EC REVISED 'BLUE GUIDE' - PUBLISHED 29th June 2022

LPRA Members are invited to note that the European Commission has published a revised version of the ‘Blue Guide’ on the implementation of EU product rules 2022 in the Official Journal today (29th June 2022) - available on the link below : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2022:247:TOC#TN Read more >>

LPRA / TDRA United Arab Emirates (UAE) Consultation on Regulatory Instruments JULY 2021

Dear LPRA Member, The TDRA [Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority] United Arab Emirates (UAE) has asked for LPRA members to comment on the following : "In keeping with its values of collaboration and commitment, The TDRA  wishes to consult on changes to text it proposes under the articles of the following TDRA Regulatory Instruments: : Regulations for Fixed Radio Systems 2.0 issued on 18 May 2016. Read more >>

LPRA / CITC Technical Specification Update July 2021

Dear LPRA Member, Based on the Communications and Information Technology Commission's (CITC) role as the regulator of the communications and information technology sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, CITC has updated the technical specifications of communications and information technology devices and equipment to accommodate the latest technological developments and enable the provisioning of state of the art communication and information technology services in the Kingdom. Read more >>

DRAFT ETSI EN 300 220-2 - CALL FOR COMMENT 18TH MAY 2021

RE: Stable Draft ETSI EN 300 220-2 V3.3.1 (202x-xx)v.0.0.8Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Part 2: Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum for non specific radio equipment   The above draft is a working document, but also not a public one. Read more >>

LPRA RESPONSES TO RECENT CONSULTATIONS : March 2021

LPRA RESPONSES TO RECENT CONSULTATIONS :   1: CRA OF QATAR : PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE SRD REGS The LPRA was delighted to respond to this consultation, we thank the CRA of Qatar for inviting us to comment on the proposed update to the SRD regulations set out in the document, Class Licence for Short Range Devices – Version number (4). Read more >>

LEGAL OPINION ON THE EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION SYSTEM - SEPTEMBER 2020

The LPRA Council and Secretariat are pleased to share the following positive news with you.  The German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy has published a legal opinion on the European system of harmonised standards. The expert opinion, which was drafted on behalf of the Ministry, considers and assesses the current state of the European standardisation system and deals in particular with the implications of a ruling of the European Court of Justice, known as the ‘James Elliott ruling’ (C-613/14) of October 2016. TheEuropean Commission has significantly changed the procurement and implementation practice for European harmonised standards and standardisation mandates in response to the ruling. Read more >>

Notes from WGFM meeting - May 2020

As previously mentioned, despite the current restrictions members of the LPRA Council are still representing our members’ interests by participating in regulatory meetings remotely.We thought you would be interested in the following notes from the most recent WGFM meeting.WGFM#95 was the final meeting for the chairman, Thomas Weilacher of BNatzA, after eight years in charge. Heated discussion surrounded work carried out by FM56 (railway spectrum) where attempts to place national restrictions on RFID in the 915MHz band in order to protect railway services in the new FRMCS band where opposed by many administrations. Read more >>

LPRA CHAIRMAN'S YEAR END LETTER JANUARY 2020

Dear LPRA Member, 2020 will be the LPRA’s 30th Anniversary, an achievement we are justly proud of and a milestone that has only been achieved thanks to the support of our members.2019 has been another challenging year,  the prolonged uncertainty caused by the prospect of the UK’s exit from the EU and the escalating use of tariffs has contributed to the continued global environment of caution. These elements, combined with the aggressive global battle for precious radio spectrum make the LPRA’s role even more vital and we are proud to be maintaining our mission to protect the interests of our members.  Despite these difficulties our members continue to be at the forefront of innovation in our industry, through their creativity, resilience and adaptability, something which always makes me proud to see.I would like to take this opportunity to again thank LPRA Member Nedap for their generous hosting and sponsorship of the Radio Solutions Conference and Networking event RS2019. Read more >>

LPRA @ ECC CEPT WORKSHOP 2-3 MAY 2019

At the ECC’s ‘CEPT workshop on New Spectrum Solutions for Industry Sectors’ held in Copenhagen on the 2-3 May 2019, LPRA Chairman Dr Saad Mezzour and LPRA Council member Dr Simon Dunkley presented the case for Medical Implants and Networked SRDs, the latter, formally, on behalf of the LPRA. Read more >>

Report From The Commission To The European Parliament And The Council on the operation of the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU 13 November 2018

Report From The Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU   The above report was published on the 13th November 2018 - please see link below : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=COM:2018:740:FIN&qid=1535967529260&from=EN   As always the LPRA Council are also keen to hear your direct feedback -... Read more >>

EC Decision SRDs - 863-870 MHz 22nd AUGUST 2018

As part of its management activities according to last EC decision related to SRDs,  the band 863-870MHz is now harmonized across the whole of Europe into several contiguous sub bands, SRD-MG is proposing to remove a non-harmonized entry in Recommendation 70-03, Annex 1, band h1.2.    The administrations’ belief is that this entry is no longer necessary. Read more >>

RED Came into Force UK Law 26th December 2017

The Radio Equipment Directive (Directive 2014/53/EU) was implemented in the United Kingdom (UK) by the Radio Equipment Regulations 2017, statutory instrument No. 1206 was laid before Parliament on 5th December 2017 and came into force on the 26th December 2017. Full details of the Statutory Instrument 2017 No. 1206 can be found on the link below... Read more >>

LPRA CHAIRMAN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE December 2015

                          Dear Member,I am very pleased to report that our 25th Anniversary year has been an extremely successful one for the LPRA, and I’m proud that once again our members continue to be at the forefront of innovation in our industry. I am delighted to be able to report that we welcomed nine new members during the past twelve months, I’m particularly pleased that two of those were companies who had previously resigned from the LPRA. Read more >>