Preamble
The delegates of the following Members of the International Telecommunication Union:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Federal Republic of Germany, People's Republic
of Angola, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Austria, State of Bahrain, Belgium, People's Republic
of Benin, People's Republic of Bulgaria, Republic of Cameroon, Republic of Cyprus,
Republic of the Ivory Coast, Denmark, Arab Republic of Egypt, Spain, Finland, France,
Ghana, Greece, Republic of Guinea, Hungarian People's Republic, Republic of Iraq,
Ireland, State of Israel, Italy. Republic of Kenya, State of Kuwait, Socialist People's
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Democratic Republic of Madagascar, Republic of Malta, Kingdom
of Morocco, Monaco, Norway, Sultanate of Oman, Kingdom of the Netherlands, People's
Republic of Poland, Portugal, State of Qatar, German Democratic Republic, Socialist
Republic of Romania, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden,
Confederation of Switzerland, Republic of Chad, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Tunisia,
Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
meeting in Geneva for a Regional Administrative Radio Conference convened under the
terms of Article 7 of the International Telecommunication Convention, Nairobi, 1982,
have adopted subject to the approval of the competent authorities of their respective
countries the following provisions relating to the maritime mobile service and the
aeronautical radionavigation (radiobeacon) service in Region 1.
Article 1
Definitions
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings defined
below:
1.1 Union: The International Telecommunication Union;
1.2 Secretary-General: The Secretary-General of the Union;
1.3 IFRB: The International Frequency Registration Board (also referred to as the
Board);
1.4 CCIR: The International Radio Consultative Committee;
1.5 ICAO: The International Civil Aviation Organization;
1.6 Convention: The International Telecommunication Convention, Nairobi, 1982;
1.7 Radio Regulations: The Radio Regulations, Geneva, 1979, as revised by the WARC
MOB-83, annexed to the Convention;
1.8 Region 1: The geographical area defined in No. 393 of the Radio Regulations;
1.9 Agreement: The whole of this Agreement including its Annexes;
1.10 Plans: The Plans forming Annexes 1 and 2 to this Agreement;
1.11 Contracting Member: Any Member of the Union which has approved or acceded to
this Agreement;
1.12 Administration: Any governmental department or service responsible for discharging
the obligations undertaken in the International Telecommunication Convention and the
Radio Regulations;
1.13 Pairing (as applied to the Plans for the maritime mobile service): A method of
assigning two frequencies, one to be used by a coast station for transmission when
communicating with ships, the other to be assigned to the same coast station for reception,
to be used by ships for transmission when communicating with that coast station;
1.14 Assignment in conformity with the Agreement: Any frequency assignment appearing
in any of the Plans or any frequency assignment for which the procedure of Article
4 has been successfully applied.
Article 2
Frequency Bands
2.1 The provisions of this Agreement apply in Region 1 to the following services in
the bands allocated to them under Article 8 of the Radio Regulations:
a) 415-435 kHz allocated to the aeronautical radionavigation service on a primary
basis and to the maritime mobile service on a permitted basis;
b) 435-495 and 505-526.5 kHz allocated to the maritime mobile service on a primary
basis;
c) 505-526.5 kHz allocated to the aeronautical radionavigation service on a permitted
basis;
d) 1 606.5-1 625 kHz, 1 635-1 800 kHz and 2 045-2 160 kHz allocated to the maritime
mobile service on a primary basis.
These provisions also apply to:
e) Fixed and land mobile services to which the bands 1 606.5-1 625 kHz, 1 636-1 800
kHz and 2 045-2 160 kHz are allocated on a permitted basis (primary in the countries
listed in No 483 of the Radio Regulations);
f) the radiodetermination service (No. 484), after successful application of the procedure
of Article 14 of the Radio Regulations.
Article 3
Execution of this Agreement
3.1 The Contracting Members shall adopt, for their stations in the aeronautical radionavigation
service operating in Region 1 in the frequency bands referred to in this Agreement,
the characteristics specified in the Plan in Annex 2.
3.2 The Contracting Members shall adopt, for their stations in the maritime mobile
service operating in Region 1 in the frequency bands referred to in this Agreement,
the characteristics specified in the Plan in Annex 1.
3.3 The Contracting Members shall not bring assignments complying with the Plans into
use, modify the technical characteristics of stations specified in the Plans, or bring
new stations into use, except under the conditions specified in Articles 4 and 5 of
this Agreement.
3.4 When assigning frequencies to stations of primary and permitted services in the
bands 1 606.5-1 625 kHz, 1 635-1 800 kHz and 2 045-2 160 kHz, Contracting Members
shall take account of the frequency assignments to stations of the maritime mobile
service which are in conformity with the Agreement or for which the modification procedure
contained in Article 4 has been initiated.
3.5 The Contracting Members shall endeavour to coordinate their efforts with a view
to reducing any harmful interference that may result from the application of this
Agreement.
3.6 In order to avoid mutual interference between stations in the Plan, Administrations
shall take all necessary and practicable steps to ensure that the frequencies used
for radiotelephony in the bands 1 635-1 800 kHz and 2045-2 141.5 kHz are used only
within the coverage area specified in the Plan.
Article 4
Procedure for Modifications to the Plans
SECTION A - GENERAL
4.1 When a Contracting Member proposes to make a modification to a Plan:
a) by modifying the characteristics of a station of the maritime mobile service or
the aeronautical radionavigation service shown in the appropriate Plan, whether or
not the station has been brought into use; or
b) by bringing into use an assignment to a station of the maritime mobile service
or the aeronautical radionavigation service not appearing in any of the appropriate
Plans; or
c) by modifying the characteristics of a frequency assignment to a station of the
maritime mobile service or the aeronautical radionavigation service for which the
procedure in this article has been successfully applied, whether or not the station
has been brought into use; or;
d) by deleting from the appropriate Plan a frequency assignment to a station of the
maritime mobile service or the aeronautical radionavigation service;
the following procedure shall be applied before any notification is made under Article
12 of the Radio Regulations (see Article 5 of this Agreement).
SECTION B - PROCEDURE FOR THE MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE
Procedure for modifying the characteristics of an assignment or for bringing into
use a new assignment
4.2 The provisions of this section apply equally to transmitting and receiving coast
stations. The agreement referred to in this section shall apply to pairs of frequencies
as indicated in Annex 3.
4.3 An administration proposing to modify the characteristics of an assignment or
to bring an additional assignment into use shall, either directly or through the IFRB,
seek the agreement of all other administrations whose assignments may be affected.
4.4 For the purposes of this procedure, these other administrations shall be any which
have:
a) assignments in the Plans for the same frequency band and whose service may be affected
according to the criteria specified in Annex 5 to this Agreement;
b) assignments recorded in the Master Register for stations of services to which the
bands 1 606.5-1 625 kHz, 1 635-1 800 kHz and 2 045-2 160 kHz are allocated on a primary
or permitted basis which may be affected according to the provisions of No. 1241 of
the Radio Regulations together with the technical criteria contained in Annex 6 to
this Agreement.
4.5 An administration proposing to modify the characteristics of an assignment or
to bring an additional assignment into use shall so inform the IFRB and shall furnish
to the IFRB the characteristics listed in Appendix 1 to the Radio Regulations and
the names of the administrations with which it considers agreement should be sought
and with which agreement has been reached.
4.6 The IFRB shall examine the information received from the standpoint of its conformity
with the channelling arrangement contained in Annex 3 to this Agreement. Proposed
modifications which are not in conformity with the appropriate channelling arrangement
shall be returned to the administration concerned.
4.7 The IFRB shall examine the information received in order to identify the administrations
having frequency assignments which may be affected as indicated in paragraph 4.4 above.
The results of this examination shall be sent immediately by the IFRB to the administration
proposing the modification or addition to the Plan in question. The IFRB shall include
the names of those administrations in the information received and shall publish the
complete information in a special section of its weekly circular. The Board, shall
at the same time, inform those administrations having assignment which it considers,
in accordance with paragraph 4.4, may be affected.
4.8 An administration which considers that it should have been included in the list
of administrations whose frequency assignments may be affected shall inform the administration
proposing the modification or addition to the Plan in question and the IFRB. At the
same time it shall, giving its reasons for so doing, request the IFRB to include its
name in the list.
4.9 If an administration has not communicated its agreement or disagreement to the
proposing administration and to the IFRB within a period of 90 days following the
date of the weekly circular referred to in paragraph 4.7, the IFRB shall send a reminder
to the administration concerned inviting it to reply urgently to the request for agreement
within 15 days from the date of the reminder. If, at the expiry of the two periods
of 90 days and 15 days respectively, the administration concerned has still not communicated
its agreement or disagreement, it shall be understood to have agreed to the proposed
modification or addition.
4.10 If, in seeking agreement, an administration modifies its initial proposal in
such a way as to increase the probability of interference to the assignment of an
administration with which agreement has been sought, or to affect the assignment of
an administration not previously involved, it shall again apply the provisions of
paragraph 4.4 and the subsequent procedure for those administrations.
4.11 Following the expiry of the period specified in paragraph 4.9, or when agreement
has been reached with the administrations concerned, the administration proposing
the modification or addition shall inform the IFRB of the results, indicting the agreed
characteristics of the assignment together with the names of the administrations with
which agreement has been reached.
4.12 If no agreement is reached between the administrations concerned, the IFRB shall
make any study of the matter that may be requested by one or more of those administrations;
the Board shall inform them of the results of the study and shall make such recommendations
as it may be able to offer for the solution of the problem.
4.13 Before initiating this procedure and at any stage therof, an administration may
request the assistance of the IFRB, particularly in seeking the agreement of another
administration.
4.14 If, after application of the procedure described in this section agreement has
been reached with all administration involved, the Board shall publish an appropriate
modification to the Plan (see also paragraph 4.33).
4.15 If, after application of the procedure described in this section, the agreement
of the administration concerned cannot be reached, the two administrations may resort
to one of the methods for the settlement of disputes described in Article 50 of the
Convention or they may agree to apply the Optional Additional Protocol to the Convention.
4.16 The proposed assignment may, despite continuing disagreement, be notified in
accordance with Article 12 of the Radio Regulations. However, the relevant provisions
of Article 5 of the Agreement shall then be applied.
SECTION C - PROCEDURE FOR THE AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION SERVICE
Procedure for modifying the characteristics of an assignment or for bringing into
use a new assignment
4.17 an administration proposing to modify the characteristics of an assignment or
to bring an additional assignment into use shall, either directly or through the IFRB,
seek the agreement of all other administrations whose assignments may be affected.
4.18 For the purpose of this procedure, these other administrations shall be those
which have assignments in the Plans for the same frequency band and whose service
may be affected according to the criteria specified in Annex 5 to this Agreement.
4.19 Where any ICAO coordination of the operational aspects of a proposed assignment
is appropriate, this should be completed before commencement of the following procedure.
4.20 An administration proposing to modify the characteristics of an assignment or
to bring an additional assignment into use shall so inform the IFRB and shall furnish
to the IFRB the characteristics listed in Appendix 1 to the Radio Regulations and
the names of the administrations with which it considers agreement should be sought
and with which agreement has been reached.
4.21 The IFRB shall examine the information received from the standpoint of its conformity
with the channelling arrangement contained in Annex 3 to this Agreement. Proposed
modifications which are not in conformity with the appropriate channelling arrangement
shall be returned to the administration concerned.
4.22 The IFRB shall examine the information received in order to identify in order
to identify the administrations having frequency assignments which may be affected
as indicated in paragraph 4.18 above. The results of this examination shall be sent
immediately by the IFRB to the administration proposing the modification or addition
to the Plan in question. The IFRB shall include the names of those administrations
in the information received and shall publish the complete information in a special
section of its weekly circular. The Board, shall at the same time, inform those administrations
having assignments which it considers, in accordancce with paragraph 4.18, may be
affected.
4.23 An administration which considers that it should have been included in the list
of administrations whose frequency assignments may be affected shall inform the administration
proposing the modification or addition to the Plan in question and the IFRB. At the
same time it shall, giving its reasons for so doing, request the IFRB to include its
name in the list.
4.24 If an administration has not communicated its agreement or disagreement to the
proposing administration and to the IFRB within a period of 90 days following the
date of the weekly circular referred to in paragraph 4.22, the IFRB shall send a reminder
to the administration concerned inviting it to reply urgently to the request for agreement
within 15 days from the date of the reminder. If at the expiry of the two periods
of 90 days and 15 days respectively, the administration concerned has still not communicated
its agreement or disagreement, it shall be understood to have agreed to the proposed
modification or addition.
4.25 If, in seeking agreement, an administration modifies its initial proposal in
such a way as to increase the probability of interference to the assignment of an
administration with which agreement has been sought, or to affect the assignment of
an administration not previously involved, it shall again apply the provisions of
paragraph 4.18 and the subsequent procedure for those administrations.
4.26 Following expiry of the period specified in paragraph 4.24, or when agreement
has been reached with the administration concerned, the administration proposing the
modification or addition shall inform the IFRB of the results, indicating the agreed
characteristics of the assignment together with the names of the administrations with
which agreement has been reached.
4.27 If no agreement is reached between the administrations concerned, the IFRB shall
make any study of the matter that may be requested by one or more of those administrations;
the Board shall inform them of the results of the study and shall make such recommendations
as it may be able to offer for the solution of the problem.
4.28 Before initiating this procedure and at any stage thereof, an administration
may request the assistance of the IFRB, particularly in seeking the agreement of another
administration.
4.29 If, after application of the procedure described in this section agreement has
been reached with all administrations involved, the Board shall publish an appropriate
modification to the Plan (see also paragraph 4.33).
4.30 If, after application of the procedure described in this section the agreement
of the administration concerned cannot be reached, the two administrations may resort
to one of the methods for the settlement of disputes described in Article 50 of the
Convention or they may agree to apply the Optional Additional Protocol to the Convention.
4.31 The proposed assignment may, despite continuing disagreement, be notified in
accordance with Article 12 of the Radio Regulations, however, the relevant provisions
of Article 5 of the Agreement shall then be applied.
SECTION D - CANCELLATION OF ASSIGNMENTS
4.32 An administration proposing to cancel an assignment in any of the Plans, whether
or not as a result of a modification (for instance a change of frequency), shall immediately
so inform the IFRB. The Board shall publish this information in a special section
of the weekly circular as a modification to the Plan.
4.33 If, after a period of two years from the date of entry of an assignment in the
Plan, following the application of the procedure contained in this Article, the IFRB
has not received a notice relating to its bringing into use, that assignment shall
be deleted from the Plan. Before taking such action, the Board shall consult with
the administration concerned on the appropriateness of such deletion and if, the circumstances
so warrant, it may be postponed for a maximum period of six months.
4.34 Every three years, the Board shall consult administrations of Contracting Members
with a view to drawing their attention to Recommendation No. 7 and to request them
to cancel assignments appearing in the Plans adopted by the Conference and which are
no longer required; the Board shall also inform Contracting Members of the results
of these consultations.
SECTION E - MAINTENANCE AND PUBLICATION OF PLANS
4.35 The IFRB shall maintain an up-to-date master copy of the Plans, taking account
of the application of the procedure specified in this Article; to this end the IFRB
shall periodically prepare recapitulative documents listing all amendments made to
the Plans as a result of modifications made in accordance with the procedures of this
Article, new assignments added in conformity with this Agreement, and any cancellations
notified to the Board.
4.36 The Secretary-General shall publish an up-to-date version of each Plan in an
appropriate form as and when required by circumstances and in any case every five
years.
Article 5
Notification of Frequency Assignments
5.1 Whenever an administration intends to bring into use an assignment in conformity
with this Agreement, it shall notify the assignment to the IFRB under Article 12 of
the Radio Regulations.
5.2 Notices of frequency assignments in conformity with this Agreement shall not be
examined by the Board under No. 1241 with respect to frequency assignments recorded
in the Master Register on behalf of Contracting Members for stations of primary of
permitted services.
5.3 Notices of frequency assignments submitted under paragraphs 4.16 and 4.31 of Article
4 for which it has not been possible to reach agreement shall be treated as follows:
a) when the disagreement of the administration concerned relates to an assignment
in conformity with this Agreement, the notified assignment shall be recorded in the
Master Register with a special remark indicating that the entry has been made subject
to the condition that no harmful interference shall be caused to the assignment of
the administration with which agreement has not been reached;
b) when the disagreement of the administration concerned relates to an assignment
recorded in the Master Register for a station of a primary or permitted service, the
notified assignment shall not be recorded in the Master Register until the provisions
of No. 1255 of the Radio Regulations have been applied.
5.4 Notices of frequency assignments to receiving coast stations submitted under paragraph
4.16 of Article 4 for which it has not been possible to reach an agreement shall be
recorded in the Master Register with a special remark indicating that the entry has
been made subject to the condition that no protection shall be claimed against any
harmful interference that may be caused by the assignment of the administration with
which agreement has not been reached.
5.5 In relations between Contracting Members, all frequency assignments brought into
service in conformity with this Agreement and recorded in the Master Register shall
be considered as having the same status irrespective of the date or dates entered
in Column 2 for such assignments.
Article 6
Procedure Applicable to New Assignments in the Non-Planned Permitted and Primary Services
6.1 In order to permit the compatible development of the primary and permitted services
in the bands 1 606.5 - 1 625 kHz, 1 635 - 1 800 kHz and 2 045 - 2 160 kHz, the IFRB
shall examine, in accordance with No. 1245 of the Radio Regulations, the frequency
assignments of these other services notified by Contracting Members. To this effect,
the following provisions shall be applied.
6.2 The Board shall examine the frequency assignment with respect to the probability
of harmful interference to the service provided or to be provided by a frequency assignment:
a) which is already recorded in the Master Register and bears a date in Column 2a;
b) which is recorded in the Master Register and is in conformity with No. 1240 of
the Radio Regulations with a date in Column 2b, but has not in fact caused harmful
interference to any frequency assignment with a date in Column 2a or to any assignment
in conformity with no. 1250 with an earlier date in Column 2b;
c) which is in conformity with this Agreement but has not yet been notified in accordance
with Article 5;
d) which was published in a special section of the weekly circular in accordance with
paragraph 4.7 (Article 4).
6.3 In the event of an unfavourable finding relating to a frequency assignment described
in paragraphs 6.2 c) of 6.2 d), if the administration resubmits the notice under No. 1255 of the Radio Regulations,
the period of two months specified in No. 1259 shall not start until the assignment
which forms the basis for the unfavourable finding is brought into service.
6.4 For the purpose of these examinations, the Board shall apply the technical criteria
contained in Annex 6 to this Agreement.
Article 7
Special Arrangements
7.1 In addition to the procedures provided for in Articles 4 and 6 of this Agreement
and to facilitate their application with a view to improving the utilization of the
Plans, Contracting Members may conclude special arrangements in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the Convention and of the Radio Regulations.
Article 8
Scope of Application of this Agreement
8.1 This Agreement shall bind Contracting Members in their relations with one another
but shall not bind those Members with respect to non-contracting countries.
8.2 If a Contracting Member makes reservations with regard to any provision of this
Agreement, other Contracting Members shall be free to disregard that provision in
their relations with the Contracting Member which has made such reservations.
Article 9
Approval of this Agreement
9.1 This Agreement shall be subject to approval by the competent authorities of the
countries on behalf of which the Agreement was signed. Instruments of approval shall
be deposited, in as short a time as possible, with the Secretary-General, who shall
inform all the Members of the Union.
Article 10
Accession to this Agreement
10.1 Any Member of the Union in Region 1 which has not signed this Agreement may accede
thereto at any time. Such accession shall extend to the Plans as they stand at the
time of the accession and shall be made without reservation. The instruments of accession
shall be deposited with the Secretary-General who shall promptly inform all the Members
of the Union. After the date of entry into force of this Agreement, for each Member
acceding to the Agreement it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit by
such a Member of its instrument of accession.
Article 11
Termination of Participation in this Agreement
11.1 Any Contracting Member shall have the right at any time to terminate its participation
in this Agreement by a notification sent to the Secretary-General who shall inform
all the Members of the Union.
11.2 Such termination of participation shall take effect after a period of one year
from the date of receipt by the Secretary-General of the said notification.
11.3 On the date on which the termination of participation becomes effective, the
IFRB shall delete from the Plans the assignments entered in the name of the Member
concerned.
Article 12
Revision of the Agreement
12.1 No revision of this Agreement shall be undertaken except by a competent administrative
radio conference of the Members of the Union in Region 1, convened in accordance with
the procedure laid down in the Convention.
Article 13
Abrogation and Replacement of the Copenhagen Convention, 1948 and the Copenhagen Plan
Annexed Thereto
13.1 The present Agreement and the Plans annexed hereto are considered to be the appropriate
instruments to abrogate the European Regional Convention for the Maritime Mobile Radio
Service, Copenhagen, 1948 and the Plan annexed thereto, which both, in accordance
with the provisions of Article 7 of that Convention, shall be abrogated as from the
entry into force of the present Agreement and the Plans annexed hereto and replaced
by the latter.
Article 14
Entry into Force of this Agreement
14.1 This Agreement shall enter into force on 1st April, 1992 at 0001 hours UTC except
for the bands 490-495 k Hz and 505-510 k Hz to which the Agreement shall be applied
as from the date, if later, to be adopted by a competent administrative radio conference
in accordance with No. 471 of the Radio Regulations and Resolution No. 206 (Mob-83)
of the World Administrative Radio Conference for Mobile Services (Geneva, 1983).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the delegations of Members of the Union mentioned above have, on
behalf of their respective competent authorities, signed this Agreement in a single
copy in the Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages in which, in case
of dispute, the French text shall be authentic. This copy shall remain deposited in
the archives of the Union. The Secretary-General shall forward one certified copy
to each Member in Region 1.
DONE at Geneva, 15 March 1985.
