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BPL new law
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The European Union will have a new law soon following the amendments by the
European Parliament of its 1989 Electromagnetic Compatibility or EMC
Directive.
Its new Directive 2004/108/EC, which comes into force on the 20th of
January 2005, includes protection against electromagnetic disturbance for
both radio broadcast reception and the amateur radio service - clearly
against the hopes of the BPL lobby.
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 EUROCOM Working Group, in
its efforts, also gained a much broader definition of Electromagnetic
Disturbance.
Working Group Chairman, Gaston Bertels ON4WF explains it was a long process
that included meeting with and working through Members of the European
Parliament to have amendments submitted to the European Parliament
Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.
Arguments put by the Working Group stressed the role of amateur radio
including its safety and emergency communications and the human right to
have access information including that provided through radio broadcasts.
And of course the inherent protection for radio services from harmful or
substantial interference provided by the International Telecommunications
Union radio regulations.
The BPL lobby has been trying to have European, and other regulators, let
them off the hook in relation to radio frequency interference caused by BPL
systems.
Its tactic has been to try and categorise amateur radio and other radio
services as being "less important" and not that worthy of being protected
against harmful interference generated by BPL systems.
There is no cause for satisfaction by BPL lobby in the new European EMC
Directive which will soon be European Law binding on the 25 member states
of the European Union.
Congratulations to all involved with the IARU Region 1 EUROCOM Working
Group - a job well done.
- Jim Linton VK3PC.
Amateur Radio Victoria - amateurradio.com.au
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