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90/543/EEC: Council Recommendation of 9 October 1990 on the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community

Official Journal L 310 , 09/11/1990 P. 0023 - 0027

COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 9 October 1990 on the coordinated introduction of Pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community (90/543/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,

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

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas, by Recommendation 84/549/EEC (4), the Council 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 paging services are a particularly efficient communications method for alerting and/or sending messages to people on the move;

Whereas the land-based public paging systems currently in use in the Community do not in general allow people on the move throughout the Community to reap the benefits of European-wide paging services and European-wide markets;

Whereas the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) has instructed the technical Committee (PS) to specify all system aspects of a more advanced public radio paging system code named European Radio Messaging System (ERMES);

Whereas the introduction of ERMES being specified by ETSI will provide a unique opportunity of establishing a truly pan-European paging service;

Whereas a coordinated policy for the introduction of a pan-European land-based public radio paging service will make it possible to establish a European market in mobile terminals (paging receivers) which will be capable of creating, by virtue of its size, service features and costs, the necessary development conditions to enable undertakings to maintain and improve their presence in world markets;

Whereas it is essential to ensure extensive use of frequency agile type receivers;

Whereas it is necessary to allow unrestricted access to radio paging services and free circulation of paging receivers throughout the Community;

Whereas in this context Community law and in particular the competition rules should be respected;

Whereas the implementation of Council Directive 86/361/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the initial stage of the mutual recognition of type approval for telecommunications terminal equipment (5) will make an important contribution towards this goal;

Whereas consideration should be given to Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (1) and to Council Decision 87/95/EEC of 22 December 1986 on standardization in the field of information technology and telecommunications (2);

Whereas it is appropriate to make use of the potential of the Community's financial instruments in order to promote the development of the telecommunications infrastructure in the Community;

Whereas consideration should be given to Council Recommendation 87/371/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (3) which points out that special attention should be paid to the urgent requirement of certain users for pan-European land-based communications and that the Commission will in the future submit other proposals in the field of mobile communications, including radio paging systems;

Whereas the public telecommunications administrations, the recognized private operating agencies and other authorized agencies offering public mobile...

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