Regionale Overeenkomst betreffende het gebruik door de Omroepdienst van golven in de middengolfbanden in de gebieden 1 en 3 en in de langegolfbanden in gebied 1

Article 1 Definitions For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings defined below: Union: The International Telecommunication Union; Secretary-General: The Secretary-General of the Union; I.F.R.B.: The International Frequency Registration Board; C.C.I.R.: The International Radio Consultative Committee; Convention: The International Telecommunication Convention; Radio Regulations: The Radio Regulations annexed to the Convention; Regions 1 and 3: The geographical areas defined in Nos. 126 and 128 to 132 of the Radio Regulations, Geneva, 1959; Agreement: The whole of this Agreement including its annexes; Plan: The Plan and its appendices forming Annex 1 to this Agreement; Contracting Member: Any Member of the Union which has approved or acceded to the Agreement; Administration: Any governmental department or service responsible for discharging the obligations undertaken in the Convention and the Radio Regulations. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 2 Frequency Bands The provisions of this Agreement apply to the frequency bands between 150 and 285 kHz and between 525 and 1 605 kHz allocated to the broadcasting service under Article 5 of the Radio Regulations, Geneva, 1959. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 3 Execution of the Agreement 1 The Contracting Members shall adopt, for their broadcasting stations operating in Regions 1 and 3 in the frequency bands referred to in the Agreement, the characteristics specified in the Plan. 2 The Contracting Members shall not bring assignments complying with the Plan into use, change the technical characteristics of stations specified in the Plan, or bring new stations into use, except under the conditions set out in Articles 4 and 5 of this Agreement (see also Resolution No. 7). 3 The Contracting Members shall endeavour to agree on the action required to reduce any harmful interference caused by the application of this Agreement. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 4 Procedure for Modifications to the Plan 1 When a Contracting Member proposes to make a modification to the Plan, i.e. either: * or the corresponding article of the Radio Regulations currently in force. the following procedure shall be applied before any notification is made under ths provisions of Article 9of the Radio Regulations (see Article 5 of this Agreement). - to change the characteristics of a frequency assignment to a broadcasting station shown in the Plan, whether or not the station has been brought into use, or - to bring into use an assignment to a broadcasting station not appearing in the Plan, or - to change the characteristics of a frequency assignment to a broadcasting station for which the procedure in this Article has been successfully applied, whether or not the station has been brought into use, or - to cancel a frequency assignment to a broadcasting station, 2 In the remainder of the present Article, the term “assignment in accordance with the Agreement” means any frequency assignment appearing in the Plan or for which the procedure of this Article has been successfully applied. 3 Proposed Changes in the Characteristics of an Assignment or the Bringing into Use of a new Assignment 3.1 Any administration proposing a change in the characteristics of an assignment or the bringing into use of a new assignment shall seek the agreement of all the administrations having an assignment in accordance with the Agreement, in the same channel or an adjacent channel, which is considered to be affected (see 3.2.5 and 3.3.1). 3.2 Channels other than Low-Power Channels 3.2.1 An administration proposing to change the characteristics of an assignment or to bring a new assignment into use shall so inform the I.F.R.B. and furnish the characteristics of the modification or addition in the form adopted in the Plan and its appendices. 3.2.1.1 Where the proposed modification is within the limits defined in 3.2.9, the information shall contain a reference to that paragraph. 3.2.1.2 In all other cases, in order to arrive at the agreement referred to in 3.1, the administration shall notify to the I.F.R.B. the names of the administrations whose agreement it considers should be sought and of those with which agreement has been reached. 3.2.2 The I.F.R.B. shall determine on the basis of Annex 2 to the Agreement the administrations having frequency assignments in accordance with the Agreement which are considered to be affected within the meaning of 3.2.5. The results of these calculations shall be sent immediately by the I.F.R.B. to the administration proposing the modification to the Plan. The I.F.R.B. shall include the names of these administrations in the information received and shall publish the complete information in a special section of its weekly circular. 3.2.3 The I.F.R.B. shall send a telegram to the administrations listed in the special section of the weekly circular drawing their attention to the information it contains and shall also send to them the results of its calculations. 3.2.4 Any administration which considers that it should have been included in the list of administrations whose frequency assignments are considered to be affected may, giving its reasons for so doing, request the I.F.R.B. to include its name. A copy of the request shall be sent to the administration proposing the modifications to the Plan. 3.2.5 Any assignment may be considered affected when its usable field strength is increased by a value equal to or greater than 0.5 dB as a consequence of the proposed modification to the Plan. The usable field strength is calculated at any point on the boundary of the service area resulting from the first recording of the assignment in the Plan. When the original assignment in the Plan has been modified in accordance with the Agreement, the calculation shall take account of this modification. The increase in the usable field strength is calculated in accordance with Annex 2 to the Agreement. 3.2.6 An administration seeking agreement under 3.1 for daytime operation of a station may, by agreement with the affected administrations, use the simplified method of calculation defined in 3.3.4.3 or 3.4.3.3, as appropriate, of Annex 2 to the Agreement. 3.2.7 An administration may ask the administration proposing the modification for the additional information it considers necessary to calculate the increase of the usable field strength. Similarly, the administration proposing the modification may ask any administration whose agreement it seeks for the additional information it considers necessary. The administrations shall inform the I.F.R.B. of such requests. 3.2.8 Comments from administrations on information published pursuant to 3.2.2 should be sent either directly to the administration proposing the modification or through the I.F.R.B. In any event the I.F.R.B. shall be informed that comments have been made. 3.2.9 The agreement mentioned in 3.1 is not required if the proposed modification either: * or the corresponding article of the Radio Regulations currently in force. In either case, the administration intending to modify the Plan may put its project into effect, subject to the application of the provisions of Article 9of the Radio Regulations. - entails no increase in effective monopole radiated power in any direction, or - relates to a change in the site of the station, within the tolerances specified in 4.9 of Annex 2 to the Agreement. 3.2.10 An administration which has not notified its comments either to the administration concerned or to the I.F.R.B. within a period of sixteen weeks following the date of the weekly circular referred to in 3.2.2 shall be understood to have agreed to the proposed change. This time limit may be extended by eight weeks in the case of an administration which has requested additional information pursuant to paragraph 3.2.7. 3.2.11 If in seeking agreement an administration makes changes in its initial proposal, it shall again apply the provisions of 3.2.1 and the consequent procedure. 3.2.12 If no comments have been received on expiry of the periods specified in 3.2.10, or if agreement has been reached with the administrations which have made comments, the administration proposing the modification may proceed with its project and shall inform the I.F.R.B. indicating the final characteristics of the assignment together with the names of the administrations with which agreement has been reached. 3.2.13 When the proposed modification to the Plan involves a developing country, administrations shall seek a solution conducive to economical development of the broadcasting system of the developing country, giving due consideration to the principles enunciated to this effect in the Preamble to this Agreement. 3.2.14 The I.F.R.B. shall publish in a special section of its weekly circular the information received under 3.2.12, together with the names of any administrations with which the provisions of this article have been successfully applied. With respect to Contracting Members, the assignment concerned shall enjoy the same status as those appearing in the Plan. 3.3 Low-Power Channels 3.3.1 Any administration proposing a change in the characteristics of a frequency assignment in a low-power channel or the bringing into use of a new station in such a channel shall seek the agreement of any other administration when the distance between the proposed station and the nearest point on the boundary of the territory of that other administration is less than the corresponding values given in 4.8.3 of Annex 2 to the Agreement. 3.3.2 After having obtained the agreement of the administrations concerned, the administration proposing the modification shall inform the I.F.R.B. indicating the characteristics of the station together with the names of the administrations with which agreement has been reached. 3.3.3 The I.F.R.B. shall publish this information in a special section of its weekly circular. With respect to Contracting Members the assignment concerned shall enjoy the same status as those appearing in the Plan. 3.3.4 The administration may then proceed with its project. 3.4 Additional Provisions for Channels in shared Bands The provisions of this Article apply also to frequency assignments to broadcasting stations in frequency bands shared with other radiocommunication services. However, the special sections of the I.F.R.B. weekly circular mentioned in 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 which concern the proposed modifications shall be considered by these other services to be for information only (see also Resolution No. 7). 3.5 Provisions common to all Channels 3.5.1 If no agreement is reached between the administrations concerned, the I.F.R.B. shall make any study that may be requested by these administrations; the Board shall inform them of the result of the study and shall make such recommendations it may be able to offer for the solution of the problem. 3.5.2 Any administration may at any stage in the procedure described, or before applying it, request the assistance of the I.F.R.B., particularly in seeking the agreement of another administration. 3.5.3 If, after application of the procedure described in this Article, the administrations concerned have been unable to reach agreement, they may resort to the procedure described in Article 50 of the Convention. Administrations may also agree to apply the Optional Additional Protocol to the Convention. 3.5.4 * or the corresponding article of the Radio Regulations currently in force. In any case, the relevant provisions of Article 9of the Radio Regulations shall be applied when assignments are notified. When, no agreement having been reached, the I.F.R.B., following the notification of an assignment, records it in the Master International Frequency Register, the entry shall be accompanied by a symbol indicating that the entry has been made subject to the reservation that no harmful interference will be caused to frequency assignments in conformity with the Agreement. 3.5.5 The I.F.R.B. shall maintain an up-to-date master copy of the Plan, and of Appendix 1 relating to low-power channels, taking account of the application of the procedure specified in this Article; to this end the I.F.R.B. shall prepare a document listing the amendments to be made to the Plan and Appendix 1 as a result of modifications made in accordance with the procedure of this Article and of the addition of new assignments in conformity with the Agreement. 3.5.6 The Secretary-General shall be informed by the I.F.R.B. of these changes made in the Plan and shall publish an up-to-date version of the Plan in an appropriate form as and when the circumstances justify and in any case every three years. 4 Cancellation of Assignments When an assignment in accordance with the Agreement is released, whether or not as a result of a modification (for instance a change of frequency), the administration concerned shall immediately so inform the I.F.R.B. The I.F.R.B. shall publish this information in a special section of its weekly circular. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 5 Notification of Frequency Assignments 1 * or the corresponding article of the Radio Regulations currently in force. * or the corresponding article of the Radio Regulations currently in force. Whenever an administration intends to put into use an assignment in conformity with the Agreement it shall notify this assignment to the I.F.R.B. in accordance with the provisions of Article 9of the Radio Regulations. Any such assignment recorded in the Master Register as a result of the application of the provisions of Article 9of the Radio Regulations, shall, in addition to a date in Column 2a or Column 2b, bear a special symbol in the Remarks column. 2 In relations between Contracting Members, all frequency assignments brought into use in conformity with the Agreement and recorded in the Master Register shall be considered to have the same status, irrespective of the dates entered in Column 2a or Column 2b for such assignments. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 6 Special Arrangements In addition to the procedures provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement and to facilitate their application with a view to improving the utilization of the Plan, Contracting Members may conclude special arrangements in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Convention and of the Radio Regulations. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 7 Scope of Application of the Agreement 1 This Agreement shall bind Contracting Members in their relations with one another but does not bind those Members with respect to non-Contracting countries. 2 If a Member makes reservations with regard to any provision of this Agreement, other Members shall be free to disregard that provision in their relations with the Member which has made such reservations. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 8 Approval of the Agreement Members shall notify their approval of this Agreement, as promptly as possible, to the Secretary-General, who shall at once inform the other Members of the Union. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 9 Accession to the Agreement 1 Any Member of the Union in Regions 1 and 3 which has not signed this Agreement may accede thereto at any time. Such accession shall extend to the Plan as amended at the time of the accession and shall be made without reservation. The Secretary-General shall be notified thereof and he shall inform the other Members of the Union. 2 Accession to the Agreement shall take effect on the date on which the notification of accession is received by the Secretary-General. 3 Any Member of the Union party to the Regional Agreement for the African Broadcasting Area (Geneva, 1966) which accedes to the present Agreement in conformity with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, shall by this act of accession terminate its participation in the Regional Agreement for the African Broadcasting Area and the Plan annexed thereto. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 10 Termination of Participation in the Agreement 1 Any Contracting Member shall have the right at any time to terminate its participation in the Agreement by a notification sent to the Secretary-General who shall inform the other Members of the Union. 2 Such termination of participation shall take effect after a period of one year from the date of receipt, by the Secretary-General, of the said notification. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 11 Abrogation of the European Broadcasting Convention (Copenhagen, 1948) and annexed Copenhagen Plan Additional Protocol I to the Final Acts of the Conference provides for the abrogation of the European Broadcasting Convention (Copenhagen, 1948) and the annexed Copenhagen Plan. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 12 Abrogation of the Regional Agreement for the African Broadcasting Area (Geneva, 1966) and the Plan annexed thereto Additional Protocol II to the Final Acts of the Conference provides for the abrogation of the Regional Agreement for the African Broadcasting Area (Geneva, 1966) and the Plan annexed thereto. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 13 Effective Date of the Agreement The Agreement shall enter into force on twenty-three November, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight at 0001 hours GMT. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978

Article 14 Duration of the Agreement 1 The Agreement and the annexed Plan have been established with a view to meeting the requirements of the broadcasting services in the bands concerned for a period of eleven years from the date of entry into force of the Agreement. 2 The Agreement shall remain in force until it is revised by a competent conference of the Members of the Union in Regions 1 and 3. 1978 14 26-01-1978 1978 14 26-01-1978 23-11-1978