Translation of "Télécommunication de poste à poste par satellites " (French → English) :

4. Consumer equipment, including products or equipment for the purpose of recording or reproducing sound or images, including signals or other technologies for the distribution of sound and image than by telecommunications, such as Radio sets, Television sets, Videocameras, Video recorders, Hi-fi recorders, Audio amplifiers, Musical instruments (excluding pipe organs installed in churches)

Both ETSI and the CEPT have confirmed that the amendment to these technical parameters does not change the protection vis-à-vis the other services sharing the spectrum with WAS/RLANs and keeps in particular the aggregate interference from RLANs operating in the frequency band 5 150-5 350 MHz to a level sufficiently low so that interference to satellite communications would be avoided.

APOLLO is a collaborative programme involving not only the Commission of the European Communities and the European Space Agency but also EUTELSAT (the European Organisation for Telecommunication Satellites), the Post and Telecommunications Administrations (PTTs), and a special group of CEPT (the European Conference of PTT Administrations).

The Green Paper has been widely welcomed. This positive response has allowed the rapid preparation of a first series of follow-up actions, including a strict time schedule with the following main points : - the complete opening of terminal equipment markets by 31 December 1990 : a proposal on this subject will be submitted before end- March 1988; - progressive opening of the market for telecommunications services from 1989 onwards; - full mutual recognition of type approvals : a draft directive will be submitted before the end of 19 ...[+++]88; - full opening of the receiving antenna market (Receive Only Satellite antennas - ROS) before 31 December 1989, except where they are connected to public networks; - the setting up of a European Telecommunications Standards Institute : agreement with the European Conference of Postal ad Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has been reached; CEPT has already taken the basic decision to establish such an institute by April 1988; - progressive implementation of cost-oriented telecommunication tariffs; - application of VAT to telecommunications (the 18th VAT directive is currently under discussion by the Council); - full application of EC competition rules to the sector; the Commission intends to draw up corresponding guidelines; - ensuring independence of procurement decisions of telecommunications administrations and the opening of public procurement. - 2 - On certain other issues discussions will continue over the weeks and months to come.

The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Mr Elio di RUPO Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Affairs and Telecommunications Denmark: Mr Frank JENSEN Minister for Research and Information Technologies Mr Knud LARSEN State Secretary for Research and Information Technologies Mr Ole ZACCHI State Secretary for Transport Germany: Mr Wolfgang BÖTSCH Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications Greece: Mr Dimitris SARRIS State Secretary for Transport and Communications ...[+++] Spain: Mr José BORRELL FONTELLES Minister for Public Works, the Environment and Transport France: Mr François FILLON Minister attached to the Minister for Industry, Post and Telecommunications with responsibility for Post, Telecommunications and Space Ireland: Mr Michael LOWRY Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications Italy: Mr Agostino GAMBINO Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Mr Alessandro FROVA State Secretary for Posts and Telecommunications Luxembourg: Ms Mady DELVAUX-STEHRES Minister for Communications Netherlands: Ms Annemarie JORRITSMA-LEBBINK Minister for Transport and Public Works Austria: Mr Viktor KLIMA Minister for the Public Sector and Transport Portugal: Mr Norberto SOUSA FERNANDES State Secretary for Transport and Communications Finland: Ms Tuula LINNAINMAA Minister for Transport and Communications Mr Juhani KORPELA State Secretary for Transport and Communications Sweden: Ms Ines UUSMANN Minister for Transport and Communications United Kingdom: Mr Ian TAYLOR Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Technology Commission: Mr Martin BANGEMANN Member Mr Karel VAN MIERT Member GUIDELINES FOR TRANS-EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS The Council reached preliminary agreement on a common position on the proposal for a Decision on a series of guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks.

The Governments of the Member States and the Commission of the European Communities were represented as follows: Belgium Mr Guy COEME Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Transport, Public Undertakings and Public Building Denmark Mr Arne MELCHIOR Minister for Communications Mr Helge ISRAELSEN State Secretary for Communications Germany Mr Wolfgang BÖTSCH Federal Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Greece Mr Panayiotis DELIMITSOS State Secretary for Communications Spain Ms Elena SALGADO Secretary-General for Communications France Mr Gérard LONGUET Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Irela ...[+++]nd Mr Brian COWAN Minister for Communications Italy Mr Maurizio PAGANI Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Luxembourg Mr Alex BODRY Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Netherlands Mrs J.R.H. MAIJ-WEGGEN Minister for Transport and Public Works Portugal Mr Carlos Silva COSTA State Secretary for Transport and Telecommunications United Kingdom Mr Edward LEIGH Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Industry and Consumer Affairs) * * * Commission Mr Martin BANGEMANN Member Mr Karel VAN MIERT Member HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (HDTV) After a very long discussion based on a compromise proposed by the Danish Presidency, it became clear that although progress had been made since the Telecommunications Council on 15 December 1992 (see Press Release 10085/92 Presse 213), it was not enough to bring about an agreement.