
CTR010 (Ed2) |
97/524/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
DECT Telephony |
|
CTR011 |
95/525/EC |
29-Nov-95 |
DECT Public Access Profile |
|
CTR012 (Am1) |
97/520/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
ONP 2048 kbit/s unstructured leased lines |
|
CTR013 |
97/521/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
ONP 2048 kbit/s structured leased lines |
|
CTR014 (Am1) |
97/522/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
ONP 64 kbit/s digital unstructured leased line |
|
CTR015 |
97/486/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
ONP two-wire analogue leased lines |
|
CTR017 |
97/487/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
ONP four-wire analogue leased lines |
|
CTR020 (Ed2) |
98/542/EC |
4-Sep-98 |
GSM Phase II Telephony |
|
CTR021 |
98/482/EC |
20-Jul-98 |
PSTN non-voice access |
|
CTR022 |
97/525/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
DECT generic access profile |
|
CTR024 |
97/639/EC |
20-Sep-97 |
34 Mbit/s digital structured and unstructured leased lines |
|
CTR025 |
97/751/EC |
1-Nov-97 |
140 Mbit/s digital structured and unstructured leased lines |
|
CTR032 (Ed2) |
98/543/EC |
4-Sep-98 |
DCS1800 Telephony |
|
CTR033 |
98/521/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
ISDN basic access packet mode |
|
CTR034 |
98/518/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
ISDN primary rate packet mode |
|
I-CTR037 |
1999/303/EC |
12-Apr-99 |
PSTN Voice access |
|
CTR038 |
98/576/EC |
16-Sep-98 |
PSTN Voice |
|
CTR039 |
DECT/GSM interworking (still under discussion) |
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|
CTR040 |
DECT/ISDN interworking |
CTRs, to be published as harmonised standards under 1999/5/EC
The underlying standards of following CTRs need to be referenced in the Official Journal as giving presumption of conformity with the requirements of the new Directive:
|
CTR Reference |
Decision Ref. |
Adoption date |
Description |
Standard reference |
|
CTR006 (Ed2) |
97/523/EC |
10-Jul-97 |
DECT Access |
TBR 6 (Ed.2) |
|
CTR019 (Ed2) |
98/574/EC |
16-Sep-98 |
GSM Phase II Access |
TBR 19 (Ed.3) |
|
CTR023 |
98/535/EC |
3-Sep-98 |
TFTS |
TBR 23 |
|
CTR026 |
98/578/EC |
16-Sep-98 |
LMES in 1,5/1,6 GHz bands |
TBR 26 |
|
CTR027 |
98/516/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
Land Mobile Earth Stations Ku-band |
TBR 27 |
|
CTR028 |
98/519/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
VSAT Ku-band |
TBR 28 |
|
CTR030 |
98/517/EC |
24-Apr-98 |
Satellite News Gathering Ku-band |
TBR 30 |
|
CTR035 |
1999//EC |
30-Sep-99 |
TETRA Emergency |
TBR 35 |
|
CTR039 |
DECT/GSM interworking |
TBR 39 (still under discussion) |
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|
CTR041 |
98/533/EC |
3-Sep-98 |
S-PCN 1.6/2.4 GHz |
TBR 41 |
|
CTR042 |
98/534/EC |
3-Sep-98 |
S-PCN 1.9/2.1 GHz |
TBR 42 |
|
CTR043 |
98/577/EC |
16-Sep-98 |
VSAT C-band |
TBR 43 |
|
CTR044 |
98/734/EC |
30-Nov-98 |
low data rate LMES in 1.5/1.6 GHz band |
TBR 44 |
|
GSM HSCSD |
1999//EC |
7-Jul-99 |
GSM High Speed Circuit Switched Data |
EN 301 419-2 |
From the above list it should be noted, that a further edition of TBR 6 has been adopted. The Commission Services don't intend to adopt a further CTR, based on this TBR and expect the TBR to be directly notified as a harmonised standard under Directive 1999/5/EC by ETSI before the next TCAM meeting.
Conclusion
The Commission Services will publish the list of harmonised standards under the current regime on 7 April 2000. If harmonised standards are notified to the Commission before that date, they will replace the TBR in the list.
Since a number of the above standards contain provisions deselecting parts of TBRs, which cover requirements not relating to essential requirements under the old Directive, the same requirements will be deselected in the list. This applies to TBR19, TBR31 and TBR35.
