Key Benefits:
Law 37/1995 of 12 December of Telecommunications by Satellite means the liberalization of the provision of telecommunications services through satellite networks and the possibility of such networks being interconnected. with land for the purpose of their use in the provision of services as a single global network. It provides that the provision of telecommunications services using satellite networks does not have a public service condition and that for the provision of services through them, only administrative authorisation will be required. Only the services listed in Article 4 are excluded from this process. However, where it is necessary for the provision of services through such networks to use the radio public domain, the corresponding administrative concession of such a domain shall be required to be granted in conjunction with the corresponding domain. administrative authority.
The final provision of the Act establishes the obligation for the corresponding Technical and Service Regulations to be approved. Both for this legal obligation and for the need to establish a clear and defined substantive and procedural legal framework for the purpose of granting the corresponding authorizations and completing the liberalizing process, it is necessary to approve the corresponding Technical Regulation.
In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Development, in agreement with the Council of State and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting of the day 31 January 1997,
D I S P O N G O:
Article 1. Approval of the Technical and Service Regulations of the Telecommunications Service by Satellite.
1. The Technical and Service Regulations of the Telecommunications Service by Satellite are approved as an annex to this Royal Decree.
2. The regulation on the satellite telecommunications service contained in this Royal Decree and in the Regulation as an annex refers only to geostationary orbit satellites. For low and medium-orbit satellites, the rules that transpose the approved Community legislation into effect shall be as laid down in the rules.
3. Providers of satellite telecommunications services intended to provide services to the public shall ensure the secrecy of communications in accordance with Article 18.3 of the Constitution and the fulfilment, where appropriate, of the established in Article 55.2 of the Basic Standard and in Article 579 of the Law on Criminal Procedure. To this end, they shall adopt the technical means which are established or established by the rules in force in accordance with the technical characteristics of the infrastructure used.
In addition, they must ensure the protection of personal data, in accordance with the provisions of the Organic Law 5/1992, of October 29, of Regulation of the Automated Treatment of Personal Data, as well as in the rules that develop this Law and the provisions that are complementary to it.
Article 2. Register of operators of conditional access services for digital television.
1. The Register of operators of conditional access services for digital television, set up by Royal Decree-Law 1/1997 of 31 January, incorporating into Spanish law Directive 95 /47/EC of 24 October of the European Commission, on the use of standards for the transmission of television signals and urgent measures are taken to guarantee citizens ' right to freedom of choice of satellite television services, will be carried by the Commission of the Market of the Telecommunications and shall be subject to the compulsory registration of natural or legal persons who operate through the marketing, distribution, temporary assignment or rental of decoders.
2. The registration file shall be initiated at the request of the natural or legal persons who are obliged to do so, by way of instance addressed to the President of the Telecommunications Market Committee to be presented at any of the legally competent records.
3. The petitioner shall indicate in the instance the name or social reason, address and number of tax identification, business activity and, where applicable, registration number in the Mercantile Register, as well as the type and model, of the appliances, equipment, Conditional access telecommunication devices or systems which it offers or markets.
4. Received the request, the Telecommunications Market Commission will process the corresponding registration file, which may be required or practiced as many checks are deemed relevant in relation to the data provided. In any case, the mandatory report of the technical services of the Directorate General of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Development will be requested regarding the compliance with the provisions of the Royal Decree-Law 1/1997 of 31 January, for which Directive 95 /47/EC of the European Commission on the use of standards for the transmission of television signals and the adoption of urgent measures to guarantee the right of citizens to freedom of movement of persons under Spanish law. Satellite TV services option.
5. In the event that the registration cannot be carried out due to insufficient data provided, the person concerned shall be required to complete the registration within 10 working days, in accordance with the provisions of Article 71 of the Law of Procedure. Legal of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.
6 Concluded the file, the Council of the Telecommunications Market Commission will give a decision on the origin of the registration, communicating it to the interested party, and indicating the number assigned to it in the Record.
The first and successive entries shall not be made when all the data that is the subject of registration are not provided or when the data are not accurate, after the end of the period of the correction.
Data relating to operators and each of the types or models of equipment or equipment, devices or telecommunications systems suitable for the decoding of such persons shall be entered separately. offer.
7. A book shall be carried out in the Register, in which each operator shall be assigned a portfolio, in which the data identifying the natural or legal person under registration shall be entered.
An auxiliary record book, composed of an undetermined number of numbered sheets, will be taken to each operator for a sheet, so that the order number of the sheet matches the number assigned in the book main register, in which the name of the natural or legal person entered in the book is entered.
Each of these sheets will be followed by the number of others needed, ordered, in turn, by the number that corresponds to the first followed by a letter in alphabetical order. In alphabetical order, the type, model and, where appropriate, the number of the certificate of acceptance of each appliance, equipment, devices or telecommunications systems, shall be entered in accordance with the alphabetical order. suitable for conditional access which the operator offers or markets.
8. The Register, whose scope is national, will be of a public nature and the certifications extended by the Secretary of the Council of the Telecommunications Market Committee will be the only means of proving the content of the Seats in the Register. Entries and entries in the Register, as well as the issue of certificates at the request of a party, shall give rise to the levying of charges which, in accordance with the Law on the Management of Telecommunications, shall be carried out.
Register data will be freely available for consultation by any interested third parties.
Once the first registration is carried out, each operator must request the registration of any type of model or apparatus, equipment, device or telecommunication system suitable for decoding, object of its activity which does not exist previously enrolled.
Similarly, you must request the registration of any type or model of equipment, apparatus, device or decoding system that you stop marketing or offer.
The cancellation of the registration as an operator will be made at the request of the natural or legal person registered by the corresponding resolution of the Council of the Telecommunications Market Commission.
9. In any event, the provisions of this Article are without prejudice to the powers of the Telecommunications Market Commission, as provided for in Article 1 (2) (d) of the Royal Decree-Law 6/1996 of 7 June 1996. Liberalisation of telecommunications, aimed at limiting or preventing the action of conditional access operators and broadcasters, in order to safeguard competition and ensure the plurality of services offered.
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
First. Article 23 of the Implementing Regulation of Law 31/1987, of 18 December, on the Management of Telecommunications.
Article 23 of the Regulation on the Development of Law 31/1987 of 18 December on the Management of Telecommunications in relation to the use of radio-electric public domain and value added services using the said Regulation The domain, approved by Royal Decree 844/1989 of 7 July, will not apply to the satellite telecommunications services provided under the Law 37/1995, of December 12, of Telecommunications by Satellite.
Second. Provision of basic telephony service by cable operators.
As of 1 January 1998, cable operators, in their respective demarcations, will be able to provide the final basic telephone service to all users, after verification by the Ministry of Public Works of the technical requirements that are regulated for this service.
Until full liberalization, the provision of the basic end-phone service in the area of the corresponding demarcation, must be carried out, between the point of termination of the network and the local node of commutation, through the operator's own infrastructure network, and the appropriate interconnections can be made to establish communication with subscribers of other operators. The urban, interurban and international modalities of the basic telephone service may be the subject of specific enabling titles.
Third. Constitutional enablement.
This Royal Decree is dictated by the state competition in the field of telecommunications, as provided for in Article 149.1.21. of the Spanish Constitution.
REPEAL PROVISION
Unica. Regulatory repeal.
1. The following provisions are repealed:
Royal Decree 1201/1986 of 6 June, which regulates the procedure for obtaining administrative authorizations for the installation and operation of radio stations receiving programmes of Satellite-based satellite-based television broadcasting of the fixed service.
Chapter IV of Title II of the Regulation on the Development of the Law on the Management of Telecommunications in relation to the Use of Radio-Radio Public Domain and Value-Added Services using that Domain, Approved by Royal Decree 844/1989 of 7 July.
Royal Decree 409/1993, of 18 March, approving the Technical and Service Regulations of the Television Service by Satellite and the Service of the Service of the Same.
2. The provisions of this Royal Decree and its Annex Regulation shall also be repealed as many provisions of the same or lower rank.
FINAL PROVISIONS
First. Development enablement.
The Minister of Public Works, within the scope of his powers, is hereby authorised to issue any provisions necessary for the development and implementation of this Royal Decree.
Second. Entry into force.
This Royal Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".
Given in Madrid at January 31, 1997.
JOHN CARLOS R.
The Minister of Development,
RAFAEL ARIAS-SALGADO MONTALVO
ANNEX
Technical and Service Regulations of the Telecommunications Service by Satellite
TITLE I
Service Delivery Regulation
Article 1. Object and scope.
purpose of this Regulation is to regulate the technical requirements and the arrangements for the provision of satellite telecommunications services by means of which telecommunications services are to be used for the purposes of The provision is made to use in the main form communications satellite networks in accordance with the provisions of Law 37/1995 of 12 December of Telecommunications by Satellite.
It will be the responsibility of the Minister of Public Works for the delimitation of the services to which the provisions of this Regulation apply when in the provision of satellite networks and other telecommunications networks. In this delimitation the Minister of Public Works will take into consideration the accessory character of the networks that are used and that are not the satellite ones. This accessory character may be established by the specific and consumptive character of the satellite technology used in connection with the services to be provided, in particular by the need for mobility, speed of implementation and coverage scope.
Article 2. Legal nature.
According to the provisions of Article 1 of Law 37/1995, of December 12, of Telecommunications by Satellite, the services covered by this Regulation will not have the consideration of public service. Prior administrative authorisation will be required for the provision of these services and, in the terms set out in this Regulation, for the use of the public radio domain, it will be necessary to obtain the corresponding demanial concession, which shall be granted for authorisation.
These administrative authorizations for the provision of services and, where appropriate, the award of the award of the service, may be requested by the parties separately or jointly and must be resolved by the Administration, when the Request is a joint request, in a single Resolution to resolve the various requests made.
Article 3. From the granting of radio public domain.
The granting of radio-based public domain, coupled with the authorisation, may be obtained on an individual basis for a given frequency or globally for band or sub-band packets of frequencies in accordance with the provisions in the following Articles.
May request the granting of radio public domain to the authorisation of the holders of the space segment in which the conditions laid down in Article 11 (3) of this Regulation are met, or any third that I contracted with some of them. In the latter case, the applicant shall prove that he has the right of use of the space capacity granted by the holder.
For the purposes of the above paragraph, it is understood that space segment holders are the holders of the facilities and systems referred to in Article 21 of this Regulation.
In any event, the acquisition of a concession of radio public domain will entail the obligation of payment of the corresponding fee for the use of said domain, established in article 7.3 of the Law 31/1987 of Ordination of Telecommunications.
Article 4. Self-provision services using a non-telecommunications satellite carrier service.
For the provision of satellite telecommunications services under self-provision using the satellite telecommunications carrier service of a third party, only the notification to the satellite will be required. Administration of the type of services to be given in self-service, of the entity enabled to provide the satellite telecommunications carrier service to be used and of the frequencies to be occupied.
For the purposes of this Regulation, a service shall be deemed to be provided under self-provision when the holder and the user of the service are the same natural or legal person.
Article 5. Authorisation for the provision of satellite telecommunications services.
For the provision of telecommunications services by satellite, it will be necessary to obtain administrative authorization which, if necessary, must be accompanied by the granting of the public domain necessary for the service delivery.
By virtue of what is expressed by the data subject in your application, the authorization must establish whether you enable the provision of all or some of the following services:
1. The satellite telecommunications carrier. In this case, the authorisation enables its holder only for the supply of signal transport capacity but not for the provision of the services running on that capacity. The authorisation shall be carried out in this case for the granting of radio public domain.
2. The satellite telecommunications services of any of the following categories:
(a) Services which are provided to third parties, excluding those for television broadcasting referred to in point 3. of this Article, which use a satellite-based telecommunications carrier service. In this case, the authorisation shall be carried out with a public radio-radio domain concession.
(b) Services which are provided under self-provision and which use a satellite-based carrier service. In this case, the authorisation must also be carried out with a public radio-radio domain concession.
(c) Services to be provided to third parties, excluding those for television broadcasting referred to in point 3. of this Article, which use a foreign satellite telecommunications carrier service. For the provision of such services, only administrative authorisation shall be required.
3. ° Satellite television broadcasting services using a satellite-based or foreign-owned carrier service by satellite:
If a proprietary service is used, the authorization shall take the demanial concession to be granted, unless the applicant has jointly requested authorization of the number 1. of this article, and grant you this authority.
In any event, where it is necessary to assign an indivisible spectrum capacity to provide the television broadcasting service, the holder of this service shall obtain the authorisation for the provision of the service satellite telecommunications provided for in paragraph 1, the scheme of which shall be fully applicable to it.
In any case, the person requesting the authorization must also record the following:
The organization and satellite system that you plan to use.
The usable satellite capacity, as well as the transponders and the technical characteristics in which the service is to be provided.
Where the holder of the satellite telecommunications carrier provides a television broadcasting service, the provisions of this number 3 shall apply.
The authorisation for such services does not include the modalities of coded services, whether thematic or not, or video on demand or analogues, the benefit of which is covered by the authorisation for the provision of services. services to third parties.
The authorisation of the services to be granted must express the obligations which, depending on the services concerned and the provisions of each of them in this Regulation, will be granted and will be granted for a period of five years. years, which may be extended for successive periods of the same duration, upon application by the person concerned in the month preceding its expiry.
Article 6. The conditions for the provision of the satellite telecommunications carrier service and the obligations arising from the administrative authorisation.
When the authorization is enabled to provide a service bearing the number 1 of the previous article, the following shall be required for the granting of the same:
(a) The authorisation shall be granted for a demanial concession, which may be granted by bands of bands and sub-bands.
(b) Obligation of the holder of the authorisation to require, before the start of the service, the natural or legal persons to use their capacity, the submission of the necessary authorisation to provide the the relevant service and notify to the Administration that they have the same, except in the case of services to be provided under self-provision in the terms of Article 4 of this Regulation.
(c) Where the satellite telecommunications carrier service is to be used for the provision of satellite television broadcasting services, the holder of the authorisation for the provision of the carrier service shall, the initiation of the provision of the service, notify the Administration of the individual capacity of the radio public domain which it shall make available to the provider of the satellite television broadcasting service, unless, in advance, This would have been notified by that end
(d) The holder of the authorisation for the provision of the satellite telecommunications carrier shall be obliged to interrupt the use of the individual capacity available to the provider of a service Satellite television broadcasting when the Administration notifies it that it has been revoked or extinguished its authorisation to provide the aforementioned television broadcasting service.
The obligations referred to in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this Article shall be expressly collected in the application for authorisation by the person concerned in the provision of the satellite telecommunications carrier service, unless the provider of the satellite television broadcasting service has previously collected it in his/her application.
Article 7. Of the obligations applicable to the provision of the satellite television broadcasting service.
In the provision of satellite television broadcasting services, whether or not a carrier service is used as an outsider, the following obligations shall apply:
(a) The programming of satellite television broadcasting services, whether coded or not, which includes in its coverage the whole or part of the national territory, must in any event respect the principles of the referred to in Article 4 of Law 4/1980 of 10 January of the Statute of Radio and Television.
(b) the generalist programming of satellite television services covered by the authorisation referred to in Article 5 (3) of this Regulation which includes in its coverage all or part of the territory of the European Union, will be subject to the provisions of Law 25/1994 of 12 July, incorporating into the Spanish legal system Directive 89 /552/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and Administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the pursuit of broadcasting activities television. The time limits contained in the transitional provision of that Law will be counted from the entry into force of Law 37/1995, Telecommunications by Satellite.
For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, generalist programming shall be understood to be directed to the general public regardless of the type of programs issued.
c) Compliance with the provisions of national and Community intellectual property law.
(d) Satellite television broadcasting service providers shall, where appropriate, provide the Directorate-General for Telecommunications, at no cost to the Directorate-General for Telecommunications and for the purposes of inspection of the programmes, to the corresponding decoders.
Article 8. Of the services not included in the satellite telecommunications authorizations.
The provisions of this Regulation do not apply to the provision of the services listed below and, consequently, the authorisations provided for in this Regulation do not enable the provision of:
(a) Basic telephone service in the terms in which it is defined in Law 31/1987, of 18 December, of the Ordination of Telecommunications, in the wording given to it by Law 32/1992, of 3 December.
(b) Earthly sound broadcasting service, in the understanding that the broadcast is carried out on the frequency established in the various national technical plans for the services referred to in Article 26 of the Law 31/1987, for the Management of Telecommunications, although the use of satellite telecommunications services is used to feed the issuing centres.
(c) Television broadcasting services referred to in Laws 4/1980, of 10 January, of the Staff Regulations of Radio and Television; 46/1983 of 26 December, Regulation of the Third Television Channel, and 10/1988 of 3 May of Private Television.
(d) The carrier service of the television broadcasting services mentioned in the previous indent. For this purpose, the television broadcasting carrier service shall be understood to include the aspects referred to in the headings (a) and (b) of Article 4 (1) of Law 37/1995 of 12 December of Telecommunications by Satellite.
Article 9. The interconnection of networks for the provision of satellite telecommunications services with telecommunications networks aimed at providing services to the public.
1. Satellite networks may be interconnected with networks which are intended to provide services to the general public, or to networks established pursuant to Article 23 of Law 31/1987 of 18 December 1987 on the Management of Telecommunications, for the provision of telecommunications services, other than those referred to in the previous Article.
The services to be provided on the interconnected networks of the preceding paragraph shall be considered to be of value added telecommunications services covered by Law 31/1987 of 18 December of the Telecommunications.
2. The interconnection of satellite networks with networks intended to provide services to the general public, for the provision of satellite telecommunications services, should be facilitated in accordance with the provisions of the provisions of this Directive. provided for in Royal Decree-Law 6/1996 of 7 July 1996 on the liberalization of telecommunications, and on the rules which, where appropriate, complement and develop it.
3. The provision of services through the interconnected networks will require the provision of the corresponding securities for the provision of value added services in accordance with the provisions of Law 31/1987 of 18 December 1987. Management of Telecommunications, and in its implementing rules; as a result of the implementation of this legislation for each type of service.
The Ministry of Public Works or the Telecommunications Market Commission shall exercise in the conflicts arising in connection with the interconnections referred to in this article, the powers of dispute resolution have been allocated for each service.
Article 10. Of the procedures for granting, modifying and extinguishing authorizations.
1. The granting, modification and extinction of the authorizations referred to in this Regulation will be governed by the provisions of Royal Decree 1778/1994 of 5 August, which are in accordance with Law 30/1992, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure, the rules governing the procedures for granting, amending and extinguishing authorisations and Annex I to Royal Decree 1773/1994 of 5 August 1994, which contains the Rules of Procedure for the Rules of Procedure for Authorisations telecommunications.
In the absence of an express resolution, the authorisations may be deemed to be dismissed after four months, from the date of entry of the application in any of the Records of the competent administrative body.
2. By way of derogation from the previous heading, prior to the granting of authorisations in accordance with the National Frequency Attribution Table, the number of frequencies reserved for the provision of the service This limited, the Directorate-General for Telecommunications, either on its own initiative or at the request of an interested party, shall open a period of public information for the purpose of determining the potential stakeholders in the provision of the service.
The public information period will be opened with a public announcement in the "Official State Gazette" and in two national broadcast newspapers, setting a period of not less than one month and not more than four, so that those interested in the provision of the service formulaic applications. The costs of the notices made shall be on behalf of the natural or legal person obtaining the final authorisation.
Once the requests have been received with the required documentation and within the deadlines set in the applicable regulations in accordance with the number 1 of this article, it will be examined whether all the applications received can be met with the available frequency capacity. In the first case, the authorisations shall be granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Royal Decree 1778/1994 and in Annex I to Royal Decree 1773/1994. If, on the other hand, received requests exceed the available frequency capacity, the Ministry of Public Works will convene the corresponding public tender.
In the public competitions called for the granting of the authorization of the service and the granting of the same year, the provisions of the law of contracts of the Public Administrations will apply, as regards the However, it is not applicable, however, to the public service obligations imposed on the concession-holder. It does not apply, however, to the public service obligations imposed on the concessionaire.
3. They will be cause of extinction of the authorization:
(a) Failure to comply with the obligations set out in the Authorizational Resolution in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and the Royal Decree approving it.
(b) Revocation of the provisional reserve of frequencies or final demanial concession.
(c) The extinction of the time limit for granting, where appropriate, the granting of radio public domain, without having been extended.
Article 11. Of the procedures for granting demanial anege grant.
In cases where, pursuant to this Regulation, the holder of the authorisation to provide telecommunications services by satellite is required to obtain a demanial concession annexed to the authorisation shall apply to the next:
1. In the authorisations for the provision of the satellite telecommunications carrier service, the authorisation shall be carried out by the corresponding concession of radio public domain, which shall be granted on a global basis and for the purposes of which it is granted. delimitation will be based on the initial request made by the authorization requester.
2. Any authorisation required for the award of the year shall be substantial by granting the corresponding provisional reserve of frequencies to be granted in conjunction with the authorisation. The validity of the provisional reserve shall be conditional on the fact that within four months of the granting of the authorisation, the Telecommunications Administration shall convert the provisional reserve into final allocation. In any event, the maximum period for the Administration to be resolved in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of Annex II to Royal Decree 1773/1994 of 5 August 1994 shall be eight months from the date of the submission of the application. The non-conversion of the provisional reserve into the final allocation for reasons of a technical nature within that period may result in the cancellation of the authorisation granted and the demanial concession which has been granted.
The non-transformation of the provisional reserve into final allocation will only take place when exceptional reasons are given of the technical nature of the incompatibility of the radio public domain that is intended to be used. Such reasons shall be expressly defined in the decision to be taken. The Administration in these cases of incompatibility shall propose, where appropriate, the use of other frequencies allowing the provision of the authorised service.
3. In any event, both the provisional reserve of frequencies and the final allocation will be granted after examination of the non-existence of incompatibility with other authorised services and that the satellite system intended to be used has carried out by means of technical and economic coordination with the Spanish State and recognised in the country of origin of the natural or legal person applying for authorisation, in accordance with the principle of reciprocity, to companies and citizens the right to provide similar services. The finding of incompatibility with other authorised services or the failure to comply with the requirements referred to above may lead to the revocation of the authorisation granted and the demanial concession which has been granted.
4. The demanial concessions annexed to the authorizations shall be granted for a period of five years renewable, and the renewal of the same period shall be requested by the holder of the concession for the same period one month in advance of the date of its granting. completion. The non-renewal of the demanial concession which, in any event, shall be motivated, shall result in the termination of the authorisation.
5. Holders of authorisations for the provision of satellite telecommunications services may request new frequencies necessary for the services they provide, or the modification of those already granted under the terms laid down in the Regulation implementing the Law 31/1987, for the Management of Telecommunications, in relation to the radio public domain approved by Royal Decree 844/1989 of 7 July.
6. The concessions in the public domain for the provision of the satellite telecommunications service shall be fully implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation referred to in the preceding paragraph and in its implementing rules and, in particular, the National Frequency Attribution Table.
7. The reasons for revocation of the demanial concession referred to in this Article shall be:
(a) In the case of individual demanial concession, the revocation of the authorization for which the corresponding public domain is affected.
(b) Those provided for in Article 20 of the Implementing Regulation of Law 31/1987, for the Management of Telecommunications, in relation to the radio public domain and the value added services using that domain, approved by Royal Decree 844/1989 of 7 July.
(c) Failure by the holder of the satellite telecommunications carrier service to interrupt the use of capacity which it has assigned to the holder of a television broadcasting service by satellite. satellite, to whom the Administration has revoked its authorization or when the authorization has been extinguished, once the Administration has notified this circumstance to the holder of the carrier service.
Article 12. From the faculties of the Administration.
The Directorate-General for Telecommunications and the Telecommunications Market Commission, in the field of its competences, may require both applicants and holders of telecommunications authorizations to by satellite, as much documentation as it deems necessary to check compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, on the service, authorisation and demanial concession.
Article 13. Causes of refusal of the authorizations.
Will be cause of authorization denial:
(a) Failure to comply with the requirements of this Regulation to make the application.
(b) The refusal of the applicant to provide the information required by the Administration, as referred to in the previous Article, as well as the non-compliance with the provisions of Article 6 of this Regulation.
(c) The failure to obtain, where appropriate, the provisional allocation of frequencies or the final allocation of radio public domain, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of this Regulation.
d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this Regulation, depending on the type of service authorized.
Article 14. Inspection of the Administration.
The operation of satellite telecommunications services will be subject to the system of inspections provided for in the field of telecommunications, and at any time to establish the Telecommunications Inspectorate. of the Ministry of Public Works, in order to monitor compliance with the conditions and requirements imposed on authoritative enabling securities, as well as to ensure the effective use and protection of radio public domain.
The refusal to be inspected or the obstruction of the inspections provided for in the preceding paragraph, shall be considered non-compliance with the obligations of the authorization, for the purposes of the prescribed in the article number 3 10.
For such purposes, the Telecommunications Inspectorate shall carry out as many checks as it deems necessary and carry out the relevant inspections, in order to verify compliance with the obligations of the Satellite telecommunications service providers and space segment operators, with the provision of information, facilities, equipment and means at their disposal and which are required to be made available to the inspection services by the Inspectorate to properly perform its function.
Article 15. Sanctioning regime.
The violation of the provisions of Law 37/1995 of 12 December of Telecommunications by Satellite, and in this Regulation will be governed by the provisions of Title IV of Law 31/1987 of 18 December of the Telecommunications and, as far as applicable, Law 25/1994 of 12 July, incorporating Directive 89 /552/EEC into the Spanish legal system, on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States of the European Member States relating to television broadcasting activities.
Competition for the imposition of the sanctions will be the responsibility of the Minister of Public Works for the very serious infringements, the Secretary General of Communications for the graves and the Director General of Telecommunications for the mild.
The procedure for the imposition of sanctions will be governed by the provisions of the Rules of Procedure for the exercise of sanctioning power, approved by Royal Decree 1398/1993 of 4 August, with the In accordance with the provisions of Annex III to Royal Decree 1773/1994 of 5 August 1994 adapting certain administrative procedures in the field of telecommunications to Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the legal system of administrations Public and the Common Administrative Procedure.
TITLE II
Technical requirements
Article 16. Analogue satellite television broadcasting services.
1. The satellite broadcasting service at national and Community level should be provided, in the case of analogue modulation, using the G/PAL or L/SECAM standard, in accordance with the International Union of International Union's UIT-R BT.470 recommendation. Telecommunications.
2. Satellite television broadcasting services of 625 wide-format lines using television systems that are not fully digital must use the D2-MAC television system, in accordance with the UIT-R BO.650 recommendation of the International Telecommunications Union.
3. The codification systems used for the codification of programmes, in services at national or Community level, shall take into account the guidelines of the UIT-R BT.810 recommendation of the International Telecommunication Union, as well as the European Union's rules of application, ensuring, in any case, compatibility with the emission standard.
4. In addition, satellite-enhanced analogue television distribution services may be provided when using television systems which are fully compatible with those referred to in point 1. In particular, improved television systems in wide format should use the 16: 9 format.
Article 17. Satellite digital television broadcasting services.
1. Satellite television broadcasting services which are fully digital, at national and Community level, shall use a transmission system which has been standardised by a recognised European standardisation body.
In particular, the ETS 300 421 and associated coding and channel modulation standards for digital satellite television will be applicable, in line with the International Union of International Union's UIT-R recommendation BO.1211. Telecommunications.
2. In relation to conditional access to digital television broadcasting services, the subscriber modules to be used shall have the capacity to untangle the digital television signals, in accordance with the common decoding algorithm. administered by a recognised European standardisation body.
Article 18. Specifications applicable to terrestrial stations for television broadcasting services.
Satellite television receiving earth stations shall comply with the specifications set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 19. Certification of equipment.
The equipment used in terrestrial satellite telecommunications stations must be in possession of the corresponding certificate of acceptance, as provided for in the Regulation establishing the procedure for the certification of the telecommunications equipment referred to in Article 29 of Law 31/1987 of 18 December 1994 on the Management of Telecommunications, approved by Royal Decree 1787/1996 of 19 July 1996.
TITLE III
From the Space Segment
Article 20. Concept of space segment.
In accordance with the provisions of the first article of Law 37/1995, of December 12, of Telecommunications by Satellite, it will have the consideration of space segment the satellites and the installations and systems on earth that carry out the functions of telemedide, telematics and monitoring, and logistic support for satellites. For the exercise of these functions, the space segment encompasses the upstream and downstream links intended to ensure the operation of the satellite and the ground control systems.
Article 21. Regulations applicable to the space segment.
The exploitation of the space segment in the sphere of sovereignty of the Spanish State is reserved to the State, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of the first paragraph of Law 31/1987, of the Telecommunications, as amended by Law 32/1992 of 3 December. The allocation of the space segment required to operate telecommunications satellites shall be carried out by the Government which may establish its management form.
Article 22. Of the spatial segment management modes.
The Government, by agreement of the Council of Ministers, may establish the management modality of the space segment which may be direct or indirect by any of the formulas set out in Article 157 of the Law 13/1995, of 18 May, of Contracts of Public Administrations.
The Council of Ministers Agreement establishing the management mode of the space segment shall also determine the administration or entity to which such management is entrusted and the remaining conditions of the procurement.
In the event that indirect management is chosen by way of administrative concession, the competent body for granting it will be the Council of Ministers, on a proposal from the Minister of Public Works.
Article 23. Of the satellite organizations.
The operation of the space segment, through satellite organizations in which the Spanish State is a party, shall be carried out through the companies or entities designated by the Government as a signatory in the Agreements. Operational or operating international of the respective satellite systems.
The government may agree, upon a reasoned file, on the change of the agency, undertaking or group of companies that holds the service or is a signatory to the agreements. In addition, where this is provided for in operational or operating agreements, it may establish the existence of more than one signatory for the operation of the service.
The actions of the signatory or signatories designated in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be carried out under the guidelines and in coordination with the Telecommunications Administration. It may require the signatory or signatories to be deemed necessary, as well as to appoint representatives to attend as many meetings as the signatories of the relevant organisations. The Minister for Public Works may also issue instructions in application of the principles of transparency and non-discrimination on the part of the signatory or signatories and in order to avoid situations of abuse of a dominant position. The Telecommunications Market Committee shall be consulted when such instructions concern the safeguarding of free competition in the telecommunications market.
The possible conflicts that may arise between the signatories referred to in this article and the satellite system operators will know, in application of the current regulations, the Commission of the Market of the Telecommunications.
TRANSIENT PROVISIONS
First. Conversion of the enabling securities granted under Law 35/1992 of 22 December 1992 to Satellite Television in application of the provisions of the single transitional provision of Law No 37/1995 of 12 December 1995 on the Telecommunications by Satellite.
1. The enabling titles awarded to the Public Ente Radiotelevisión Española by Agreement of the Council of Ministers of 28 May 1993 for the direct management, at Community level, of two channels and with Ibero-American coverage by two transponders of the HISPASAT satellite system, as well as the concessions of public satellite television services for the issuance of programmes with national or Community coverage, granted by way of award by Council Agreement of Ministers of 1 October 1993 may be transformed into administrative authorizations for this Regulation under the conditions set out in the following headings.
2. For the conversion of the qualifying securities referred to in the previous heading, the entities referred to therein shall, within two months of the adoption of this Regulation, express their wish to the Ministry of transform your enabling titles.
In the event that they opt for such a transformation they must accompany the manifestation of will required in the preceding paragraph, formal application of the new transformed title, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 5 and 7 of this Regulation.
This request must include:
(a) If in the service provision under the transformed title they used the same or different capacity from the one they were using and, in the first case, they would use the whole of that capacity or only part of the same.
(b) If the capacity utilisation is carried out through the authorised entity that was being provided, or through a different capacity provider and in this case, if the entity is a third party or the entity requesting it the transformation.
(c) If the transformed title is intended to provide the service with analogue or digital technology and, in this case, number of programmes intended to be disseminated with the transformed title.
The Minister of Public Works, by Order, will transform the previous title into administrative authorization, which, if necessary, will lead to the same demanial concession to which the provisions of this Regulation will apply for the authorisations for the provision of television broadcasting services and, where appropriate, for authorisations with a demanial award. That Order shall be issued within four months of the submission of the application for processing.
By way of derogation from the above paragraph, in respect of the accreditation by itself or third party of the right of use of space capacity, such accreditation shall not be required when the following assumptions are met:
a) That the transformation be performed for the use of the same spatial capacity,
b) that the same or other technology is to be used,
(c) to be referred to the same entity previously enabled for this purpose or to the same space-capacity holder if, in the latter case, the contract with that holder is provided, together with the processing application.
In these cases, the Order referred to in the third paragraph of the second paragraph of this transitional provision shall have a value equivalent to the authorisations and, where applicable, concessions granted in accordance with the provisions of the Articles 5 to 11 of this Regulation. The provisions of this paragraph shall also apply to the transformation of the enabling titles of Spanish Radiotelevisión when the same assumptions are made.
3. If any of the entities referred to in this transitional provision does not request the processing of the enabling title, or expressly express its intention to the effect that it is contrary to that transformation, that entity shall retain the title The law of the Court of Justice of the Court of Justice of the European Union, of which it currently has in its strict terms and for the period that it has no longer valid for the concession titles granted under the Law 35/1992, of December 22, of the Television by Satellite. The provisions of this paragraph will also apply to the Public Ente Radiotelevisión Española.
Any change in the terms of service provided for in the title granted under the above Law and in the rules applicable to it will, in this case, require the request and obtain administrative authorisation in the terms of this Regulation.
4. In any event, the processing of the enabling title, made at the request of an interested party, shall not be entitled to compensation for alterations to the conditions of the concession.
Second. Termination of contracts formalised by the entities referred to in the previous transitional provision with the entities authorised for the provision of the carrier service.
1. In the event that the entities mentioned in the previous transitional provision opt for the transformation of the title and the maintenance of the technology, the type of services, the space capacity and the same entity that is enabled for the provision of the capacity of the previous title, the contracts in force shall remain valid until the date of their expiry. From that date, the formalisation of new contracts shall be effected by free agreement between the parties.
2. In the case of non-transformation of the enabling title and continuity of service provision in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of the previous transitional provision, the contracts concluded between the lending institutions the service and the spatial capacity entity shall remain in force for the provision of the service for the period up to the termination of the previous enabling title.
3. If the entities referred to in the previous transitional provision choose to transform the enabling title and not maintain the capacity currently available with the holder of the capacity with which the contract and technology are formalised with which the service is being provided, the contracts currently formalized may be terminated, without it being derived rights and indemnities for any of the parties, in the terms and conditions established in the provision The only transitional period of Law 37/1995 of 12 December, of Telecommunications by Satellite, from of the time at which the Minister for Public Works is given the Order referred to in the second paragraph of the previous transitional provision.
4. Contracts concluded for the provision of VSAT services may be amended by the entities and undertakings which have them subscribed to the carrier service providers, as from the date on which they hold such undertakings. the enabling title obtained under this Regulation to provide satellite telecommunications services under the same conditions as set out in the above headings for satellite television service providers, as provided for in the single transitional provision of that Law 37/1995.
5. The public entity RETEVISION may also terminate the contracts with the holding company for space capacity formalised to provide for the provision of satellite television carrier services under the same conditions as those provided for in this Regulation. this transitional provision to service holders.
Third. Obligations of the Public Ente Radiotelevisión Española de digitalization of the signs covered by the enabling title transformed for the provision of the satellite television service with Ibero-American coverage.
In the event that, pursuant to the provisions of the number two of the first transitional provision, the transformation of the enabling title granted to the Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española for direct management of the public service of satellite television with Ibero-American coverage by two transponders, said Ente Público within four months of the approval of this Regulation will present a Plan of transformation of the service delivery of analogue technology to digital technology, in which capacity will be included, up to total of such transponders, which it intends to use and number of programmes to issue. Presented by the Public Ente Plan, it will be issued Ministerial Order transforming this title, in which it will be established that the maximum period for the transformation of the service to digital technology will be four months from the presentation of the Plan previously cited by the Public Ente.
Prior to the start of the service in the new technology, the Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española must prove to the Ministry of Public Works that it has the right of use, in the terms set out in Article 3 of this Regulation, of the two transponders of the HISPASAT system or of the part thereof for which the title is granted. The rights of use of such capacity must be freely agreed between the parties, resolving in the event of disagreement the Commission of the Telecommunications Market.
After the deadline given in the Order amending the initial authorization without the Public Ente Radiotelevisión Española initiating the digital technology broadcasts, the Government will be empowered to Cancellation of the title initially granted under the provisions of the transitional provision of this Regulation.
Fourth. Affectation and concession of radio public domain for the provision of carrier services by entities entitled under the provisions of the second provision of Law 37/1995 of 12 December of Telecommunications by Satellite.
the public entity RETEVISION or, where appropriate, the company resulting from the provisions of Article 4 of Royal Decree-Law 6/1996 of 7 June, of the liberalization of telecommunications, and in Royal Decree 2276/1996, October 25, for which the aforementioned Royal Decree-law is developed, in relation to the second telecommunications operator and the Public Ente of the Spanish Television Network (RETEVISION) and "Telefónica de España, Sociedad Anonima", as entities authorised by the second provision of Law 37/1995, of Telecommunications For the provision of satellite telecommunications carrier services, Satellite will be able to provide the service with the frequencies currently available, owing, within one month of the adoption of this Regulation, to present the relevant frequency relationships used by the Directorate-General for Telecommunications for the purpose of which the corresponding affectation and concession of radio-electric public domain are carried out.
With regard to the request for new frequencies by both entities, the provisions of this Regulation for the granting of radio public domain to the holders of authorizations for the provision of the telecommunication signal transport capacity delivery service.
The enabling title referred to in the second provision of Law 37/1995 of 12 December of Telecommunications by Satellite shall be limited to the terms referred to in Article 5 (1). of this Regulation. The Ministry of Public Works shall give administrative decision by setting the date from which the said entitled title shall be subject to the arrangements provided for in this Regulation for the services referred to in Article 5 (1
.ANNEX TO THE TECHNICAL REGULATION AND PROVISION OF THE SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
Technical specifications of the terrestrial reception stations of the direct satellite television broadcasting service and the satellite fixed service for television in bands of 11 and 12 GHz.
1. APPLICATION SCOPE
It extends to all the equipment described in these specifications that will be installed and used throughout the national territory.
The equipment considered in these technical specifications is limited to the outer unit of the ground station, consisting of the antenna with its feeder and the low-noise amplifier with its intermediate frequency converter, the latter set to be referred to as Low Noise Converter (CBR).
The output interface to the inner unit is defined in the output connector of the CBR, so the coaxial cable link, the intermediate frequency amplifier, and the demodulator are not considered in these specifications. techniques.
The installation equipment (fixing means) is not included in these technical specifications. However, antenna structures and other components directly mounted on the antenna and forming integral parts of it, in particular, the equipment for controlling its position, are subject to these specifications.
These earth stations are classified into two different types, according to the services they provide:
Type A for collective reception, in particular:
Satellite television for cable distribution (CATV).
Satellite television by collective antenna (MATV).
Type B for individual receive.
1.1 In the direct satellite television broadcasting service.
These technical specifications are applicable to terrestrial stations only for television reception which receive audiovisual programmes on the frequencies of the Ku band of the direct broadcasting service. satellite from 11.70 GHz up to 12.50 GHz and using circular polarization.
The received television signals may be from the PAL, SECAM system or the different MAC family systems, all with the associated TV sound, and even other audio programs.
1.1.1 Definitions.
External unit: It is the part of the earth station arranged to be illuminated by the radio broadcasts of the satellite. Typically consists of two subsystems:
The antenna subsystem, which converts the incident radiation field into a guided wave. Although different types of subsystems can be used, such as flat antenna arrays, it will usually be:
The main reflector, the secondary reflector (if any), and the radiant element.
The antenna feeder, which includes a depolarizer that converts circular polarization into linear, and an optional orthomode transducer, capable of separating two polarized incoming signals differently in two outputs Radio frequency independent.
The CBR, which can include an optional filter, consists of a set of devices with a very low internal noise, which amplifies the signals received in radio frequency and converts them to intermediate frequencies (the so-called First intermediate frequency) for transmission to one or more internal units, where the tuning, demodulation and decoding of the received signals takes place.
1.2 In the fixed satellite service for television in 11 and 12 GHz bands.
These technical specifications apply to terrestrial stations receiving audiovisual programmes on the frequencies of the Ku band of the fixed satellite service between 10.70 GHz up to 11.70 GHz and Between 12.50 GHz up to 12.75 GHz.
The received television signals may be from the PAL, SECAM, NTSC or different MAC family systems, all with the associated TV sound, and even other audio programs.
1.2.1 Definitions.
External unit: It is the part of the earth station arranged to be illuminated by the radio broadcasts of the satellite. Typically consists of two subsystems:
The antenna subsystem that converts the incident radiation field into a guided wave. Although different types of subsystems can be used, such as flat antenna arrays, it will usually be:
The main reflector, the secondary reflector (if any), and the radiant element.
The antenna feeder, which can include optional polarizing devices to receive different orthogonal linear polarizations, simultaneously or exclusively.
The CBR, which can include an optional filter, consists of a set of devices with a very low internal noise that amplifies the signals received in radio frequency and converts them to intermediate frequencies (the so-called First intermediate frequency) for transmission to one or more internal units, where the tuning, demodulation and decoding of the received signals takes place.
2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Security.
The following requirements refer to the design, manufacture and installation of the external unit, which prevent users, maintenance personnel or any other person or person from operating normally as well as damaged their property, the exposure to any danger of damage.
2.1.1 Mechanical safety.
There will be no danger of physical damage from contact with any part of the outer unit, even with sharp edges or corners.
2.1.2 Mechanical construction.
2.1.2.1 Specification 1: External Unit.
All parts of the outer unit, including structural components (but excluding fixing means), must be designed to withstand the following main loads:
The weight of the antenna and structural components.
The wind speed.
Loads due to snow and ice have not been considered.
The overhead due to wind will be calculated as follows:
W = c x p x A.
W is the overhead due to wind, in Newtons (N);
c is the correction coefficient of the antenna area (c = 1, 2);
p is wind pressure (N/m2);
A is the component of the antenna area (m2).
If the outer unit is installed up to 20 meters above ground level, a p value of 800 N/m2 (corresponding to a wind speed of 130 Km/h) will be taken.
If the outer unit is installed above 20 meters above ground level, a p value of 1,100 N/m2 (corresponding to a wind speed of 150 Km/h) will be taken.
Note: Where there are adverse environmental conditions, it may be necessary to take a higher value for wind pressure, for example:
A wind pressure of 1,250 N/m2, corresponding to a wind speed of 160 Km/h.
A wind pressure of 1900 N/m2, corresponding to a wind speed of 200 Km/h.
At maximum applicable wind pressures none of the components shall be detached.
The maximum installation weight of the antenna and the maximum wind speed shall be declared by the manufacturer (see paragraph 3).
2.1.2.2 Specification 2: Mechanical overloads in fixings.
The values for mechanical overloads on the interface of the fixing device must be declared by the manufacturer (see paragraph 3).
2.1.3 Power downloads per access.
In addition to complying with the current regulations on electrical safety, everything that concerns you should be taken care of if you use voltages in excess of the 60 volts in continuous current, which may be present to power auxiliary devices as an engine for antenna orientation or a deicing system.
All accessible parts that need to be manipulated or that the human body can establish contact with must be either land potential or adequately isolated.
No part of the body will be able to make contact with any active part of the inside of the outer unit without previously removing a protective cover for which some kind of tool will be needed.
2.1.4 Anti-ray protection.
For the exclusive purpose of protecting the outer unit and to avoid dangerous differences of potential between it and any other conductive structure, the outer unit shall permit the connection of a conductor, of a section of copper of at least four square millimetres of area, with the system of general anti-ray protection of its site.
2.1.5 Protection of solar radiation.
To avoid burns due to solar radiation and the effects of its concentration on a focus near the feeder, the reflecting surfaces of the antenna subsystem must be treated to prevent them from burning or, in case The external unit shall have a warning warning of this danger in a clearly visible position.
2.1.6 Adverse Conditions.
2.1.6.1 General.
An external unit, if exposed to weathering, especially in corrosive atmospheres, adverse temperatures or other adverse conditions shall be adequately constructed or protected to prevent hazards to the environment. persons and property. The sequence of failures due to structural corrosion or other adverse conditions shall be designed to interrupt the reception of the satellite before partial or complete break of the outer unit, thereby providing the user with a warning of failure structural in normal wind conditions.
2.1.6.2 Anti-corrosion resistance.
The materials and terminations used in the manufacture of the outer unit must be suitable for saline atmospheres, providing their design with an average life of at least five years in places close to the coast.
2.1.6.3 Risk of fire.
The outer unit must be made of hard-flammable materials.
2.2 Frequency of the local oscillator.
2.2.1 Frequency Spectrum.
To ensure compatibility with the sense of modulation required by the inner unit, the radio frequency spectrum of a signal received by the outer unit will not be reversed in the output of the outer unit.
2.2.2 Tolerance in frequency conversion.
The conversion frequency (i.e. the difference between the frequency of an input signal and the output frequency of this signal) shall not deviate by more than ± 5 MHz from its nominal value, with the following factors in account:
a) Variations of ambient temperatures in the range of -20 ° C to +55 ° C.
b) Power voltage variations: Those declared by the manufacturer.
c) Local oscillator adjustment error: The declared by the manufacturer.
d) Aging.
The deviation in the conversion frequency of its nominal value due to factors (a) and (b) shall not exceed ± 3 MHz.
2.3 Radiation of the outer unit.
2.3.1 General.
Unwanted radiations are as follows:
a) The emission from the local oscillator in the ± 7th beam of the main lobe axis of the receiving antenna.
b) Any other radiation from the outer unit in any other direction.
Radiation from auxiliary devices shall be governed by the rules applicable to the type of device concerned:
a) Undesired radiation including the one from the local oscillator radiated by the antenna.
The maximum value of unwanted radiation, including both the frequency of the local oscillator and its second and third harmonics, measured in the antenna interface (already considered the polarizer, the orthomode transducer, the filter pasobanda and the radiofrequency guide) will be as follows:
The fundamental must not exceed -60 dBm in a bandwidth of 120 KHz.
The second and third harmonics shall not exceed -50 dBm in a bandwidth of 120 KHz.
This specification applies to the 2.5 GHz to 40 GHz frequency range.
b) Radiation of the outer unit (PIRE).
The equivalent isotropic radiated power (PIRE) of each individual undesired signal radiated by the outer unit within the 30 Mhz band up to 40 Ghz shall not exceed the following measured values in a bandwidth 120 Khz:
20 dBpW in the range of 30 Mhz to 960 MHz.
43 dBpW in the range over 960 Mhz to 2.5 GHz.
57 dBpW in the range over 2.5 Ghz to 40 GHz.
The specification applies in all directions except in the ± 7th margin of the antenna axis direction.
2.4 Immunity.
2.4.1 Definitions.
The immunity of a device is its ability to withstand an electromagnetic disturbance:
a) The "internal immunity" of a device is its ability to withstand an electromagnetic disturbance that appears in its typical input terminals or antenna.
b) The "external immunity" of a device is its ability to withstand an electromagnetic disturbance that appears in other input terminals other than typical or antenna.
c) The "immunity level" is the maximum value of a given electromagnetic disturbance, incident on the device, equipment or system considered, for which it is still capable of satisfying the quality level of operation required.
The immunity of ancillary devices shall also be taken into account in compliance with the relevant applicable rules.
2.4.2 External unit external immunity from environmental fields.
2.4.2.1 General.
The level of external immunity from environmental fields is given by the value of the incident electromagnetic disturbance, which produces a disturbance that begins to be noticeable to the output of the CBR, when applied to its input the minimum level of the desired signal.
It is assumed that the perturbation that begins to be discernible from the preceding paragraph corresponds to a desired radio frequency signal ratio to an unwanted radiofrequency signal of 35 dB in the radio frequency band or in the intermediate frequency.
2.4.2.2 Specification.
The minimum environmental field that produces a disturbance that starts to be noticeable must not be less than:
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Range (MHz). Minimum field strength | Level |
|---|---|
|
| |
| From 1.15 to 2,000 | 130 |
|
B: | |
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0.15 to 150 |
125 |
The interfering signal shall be amplitude modulated with a pitch of 1 KHz and modulation depth of 80 per 100.
2.4.3 External unit external immunity from cable-driven currents.
2.4.3.1 General.
The radiofrequency and induction radiofrequency radiation fields may induce currents in the output cable. This is mainly due to their poor effectiveness of crowding.
This is not applicable to electrical power conductors.
2.4.3.2 Specification.
At each frequency interfering with immunity, expressed as the value in Dbμv of the electromotive force of the 150 ohm interfering source producing a disturbance that begins to be noticeable in the output of the CBR when it is applies to your input the minimum level of the desired signal, it will have a value no less than the following:
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Range (MHz) | Level (Dbμv/m) |
|---|---|
|
Type A: |
|
|
1.5 to 230 | 125 |
| Type B: |
|
|
26 to 30 | 126 |
The interfering signal shall be amplitude modulated with a pitch of 1 KHz and modulation depth of 80 per 100.
3. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Manufacturers shall provide a technical information manual with each equipment, containing at least the mechanical specifications of paragraph 2.1.2, and those required by 2.2.2 and the essential installation information, maintenance and security. A table of characteristics of the equipment that the manufacturer ensures are also included, including the terminations and connectors to be used in the external unit interface, as well as the signal characteristics in it. In the latter case, reference shall be made at least to the frequency bands in the outputs and to the levels, expressed in Dbm, of output power.
4. REFERENCES
The main references to these technical specifications are the publications of the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) mentioned at the end of this section. Other references can be found in them.
-ETS 300 249 "Satellite Stations for Television Reception." ('Satellite Earth Stations [SES]; Television Receive-Only [TVRO-BSS] ', December 1993 edition).
-ETS 300 158 "Satellite Terrain Stations for Television Reception Operating in the 11 GHz and 12 GHz Bands of the Fixed Service by Satellite." ('Satellite Earth Stations [SES]; Television Receive-Only [TVRO] Satellite Earth Stations Operating in the 11/12 Ghz FSS bands ', November 1992 edition).
