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EUROCOM WG BOOKLET 1 International Amateur Radio Union - Region 1 EUROCOM WG EUROCOM BOOKLET 1st Edition November 1999 © DJ6TJ 20.11.99 EUROCOM WG BOOKLET Page 1 INDEX EUROCOM WG BOOKLET.rtf International Amateur Radio Union - Region 1 EUROCOM WG INDEX Remarks Foreword History Terms of Reference Conference Papers Annual Reports WG News Letters Literature Others News0699.rtf Remarks Remarks This booklet is hoped to cover the whole history of the Group and its work and was put together in order to have everything together and easy to work with. If there is anything missing or not correct, please do not hesitate to contacting me. The latest EUROCOM Newsletter you will always find (PDF formatted ) as a download file on a specific homepage site of DARC ( http://www.darc.de ) under > “for foreign visitors” > “Downloads” ( direct URL: http://www.darc.de/referate/ausland/iaru/eurocom/ ). With this help you may keep the booklet updated. The EUROCOM Booklet is available* in PDF-format for Acrobat Reader on a 3.5” diskettes or CD. It may be obtained and ordered: by mail: DARC Auslandsreferat, P.O.Box 1233, D-23932 Grevesmuehlen, Germany by FAX: +49-3881-712045 by eMail: [email protected] or by bank order to: H. Berg - (ref: EUROCOM Booklet) account # 152145 bank code:13061078 Fees for the disk are € 5 to cover the production and mailing costs**. An order will be mailed out as soon as the money arrives cash or is booked on the above named account. ** mailing costs are covered within CEPT countries. * Print outs are available on special request only. Dec. 1999 Hans Berg, DJ6TJ EUROCOM Booklet © Hans Berg, DJ6TJ 17. December 1999 1 Foreword Foreword This booklet is dedicated to the 1st Chairman of this Working Group Gaston Bertels, ON4WF. Gaston was born 1927 in the city of Antwerp, Belgium. 1956 he became Radio Amateur with the call ON4WF. 1956 he married and moved to Brussels. Since 1957 he is a member of the Belgium Amateur Radio Society UBA. Since the early 60th he is engaged as officer in different functions within the society. From 1988 up 1998 he was president of the UBA. 1990 he was unanimously elected as the EUROCOM SRWG Chairman of IARU Region 1 and does this job up to today with great efficiency and engagement. The booklet shall be a written down chapter of one of Gaston ´s engagements for Amateur Radio. Beneath that it shall be a summary of the work of the whole group and may be updated with the further working results. December 1999 (Hans Berg, DJ6TJ) DARC Int´l Liaison Officer 1 EUROCOM History 15.12.99 History of the EUROCOM (Sub Regional) Working Group Due to political changes within Europe in the late 1980th by forming the European Community (EC), motivated the societies of the 12 countries to become involved in time in matters of their concerns. This was to prevent rules- / directives- and standards making procedures where our interests are concerned – without being consulted. This became a fact and was recognized more and more. We got the feeling that the IARU Region 1 did not cover satisfactory our special needs. The Region 1 EMC WG at that time was more engaged in scientific studies etc. Some societies took notice of plans of European commissions to get standardization to levels which would harm Amateur Radio. At this time DARC, under the leadership of president Karl Taddey, DL1PE, called for a meeting of involved societies. This meeting took place in Duesseldorf and was chaired by the editor. The question during that time was also how and in which kind the interests of those 12 EU countries could be represented. Firstly it was thought on an independent self financed group. Rules and terms of reference have had been already circulated and discussed. A financial fundament for the beginning has not been a big discussion point. But .. a further step was initiated at the HAM RADIO 1989 on 24 June (see attachment). DARC was invited to prepare a proposal to the Region 1 Conference 1990. This was done (see attachment). From the first days of discussion and setting steps up, up to this moment Gaston Bertels, ON4WF was the most engaged person in this matter. Beneath that he was in the good position to live in the “European – Place” Brussels. It was not an easy way later to get a working group – like we wanted it – under the umbrella of the IARU Region 1. With some difficulties the Region 1 Conference in Spain agreed on the WG in principle but not without naming it additionally “Sub Regional”, because there have been some claims from Africa. After everybody agreed also in an African Sub Regional WG the first (official) work could be started. Up to a decision at the 1993 Conference the 1990 elected first Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF had to deliver his reports to the Region 1 secretary and not to the EC or the Conference. This was to show that the EUROCOM SRWG has not a status like an whatever regional WG. This was at least the feeling of the EC societies. But ... meanwhile the other Region 1 societies and – not believed at the beginning – others in different Regions have to recognize that European Directives – especially with technical standards – are having influence on rule making and other relevant provisions and directives worldwide. We are proceeding to a new century at least. I am sure that a grown up European Community will become sooner or later “The United States of Europe” with all good and bad things going along with it. This will probably mean that one day those now different 12 + Amateur Radio Societies within this new State will become one unified Society. This should be kept in mind. Hans Berg, DJ6TJ Dec. 1999 1 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE IARU REGION 1 SUB-REGIONAL EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP (EUROCOM) 1. The EUROCOM sub-regional Working Group (SWG) is a specialised body of the IARU Region 1. It acts under the provisions of the IARU Region 1 Constitution and Bye-Laws. 2. The EUROCOM SWG will maintain contact with the European Commission, the Economic and Social Committee of the EEC and the European Parliament with the aim of a. Identifying the areas of concern in European legislation regarding Amateur Radio; b. Circulating information on these areas of concern to the members of the SWG as well as to the Secretary of IARU Region 1; c. Communicating those items of information which are considered to be of importance to Amateur Radio and which are not being acted upon within IARU Region 1 member societies via the SWG convenor to the European Community for their consideration. 3. The Eurocom SWG will advise the General Conferences of IARU Region 1 and in between Conferences the Executive Committee of IARU Region 1 on a. Optimum policies for dealing with current and future European Community legislation; b. Opportunities for acquiring support from the European Community for the development of Amateur Radio. 4. The work of the EUROCOM SWG shall be carried out mainly by correspondence. If it is deemed necessary by the Chairman of the SWG a meeting may be convened after approval of and in consultation with the Executive Committee of IARU Region 1. 5. The Chairman of the EUROCOM SWG shall be appointed at each triannual General Conference and shall act according to the procedures described in the IARU Region 1 Bye-Laws. He shall attend the IARU Region 1 General Conferences and shall report annually to the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee and to a General Conference. His expenses will be re-imbursed according to articles B.3.25 and B.3.28 of the IARU Region 1 Bye-Laws. Revision adopted at EC meeting Hoofddorp, Sept. 1990 paOqc/eurocom.rpt/November 1990 International Amateur Radio Union - Region 1 Gaston Bertels, ON4WF - EUROCOM Chairman Avenue Paul Hymans 117/29 - B-1200 Brussels - Belgium Tel: +32.2.771.67.74 - Fax: +32.2.771.49.89 - E-Mail : gaston.bertels @ village.uunet.be Brussels, 26 May 1999 EUROCOM Sub-Regional Working Group Chairmans Report Summary European legislation affecting the Amateur Radio service in the Community has made further progress recently. The R&TTE Directive has been finalized, adopted and promulgated. Our efforts for preserving Amateur Radio homebrewing were successfull. Meanwhile, another threat has appeared : limitation of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) to unacceptable values. Action has been undertaken succesfully against the inconsiderate vues of some MEP. Moreover, the European Commission issued a Green Paper on Radio Spectrum Policy, without even mentioning the Amateur Radio service. In its Resolution on this Green Paper, the European Parliament adopted the amendments prepared by EUROCOM, urging the Commission to secure spectrum for "non-profit applications of public interest, such as the Amateur Radio service". R&TTE Directive Under the new name "Radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity", the CTE draft Directive has called for intense lobbying by the EUROCOM WG. The first goal was in sight when the new draft proposal (RTTE) stated in Annex I, (a) : Equipment not covered by the directive : "Radio Equipment used by radio amateurs within Article 1, definition 53, of the International Telecommunications Union radio regulations unless the equipment is available commercialy". The Commission considered Kits as commercial equipment. This was clearly stated in the answer of Commissionar Bangemann of 22.11.95 to the parliamentary question put by James Provan (PPE) to the Commission (Official Journal of 21.2.1996 Nr. C 51/23). The EUROCOM Chairman submitted a paper on the very nature of Kits for amateur radio to DGXIII and to Mrs Mel Read, MEP, Rapporteur of the parliamentary Committee in charge of the Directive.