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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-542/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1998/542",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 4 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, phase II (edition 2) (notified under document number C(1998) 2561) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/542/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-542",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 4 September 1998\non a common technical regulation for telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, phase II (edition 2)\n(notified under document number C(1998) 2561)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(98/542/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to European Parliament and Council Directive 98/13/EC of 12 February 1998 regarding telecommunications terminal equipment and satellite earth station equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity, and in particular Article 7(2), second indent, thereof,\nWhereas the Commission has adopted the measures identifying the type of terminal equipment for which a common technical regulation is required, as well as the associated scope statement according to Article 7(2), first indent;\nWhereas the corresponding harmonised standards, or parts thereof, implementing the essential requirements which are to be transformed into common technical regulations should be adopted;\nWhereas in order to ensure continuity of access to markets for manufacturers, it is necessary to lay down transitional provisions regarding equipment approved under Commission Decision 96/629/EC;\nWhereas Decision 96/629/EC should be repealed with effect from the end of the transitional period;\nWhereas Decision 97/527/EC should be repealed on 24 October 1998;\nWhereas the proposal has been submitted to the Committee (ACTA), according to Article 29(2);\nWhereas the common technical regulation to be adopted in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of ACTE,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 74, 12. 3. 1998, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1996, p. 75."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 215, 7. 8. 1997, p. 57."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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