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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/320 of 12 December 2018 supplementing of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the application of the essential requirements referred to in Article 3(3)(g) of that Directive in order to ensure caller location in emergency communications from mobile devices| Legal instrument | delegated regulation |
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| Number legal act | Delegated regulation 2019/320 |
| CELEX number i | 32019R0320 |
| Document | 12-12-2018; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 25-02-2019; OJ L 55 p. 1-3 |
| Effect | 17-03-2019; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2 17-03-2022; Application See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
25.2.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 55/1 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2019/320
of 12 December 2018
supplementing of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the application of the essential requirements referred to in Article 3(3)(g) of that Directive in order to ensure caller location in emergency communications from mobile devices
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (1) and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
As stated in recital 14 of Directive 2014/53/EU, radio equipment can be instrumental in providing access to emergency services and should therefore in appropriate cases be designed to support the features required for access to those services. |
(2) |
The system established under the Galileo programme on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is a global navigation satellite system (‘GNSS’) fully owned and controlled by the Union which provides a highly accurate positioning service under civilian control. The Galileo system can be used in combination with other GNSS. |
(3) |
The Space Strategy for Europe (3), adopted in 2016 announces measures introducing the use of Galileo positioning and navigation services in mobile phones. |
(4) |
In its conclusions of 5 December 2017 (4), the Council supports the development of a strong downstream market for space-based applications and services, and underlines that adequate measures, including regulatory ones, where appropriate, should be taken to achieve the full compatibility of devices sold in the Union with the Galileo system and to encourage the uptake of Galileo-ready devices on the global market. |
(5) |
Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) provides for the deployment of the single European emergency call number (‘112’) throughout the Union and obliges Member States to ensure that undertakings providing end-users with an electronic communication service for originating calls to a number or numbers in the national numbering plan make caller location information available to authorities handling emergency calls to at least the single European emergency call number ‘112’. |
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Hand-held mobile telephones with advanced computing capabilities (‘mobile devices’) is the category of telecommunication radio equipment that is most used in the Union to make calls to the single European emergency call number ‘112’. |
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The level of accuracy regarding the location of the radio equipment accessing the emergency services plays a key role in ensuring that the required access to those services is effective. Currently, caller location in emergency communications from mobile devices is established using a cell-ID based on the coverage area of the serving cell-tower of the mobile device. The area of coverage of a cell tower varies from 100 metres to several kilometres. In certain cases, notably in mountains, cities and large buildings, this can lead to significant errors in positioning emergency callers. |
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A caller location identification based on a cell-ID complemented with the Wi-Fi and GNSS information allows for much more accurate caller location and permits faster and more efficient rescue efforts, as well as an optimisation of resources. |
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Caller-location solutions based on GNSS positioning have already been deployed in eight Member States and certain third... |
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