Conference Europeenne des Administrations des Postes et Telecommunications
(CEPT)
 
 
Recommendation T/R 61-01 (Nice 1985, revised in Paris 1992 and by correspondence August 1992)
 
 
CEPT RADIO AMATEUR LICENCE

 

 

Recommendation proposed by the ''Radio Regulatory'' Working Group T/WG 19 (RR)
 

Text of the Recommendation adopted by the "European Radiommunications Committee" (ERC):

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The Recommendation as approved in 1985 makes it possible for radio amateurs from CEPT countries to operate during short visits in other CEPT countries without obtaining an individual temporary licence from the visited CEPT country. Good experience with this system is gained.

The Recommendation as revised in 1992 has the aim to make it possible for non-CEPT countries to participate in this licensing system

The appropriate provisions for this are found mainly in the new Appendices III and IV.

The original Recommendation had to be adapted slightly, but it retains the same applicability within CEPT as before.

 

"The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations,

 

considering

 

  1. that the Amateur Service and Amateur Satellite Service are Radiocommunications Services according to Article 1 of the ITU Radio Regulations and governed by other provisions of the ITU Radio Regulations as well as national regulations,

     

  2. that it is necessary to harmonise licensing procedures for temporary installation and use of portable and mobile radio amateur stations in CEPT countries and non-CEPT countries,

     

  3. that Administrations are responsible, in accordance with Article 32 of the ITU Radio Regulations, for taking such measures as they judge necessary to verify the operational and technical qualifications of a person seeking a radio amateur licence. Additionally, radio amateurs shall not be allowed to transmit on frequencies below 30 MHz, unless they have proved their ability to send correctly by hand, and to receive correctly by ear, texts in Morse code signals,

     

  4. that the issue and administration of temporary licences to foreign visitors based on bilateral agreements involves a considerable increase in work for Administrations,

     

  5. that certain Administrations have concluded or are drawing up agreements intended to simplify the current procedure for the issue of such temporary licences,

     

  6. that the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) supports the simplification of procedures to obtain temporary operational privileges for foreign visitors in CEPT countries and in other countries,
 

noting that

 

this Recommendation bears no relation to the import and export of amateur radio equipment, which is subject only to relevant customs regulations,

 

noting further that

 

despite the procedures of this Recommendation, Administrations always have the right to require separate bilateral agreements when recognising the radio amateur licences issued by foreign Administrations,

 

recommends

 

  1. that CEPT member Administrations recognise the principle of CEPT radio amateur licences issued under the conditions specified in Appendices I and II, on which the Administrations of the countries visited will levy neither duties nor taxes, only the Administration issuing the licence being entitled to do so,

     

  2. that Administrations, not being members of CEPT, accepting the provisions of this Recommendation, may apply for participation in accordance with the conditions laid down in Appendices III and IV".
 
Appendix I
 
GENERAL CONDITIONS
FOR THE ISSUE OF "CEPT RADIO AMATEUR LICENCES"

 

 

  1. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE "CEPT RADIO AMATEUR LICENCE"
  The ''CEPT radio amateur licence" will take a form similar to a national licence or a special document issued by the same authority, and will be drafted in the national language and in German, English and French; it will be valid for non-residents only, for the duration of their temporary stays in countries having adopted the Recommendation, and within the limit of validity of the national licence. Radio amateurs holding a temporary licence issued in a foreign country may not benefit from the provisions of the Recommendation.

 

The minimum requirements for a "CEPT radio amateur licence'' will be:

 

  1. a declaration according to which the holder is authorised to utilise his amateur radio station in accordance with this Recommendation in countries where the latter applies;
  2. the name and address of the holder;
  3. the call sign;
  4. the CEPT licence class;
  5. the validity;
  6. the issuing authority.
  A list may be added or provided indicating the Administrations applying the Recommendation.

 

  1. LICENCE CLASSES
  Each of the CEPT classes described below will only be considered as equivalent to a national class in cases where conditions of utilisation in another country are not considerably broader than those in the country where the licence was issued. The equivalence of national licence classes from CEPT countries to the CEPT licence classes is given in columns 4 and 5 of Appendix II. CEPT licence class holders are authorised to utilise amateur radio in visited CEPT countries according to the national licence class conditions of those visited CEPT countries as shown in columns 6 and 7 of Appendix II.

 

Class 1

 

This class permits utilisation of all frequency bands allocated to the Amateur Service and Amateur Satellite Service and authorised in the country where the amateur station is to be operated. It will be open only to those amateurs who have proved their competence with Morse code to their own Administration.

 

Class 2

 

This class permits utilisation of all frequency bands allocated to the Amateur Service and Amateur Satellite Service above 30 MHz and authorised in the country where the amateur station is to be operated.

 

  1. CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
 
  1. On request the licence holder shall present his CEPT radio amateur licence to the appropriate authorities in the country visited.

     

  2. Authorisation is granted for utilisation of a portable or mobile station only. A portable station shall, for the purposes of this Recommendation, include any station using mains electricity at a temporary location, e.g. a hotel or a camping site.

     

  3. Authorisation is also granted for utilisation of the station of a radio amateur holding a permanent licence in the host country.

     

  4. The licence holder shall observe the provisions of the ITU Radio Regulations, this Recommendation and the regulations in force in the country visited. Furthermore, any restrictions concerning national and local conditions of a technical nature or regarding the public authorities must be respected. Special attention should be paid to the difference in frequency allocations to the radio amateur services in the three ITU Regions.

     

  5. The use of the amateur radio station aboard an aircraft is prohibited.

     

  6. When transmitting in the visited country the licence holder must use his national call sign preceded by the CEPT call sign prefix as indicated in column 3 of Appendices II and IV. The CEPT call sign prefix and the national call sign must be separated by the character "/" (telegraphy) or the word "stroke" (telephony). For a mobile amateur radio station the national call sign must be followed by the characters "/M" (telegraphy) or the word "mobile" (telephony). For a portable amateur radio station the national call sign must be followed by the characters "/P" (telegraphy) or the word "portable" (telephony).

     

  7. The licence holder cannot request protection against harmful interference.
 
  1. EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN CEPT LICENCE CLASSES AND NATIONAL LICENCE CLASSES
 
  1. The equivalence between CEPT licence classes and national licence classes in CEPT countries is given in columns 6 and 7 of Appendix II.

     

  2. The equivalence between CEPT licence classes and national licence classes in non-CEPT countries is given in columns 6 and 7 of Appendix IV.
Appendix II

 

TABLE OF EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN NATIONAL LICENCE CLASSES OF
CEPT COUNTRIES AND CEPT LICENCE CLASSES (columns 4 and 5) AND
TABLE OF EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN CEPT LICENCE CLASSES AND
NATIONAL CLASSES OF CEPT COUNTRIES (columns 6 and 7)

 

Note. These tables reflect the situation at 31 October 1997. An up-to-date table is available at the ERO.

 

Countries wishing to modify their entries should send a letter to that effect to the chairman of the ERC with a copy to the ERO.

 
 
 
CEPT countries
National licence
classes equivalent to 
CEPT licence classes
 
Holders of CEPT classes authorised to transmit in accordance with national classes in respective CEPT countries
 
2
3
4
5
6
7
CEPT classes 

1 2 

CEPT 
class 1
CEPT 
class 2
CEPT 
class 1
CEPT 
class 2
Albania
Andorra
Austria OE OE A1) B1)
C1)
A2) B2)
C2)
A1) A2)
Belgium ON ON C B C B
Bosnia and Herzegovina T9 T9 A B
C
D A B
C
D
Bulgaria LZ LZ A1)
B1)
A2) B2)
C
B1) B2)
Croatia 9A 9A A B C A C
Cyprus 5B 5B -- -- -- --
Czech Republic OK OK A
B
C D B D
Denmark OZ OZ A C A C
Faroe Islands OY OY A D
E
A D
Greenland OX OX A D
E
A D
Estonia ES3 ES3) A B C T A T
Finland OH OH Y P
T
Y T
France F F E C E C
Corsica TK TK E C E C
Guadeloupe FG FG E C E C
Guyana FY FY E C E C
Martinique FM FM E C E C
St-Bartholomew FJ FJ E C E C
St-Pierre/Miquelon FP FP E C E C
St-Martin FS FS E C E C
Réunion (Glorieuse7), Jean de 

Nova7), Tromelin7))

FR FR E C E C
Mayotte FH FH E C E C
French Antarctica (Crozet7) 

Kerguelen7), St. Paul &  

Amsterdam7), Terre Adelie7))

FT FT E C E C
French Polynesia7) & Clipperton7) FO FO E C E C
New Caledonia7) FK FK E C E C
Wallis & Futuna7) FW FW E C E C
Germany DL DC B A C B C
Greece SV SV A B
C
-- A B
C
--
4) 
Hungary HA HG RHB RHC URHB URHC RHC URHC
Iceland TF TF A B C T A B T
Ireland EI EI A B A B
Italy I I
General
Limited
General
Limited
Latvia YL YL 15)  25) 35) 45) 2 4
Liechtenstein HBO HBO 1 2 3 4 1 3
Lithuania LY A B A B
Luxembourg LX LX
General
--
General
--
4)
Malta 9H 9H A B A B
Moldova
Monaco 3A 3A
General
Limited
General
Limited
Netherlands PA PA A C A C
Norway LA LC A
B
C A C
Poland SP6)  SP6)
Portugal CT CT A B1) B2) A B2)
Azores CU CU A B1) B2) A B2)
Madeira CT CT A B1) B2) A B2)
Romania YO YO 1
2
3 4 1 4
Russian Federation
San Marino T7 T7 -- -- -- --
Slovak Republic OM OM A
B
C D B D
Slovenia S5 S5 1 2 3
Spain EA EB A B A B
Sweden SM SM A B C
T
A T
Switzerland HB9 HB9 A B A B
Turkey TA TA A B C A C
Ukraine
United Kingdom G G A B A B
Isle of Man GD GD A B A B
N. Ireland GI GI A B A B
Jersey GJ GJ A B A B
Scotland GM GM A B A B
Guernsey GU GU A B A B
Wales GW GW A B A B
Vatican City  

  

former Yugoslav Republic of  

Macedonia 

 

HV HV -- -- -- --

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Appendix III
 
PARTICIPATION OF NON-CEPT ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE "CEPT RADIO AMATEUR LICENCE'' ACCORDING TO THIS RECOMMENDATION

 

 

  1. APPLICATION
 
  1. Administrations, not being members of CEPT, may apply to the CEPT for participation in the CEPT radio amateur licensing systems regulated by this Recommendation. Applications should be addressed to CEPT European Radiocommunications Committee (ERC), through the European Radiocommunications Office (ERO) (see Note).

     

    A non-CEPT Administration in joining this Recommendation enters into an agreement with all CEPT countries having implemented this Recommendation or will do so in the future. It should be noted that non-CEPT countries wishing to implement this Recommendation between them should do so by separate agreement.

     

  2. The application shall include a list of licence classes in the country concerned, their privileges and the proposed CEPT licence class equivalents. Details of national examination syllabuses or documents describing the requirements of the national licence classes and their privileges shall be enclosed with the application. All the details mentioned above must be submitted in one of the official languages of the CEPT (English, French or German).

     

  3. The applying Administration shall provide the call sign prefix(es) to be used by visiting radio amateurs and details of any special conditions relating to the implementation of this Recommendation in the country concerned. Special conditions or restrictions should be confined to a minimum, and should not be imposed unless absolutely necessary.

     

  4. A non-CEPT Administration having been granted special conditions as per 1.3. shall include these in a footnote in Appendix IV.
 
  1. PROCEDURES OF APPLICATIONS
 
  1. The CEPT ERC shall check, based mainly on Recommendation T/R 61-02 E, each application to determine the equivalence of the national licence classes to those specified in this Recommendation and to assess the acceptability of any deviations from the respective Recommendations which have been requested by the applying Administration.

     

  2. When the ERC has agreed to accept the participation of a non-CEPT country it notifies the applying Administration and arranges for the ERO to include the relevant details in Appendix IV.

     

  3. A CEPT Administration requiring a separate bilateral agreement to apply this Recommendation with a nonCEPT Administration, shall indicate this in a footnote in Appendix II.

     

  4. A non-CEPT Administration requiring a separate bilateral agreement to apply this Recommendation with a CEPT Administration, shall indicate this in a footnote in Appendix IV.
 
  1. CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
  The technical and operational privileges which apply for CEPT-licence holders from non-CEPT countries are in conformity with the privileges of the appropriate national licence classes indicated in Appendix II, columns 6 and 7.
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Appendix IV

 

TABLE OF EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN NATIONAL CLASSES OF NON-CEPT COUNTRIES AND
CEPT LICENCE CLASSES (columns 2, 4 and 5) AND
OPERATING PRIVILEGES IN NON-CEPT COUNTRIES VALID FOR HOLDERS
OF LICENCES ISSUED BY CEPT ADMINISTRATIONS IN CONFORMITY
WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION (columns 2, 3, 6 and 7)

 

 

 
 
 
NON-CEPT countries
 
Call sign prefix(es)
 
National licence classes
of non-CEPT countries
equivalent to CEPT
licence classes
 
Holders of licences
issued by CEPT
Administrations
authorised to transmit
in accordance with
national classes in
non-CEPT countries
 
2
3
4
5
6
7
CEPT classes 

1 2 

CEPT 
class 1
CEPT 
class 2
CEPT 
class 1
CEPT 
class 2
Canada 

Newfoundland and Labrador 

Yukon Territory and Province of Prince Edward Island 

 

VE 

VO 

VY

VE 

VO 

VY

Amateur 

operator 

certificate with basic and Morse code (12 wpm) 

qualifications 

(or advanced qualification)

Amateur 

operator 

certificate with basic qualification (or Morse code (5 wpm) 

qualification, or 

advanced qualification)

Amateur 

operator 

certificate with basic, Morse code (12 wpm), and advanced qualifications

Amateur 

operator 

certificate with basic and advanced qualifications

Israel 4X 

4Z

4Z7 

4Z9

A B
C
B
C1)
New Zealand ZL ZL
General
Limited
General
Limited
Peru OA2) OA2)
General
intermediate
--
General
intermediate
--
South Africa ZS ZR
A Unrestricted
A Restricted
A Unrestricted
A Restricted
 
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