Council Directive of 25 June 1987 on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (87/372/EEC)

• Published date: 17 July 1987
• Official Gazette Publication: Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee, L 196, 17 luglio 1987,Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas, L 196, 17 de julio de 1987,Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 196, 17 juillet 1987

1987L0372 — EN — 09.11.2009 — 001.001

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►B COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25 June 1987 on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (87/372/EEC) (OJ L 196, 17.7.1987, p.85)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	DIRECTIVE 2009/114/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL Text with EEA relevance of 16 September 2009	L 274	25	20.10.2009

Corrected by:

►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 265, 16.9.1987, p. 15 (87/372)

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

of 25 June 1987

on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community

(87/372/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas recommendation 84/549/EEC (3) calls for the introduction of services on the basis of a common harmonized approach in the field of telecommunications;

Whereas the resources offered by modern telecommunications networks should be utilized to the full for the economic development of the Community;

Whereas mobile radio services are the only means of contacting users on the move and the most efficient means for those users to be connected to public telecommunications networks;

Whereas mobile communications depend on the allocation and availability of frequency bands in order to transmit and receive between fixed-base stations and mobile stations;

Whereas the frequencies and land-based mobile communications systems currently in use in the Community vary widely and do not allow all users on the move in vehicles, boats, trains, or on foot throughout the Community, including on inland or coastal waters, to reap the benefits of European-wide services and European-wide markets;

Whereas the change-over to the second generation cellular digital mobile communications system will provide a unique opportunity of establishing truly pan-European mobile communications;

Whereas the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has recommended that frequencies 890-915 ...