
Article 1 
The purpose of this Decision is to harmonise the technical conditions for the availability and efficient use of the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz bands for systems providing mobile communications on board vessels services within territorial seas in the European Union.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Decision:

1.. ‘mobile communication services on board vessels (MCV services)’ means electronic communication services, as defined in Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, provided by an undertaking to enable persons on board a vessel to communicate via public communication networks using a GSM system without establishing direct connections with land-based mobile networks;
2.. ‘the 900 MHz band’ means the 880-915 MHz band for uplink (terminal transmit, base station receive) and 925-960 MHz band for downlink (base station transmit, terminal receive);
3.. ‘the 1 800 MHz band’ means the 1 710-1 785 MHz band for uplink (terminal transmit, base station receive) and 1 805-1 880 MHz band for downlink (base station transmit, terminal receive);
4.. ‘GSM system’ means an electronic communications network, that complies with the GSM standards, as published by European Telecommunications Standards Institute, in particular EN 301 502 and EN 301 511;
5.. ‘on a non-interference and non-protected basis’ means that no harmful interference may be caused to any radio-communication service and that no claim may be made for protection of these services against harmful interference originating from other radio-communication services;
6.. ‘territorial sea’ is to be understood in the meaning of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
7.. ‘vessel base transceiver station (vessel-BS)’ means a mobile pico-cell located on a vessel and supporting GSM services in the 900 MHz and/or 1 800 MHz bands.
Article 3 
Member States shall, no later than 12 months following the entry into force of this Decision, make available at least 2 MHz of spectrum in the uplink direction and 2 MHz of corresponding paired spectrum in the downlink direction within the 900 MHz and/or 1 800 MHz bands for systems providing MCV services on a non-interference and non-protected basis in their territorial seas, and ensure that these systems comply with the conditions set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 4 
Member States shall keep the use of the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz bands by systems providing MCV services in their territorial seas under review, in particular with regard to the continued relevance of all the conditions specified in Article 3 of this Decision and to instances of harmful interference.
Article 5 
Member States shall submit to the European Commission a report on their findings with regard to the review referred to in Article 4 of this Decision. The European Commission shall, where appropriate, proceed to a review of this Decision.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 March 2010.
For the Commission
Neelie KROES
Vice-President
ANNEX

The following conditions shall be met:

1.. the system providing MCV services shall not be used closer than 2 nautical miles from the baseline, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
2.. only indoor vessel-BS antenna(s) shall be used between 2 and 12 nautical miles from the baseline;
3.. limits to be set for mobile terminals when used on board vessel and for vessel-BS:

Parameter Description
Transmit power/power density For mobile terminals used on board vessels and controlled by the vessel-BS in the 900 MHz band, maximum radiated output power:5 dBm
For mobile terminals used on board vessels and controlled by the vessel-BS in the 1 800 MHz band, maximum radiated output power:0 dBm
For base stations on board vessels, the maximum power density measured in external areas of the vessel, with reference to a 0 dBi measurement antenna gain:– 80 dBm/200 kHz
Channel access and occupation rules Techniques to mitigate interference that provide at least equivalent performance to the following mitigation factors based on GSM standards shall be used:
— between 2 and 3 nautical miles from the baseline, the receiver sensitivity and the disconnection threshold (ACCMIN and min RXLEV level) of the mobile terminal used on board vessel shall be equal to or higher than – 70 dBm/200 kHz and between 3 and 12 nautical miles from the baseline equal to or higher than – 75 dBm/200 kHz,
— discontinuous transmission shall be activated in the MCV system uplink direction,
— the timing advance value of the vessel-BS shall be set to the minimum.




