Regulatory Framework in Europe

1
Regulatory Framework in Europe

• Titus Spoelstra
• Wim van Driel
• CRAF
• URL www.astron.nl/craf

2
Counter for issues

• Administrations of sovereign states are the
  bodies mandated for frequency management and
  executing regulation of spectrum use.
• Administrations act autonomous or in coordination
  with other Administrations at regional or global
  scale

3
FM problem space
4
Global Regulatory Frame

• Global Organization (in UN family)
• International Telecommunication Union ITU
• Radio Regulations International Treaty
• Updated in World Radiocommunication Conferences
  WRCs

5
ITU Regions
 
 
6
Regional Regulatory Frame

• Per ITU Region (CEPT, CITEL, APT, )
• Regulation within ITU Radio Regulations framework

7
European players

• Administrations
• CEPT - Conference of European Posts and
  Telecommunications Administrations
• EC - European Commission
• Standardization Institutes
• Other interested parties

8
Administration

• any governmental department or service
  responsible for discharging the obligations
  undertaken in the Constitution of the
  International Telecommunication Union, in the
  Convention of the International Telecommunication
  Union and in the Administrative Regulations (ITU
  Constitution Annex 1002).

9
Tasks of Administration

• Regulated by national telecom-law
• Application of national frequency policy
• Enforcement of regulations
• Protection of interests of private and public
  users of radio frequencies

10
CEPT - Conference of European Posts and
Telecommunications Administrations

• Established in 1959
• pan-European body of policy-makers and
  regulators
• radiocommunication, telecommunication, post
• 44 member countries (2002)
• Membership Administrations, regional
  organizations

11
(No Transcript)
12
Role of CEPT

• European policy on electronic communications
  activities in a European context, taking account
  of European and international legislation and
  regulations
• develop European common positions and proposals
  for use in the framework of international and
  regional bodies
• plan and harmonise the efficient use of the radio
  spectrum, satellite orbit, and numbering
  resources in Europe, so as to satisfy the
  requirements of European users and industry
• approve Decisions and other deliverables
• implement the strategic decisions of the CEPT
  Assembly
• seek guidance from the CEPT Assembly as and when
  necessary, and propose issues for consideration
  by the Assembly
• the ECC should also establish contacts with
  equivalent organisations outside Europe.

13
Regional Regulations in Europe

• European Common Allocation Table (CEPT
  harmonization over Europe)
• Decisions, Recommendations and Reports (CEPT)
• Regulatory Directives (EC)
• Standards (ETSI, CENELEC)

14
European Union
15
European Commission

• Driving force in the Union's institutional
  system
• draft legislation and presents legislative
  proposals to Parliament and the Council
• implementing the European legislation
  (directives, regulations, decisions), budget and
  programmes adopted by Parliament and the Council
  
• represents the Union on the international stage
  and negotiates international agreements, chiefly
  in the field of trade and cooperation.
• enforce Community law (jointly with the Court of
  Justice)

16
European Commission - 2

• The "Commission" is a political body.
• It is assisted by an administration comprising
  general services (Secretariat-General, Legal
  Service, Eurostat, etc.)
• and the Directorates-General (DGs), each of which
  is headed by a Director-General answerable to the
  relevant Commissioner.

17
Relation CEPT - EC

• CEPT voluntary cooperation between
  Administrations
• EC treaty based cooperation
• MoU CEPT-EC on frequency regulatory issues
  mandate delegated to CEPT
• Result different legal status of products
• - CEPT binding for Administrations that
  adopted CEPT Decisions and Recommendations
• - EC binding regulation for whole EU

18
Standardization Institutes

• ETSI European Telecommunications Standards
  Institute (radiocommunication matters)
• CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical
  Standardisation (EMC matters)
• CEN - European Committee for Standardisation

19
ETSI

• Created by CEPT in 1988
• Facilitate the integration of the
  telecommunications infrastructure
• Assure the proper inter-working of future
  telecommunications services
• Achieve the compatibility of terminal equipment,
• Create new pan-European telecommunications
  networks

20
ETSI - 2

• Membership
• - Administrations, Administrative Bodies and
  National Standards Organisations,
• - Public Network Operators,
• - Manufacturers,
• - Users,
• - Private Service Providers, Research Bodies,
  Consultancy Companies/Partnerships and others.

21
CENELEC

• Activities similar to ETSI but primarily on
  issues of Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMC

22
Role of standardization institutes

• Development of standards
• - note standard is voluntary agreement or
  tool to facilitate industry. It is not legally
  binding.

23
Relation of ETSI/CENELEC with CEPT

• Work on standard development after CEPT has
  approved the frequency selection when relevant.
• Draft system reference documents and draft
  standards need approval of CEPT before official
  publication

24
Other interested parties

• CRAF Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies
• EBU European Broadcasting Union
• ESA European Space Agency
• IARU International Radio Amateur Union
• NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

25
Role of other parties in CEPT

• When having formal observer status
• Participation in work of CEPT European issues,
  development of European positions (for e.g.
  WRCs) strongly favored by CEPT
• Meetings open for CEPT ECC participation

26
Role of other parties in EC

• Parties representing industrial interest are well
  served by/in EC
• Formally science services and space service
  receive attention but in practice have no
  reception in EC

27
Role of other parties in ETSI and CENELEC

• Active participation by parties representing
  industry
• No participation by parties from science services
  (membership too expensive)

28
Some current issues (2002)

• Preparation WRC-03
• Ultra-Wideband (UWB)/Short Range Radar
• Power Line Communication
• Broadcasting re-planning (T-DAB/S-DAB)
• UMTS/IMT2000 developments
• European Common Allocation Table (ECA)

29
Concluding remarks

• In Europe, frequency regulation is managed by
  CEPT (under MoU with EC)
• CEPT guidelines provide national Administrations
  with instruments for harmonized European
  frequency management
• CRAF participates actively in this process
  (collaboration/communication with national
  Administrations and at CEPT level)

30
ESF Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies

• Wim van Driel chairman
• Titus Spoelstra frequency manager
• E-mail spoelstra_at_astron.nl
• URL www.astron.nl/craf

31
CRAF in Europe

• started in 1987
• expert committee of European Science Foundation
  in 1988
• in 2002 17 member countries, 3
  organisations (EISCAT, ESA, IRAM)

32
European radio astronomy

• CRAF member countries 17
• (not participating Greece, Ukraine)
• 40 radio observatories
• frequency range 13 MHz - 275 GHz
• ( whole ITU allocation range)
• European VLBI network
• Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe

33
Relation with the Conference of European Post and
Telecommunication Administrations, CEPT

• observer status in CEPT
• participation in CEPT work at various levels

34
Participation in CEPT work

• ECC Working Group FM
• ECC Working Group SE
• various FM and SE project teams
• development of CEPT WRC positions
• via CEPT communicate with other organizations
  (e.g. NATO, IARU)

35
Relation with European Commission

• Incidentally only CEPT handles frequency
  management issues in Europe

36
Relation with European Telecommunication
Standards Institute, ETSI

• In consultation processes

37
Relation with Administrations

• support radio astronomy at a
• national level

38
CRAF publications

• CRAF Handbooks for
• - Radio Astronomy (1997)
• - Frequency Management (2002)
• CRAF Newsletter (2-4 per year)
• All can be downloaded from the
• CRAF website www.astron.nl/craf

39
CRAF - global

• Collaboration/coordination with IUCAF
• Liaison with CORF
• ITU-R sector member