Radiocommunications Apparatus Exemption

L.N. 18 of 2022

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) ACT

(CAP. 399)

Radiocommunications Apparatus Exemption

(Amendment) Order, 2022

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 34 and 47 of

the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act, the Minister

responsible for communications, after consultation with the Malta

Communications Authority, has made the following order:-

The title of this order is the Radiocommunications Citation.

Apparatus Exemption (Amendment) Order, 2022 and this order shall

be read and construed as one with the Radiocommunications S.L. 399.42.

Apparatus Exemption Order, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

order".

Article 2 of the principal order shall be amended as Amends article

2 of the

follows

principal order.

(a) immediately before the definition "Marine Equipment

Regulations" there shall be added the following new definitions

" "Commission Decision 2000/299/EC" means

Commission Decision of 6 April 2000 establishing the

initial classification of radio equipment and

telecommunications terminal equipment and associated

identifiers;

"ERC/DEC/(99)06" means the most recent version

of ERC Decision (99)06 on the harmonised introduction

of satellite personal communication systems operating in

the bands below 1 GHz (S-PCS<1GHz);";

(b) the definition "R&TTE Regulations" shall be

substituted by the following new definition

" "RED Regulations" means the Radio Equipment

Regulations;"; and

(c) immediately

after

the

definition

"R&TTE

Regulations" there shall be added the following new definition

" "Resolution 225" means Resolution 225 as

published in the most recent edition of the Radio

Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union

on the use of additional frequency bands for the satellite

component of IMT;".

In the first proviso to article 4 of the principal order, the

words "R&TTE Regulations" shall be substituted by the words "RED

Regulations".

The Annex to the to the principal order shall be substituted

by the following new Annex

"ANNEX TO THE RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS

EXEMPTION ORDER

(Article 4)

List of radiocommunications apparatus exempted from the

requirements of article 30 of the Electronic Communications

(Regulation) Act

Table 1 – Mobile terminals (terrestrial)

Operating Frequency

Mode of operation

band

703-733 MHz

FDD uplink

758-788 MHz

FDD downlink

791-821 MHz

FDD downlink

832-862 MHz

FDD uplink

880-915 MHz

FDD uplink / uplink only operation

925-960 MHz

FDD downlink / downlink only

operation

1427-1517 MHz

Downlink only operation

1710-1785 MHz

FDD uplink / uplink only operation

1805-1880 MHz

FDD downlink / downlink only

operation

1920-1980 MHz

FDD uplink / uplink only operation

2110-2170 MHz

FDD downlink / downlink only

operation

2500-2570 MHz

FDD uplink

2570-2620 MHz

TDD downlink only operation

2620-2690 MHz

FDD downlink

3400-3800 MHz

TDD

25-27.5 GHz

TDD

Table 2 – MSS terminals (space)

Operating Frequency

Mode of operation

Operational constraints

band

137-138 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

In accordance with ERC/

148-150.05 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

DEC/(99)06 for system

LEOTELCOM-1.

400.15-401 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

In accordance with ERC/

399.9-400.05 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

DEC/(99)06 for system

ARGOS

KINEIS

and

system MYRIOTA.

137.0250-137.1750 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

In accordance with ERC/

137.3275-137.3750 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

DEC/(99)06 for system

137.4725-137.5350 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

SWARM.

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

137.5850-137.6500 MHz

137.8125-138.0000 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

149.9000-149.9500 MHz

1525.0-1544.0 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

In accordance with the list

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

published by the European

1555.0-1559.0 MHz

1631.5-1634.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

Commission pursuant to

1656.5-1660.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

Article 1(3) of Commission

Decision 2000/299/EC for

equipment falling within the

scope of ‘Class 1’. Refer to

equipment sub-class 11.

1610-1613.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

In accordance with the list

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

published by the European

1613.8-1626.5 MHz

2483.5-2500 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

Commission pursuant to

Article 1(3) of Commission

Decision 2000/299/EC for

equipment falling within the

scope of ‘Class 1’. Refer to

equipment sub-class 14.

1980-2010 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

In accordance with the list

2170-2200 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

published by the European

Commission pursuant to

Article 1(3) of Commission

Decision 2000/299/EC for

equipment falling within the

scope of ‘Class 1’. Refer to

equipment sub-class 15.

1525.0-1544.0 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

In accordance with the list

1555.0-1559.0 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

published by the European

1626.5-1645.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

Commission pursuant to

Article 1(3) of Commission

1656.5-1660.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

Decision 2000/299/EC for

equipment falling within the

scope of ‘Class 1’. Refer to

equipment sub-class 16.

1518-1544 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

In

accordance

with

1545-1559 MHz

Downlink (space-to-Earth)

Resolution 225.

1610-1626.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

1646.5-1660.5 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

1670-1675 MHz

Uplink (Earth-to-space)

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