Implementation status

ERC/DEC/(98)23

ERC/DEC/(98)23 of 23 November 1998 on Exemption from Individual Licensing of ERMES paging receivers

Implementation Summary
Yes 23
Yes Partly 0
Committed 3
Planned 0
Under study 0
See remarks 0
No 3
No info 17
Country Implementation Status Date (of update) Date (of activation) Remarks
Albania No info
Andorra No info
Austria Yes 01-09-2009 General Licenses Ordinance, published in Federal Law Gazette II Nr. 98/2001 (in accordance with EU Commission Decision of 6 April 2000, No. 2000/299/EC (Class 1)
Azerbaijan No info
Belgium Yes 01-09-2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina No info
Bulgaria No 01-09-2009 ERMES will not be developed and frequency resource for its commissioning is not provided respectively
Croatia Yes 01-09-2009
Cyprus Yes 01-09-2009 Adopted 30.04.04 by a Ministerial Order (P.I.355/2004). No further authorisation required for conformant transmitters/stations
Czech Republic Yes 01-09-2009 According to the Czech Electronic Communications Act No. 127/2005 Coll. any licencing of receivers is not required
Denmark Yes 01-09-2009 Receive-only equipments are exempted from individual licensing by Act (at present No 475 of 12 June 2009)
Estonia Yes 01-09-2009 Implemented through reference in the Telecommunications Act. The technical licence is required only for transmitting equipment
Finland Yes 01-09-2009 Implemented by the Radio Act 1015/2001. (It is by default not possible to require individual licences for receivers on the basis of the Radio Act.)
France Yes 01-09-2009 Terminal equipment is exempted from individual licence in accordance with the French telecommunications law. See http://www.art-telecom.fr
Georgia No info
Germany Yes 01-09-2009
Greece Yes 01-09-2009 By declaration
Hungary No info
Iceland Yes 01-09-2009 Telecommunications law nr 143/1996, art. 25
Ireland Yes 01-09-2009 Statutory Instrument 108 of 1999 refers
Italy Committed 01-09-2009
Latvia No 01-09-2009
Liechtenstein Yes 01-09-2009 The exemption from the individual licence requirement only applies under the condition and in the framework of a valid operators license for the Lichtenstein territory that includes the use of individual customers terminals
Lithuania Yes 01-09-2009 Implemented 1.1.1999, National Table of Frequency Allocations <br>Replaced by: ECC/DEC/(08)03
Luxembourg Yes 01-09-2009
Malta No info
Moldova No info
Monaco No info
Montenegro No info
Netherlands Yes 01-09-2009
North Macedonia Yes 01-09-2009
Norway Yes 01-09-2009 Implemented through national regulation
Poland No info
Portugal Yes 01-09-2009 National measures that have to be taken to implement the Decision: Press release containing the Decision itself (SPECTRU No. 16, April 2000)
Romania No info
San Marino No info
Serbia No info
Slovak Republic Committed 01-09-2009 According to the Telecommunications Act No.195/2000 Z.z. licencing of receivers is not required
Slovenia No 01-09-2009
Spain No info
Sweden Yes 01-09-2009 License for receivers not required
Switzerland Yes 01-09-2009 The exemption from the individual licence requirement only applies under the condition and in the framework of a valid operators license for the Swiss territory that includes the use of individual customer terminals; The implementation needs no special legal action as article 20 paragraph 1 letter g of the Decree of the Federal Council on Telecommunications Equipment and article 8 letter b of the Decree of the Federal Council on Frequency Management and Radio Licences, both dated October 6, 1997, already provide for the necessary legal framework. Designation of frequency bands according to the National Frequency Allocations Plan
Türkiye Committed 01-09-2009 Decision mentioned will be applied in consequence relevant modification on the items of Radio Law no: 2813 regarding fees and license issues
Ukraine No info
United Kingdom Yes 01-09-2009 Covered under the Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Receivers) (Exemption) Regulations 1989. Statutory Instrument No 123. Although this predates the 98/23 decision, they include all "receivers" and therefore ERMES
Vatican City No info