PREAMBLE

The duly accredited delegates of the following Members of the International Telecommunication Union:

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Socialist People's Republic of Albania, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Federal Republic of Germany, People's Republic of Angola, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Austria, Belgium, People's Republic of Benin, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Republic of Botswana, People's Republic of Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Republic of Cameroon, Republic of Cyprus, Vatican City State, People's Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Ivory Coast, Denmark, Arab Republic of Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Gabonese Republic, Greece, Republic of Guinea, Hungarian People's Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Iraq, Ireland, State of Israel, Italy, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Republic of Kenya, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Lesotho, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Principality of Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Republic of Mali, Republic of Malta, Kingdom of Morocco, Monaco, Mongolian People's Republic, Norway, Sultanate of Oman, Republic of Uganda, Kingdom of the Netherlands, People's Republic of Poland, Portugal, State of Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, German Democratic Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Socialist Republic of Romania, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of San Marino, Republic of Senegal, Sweden, Confederation of Switzerland, Kingdom of Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Chad, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Togolese Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yemen Arab Republic, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe,

meeting in Geneva for a Regional Administrative Radio Conference convened under the terms of Articles 7 and 54 of the International Telecommunication Convention (Nairobi, 1982) to establish an Agreement incorporating a Plan for sound broadcasting in the band 87.5 to 108 MHz in accordance with Resolution No. 510 of the World Administrative Radio Conference (Geneva, 1979), and No. 584 of the Radio Regulations, have adopted, subject to the approval of the competent authorities of their respective countries, the following provisions and the related Plan concerning the broadcasting service in the band 87.5 to 108 MHz in the planning area as defined in Article 1 of this Agreement.

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings defined below:

1.1 Union: The International Telecommunication Union.

1.2 Secretary-General: The Secretary-General of the Union.

1.3 IFRB: The International Frequency Registration Board.

1.4 CCIR: The International Radio Consultative Committee.

1.5 Convention: The International Telecommunication Convention (Nairobi, 1982).

1.6 Radio Regulations: The Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979) annexed to the Convention.

1.7 Conference: The Regional Administrative Conference for FM Sound Broadcasting in the VHF Band (Region 1 and certain countries concerned in Region 3)

1) This Conference was held in two Sessions:

- the First Session, responsible for preparing a report to the Second Session, was held in Geneva from 23 August to 17 September 1982;

- the Second Session, responsible for drawing up a Plan and associated provisions was held in Geneva from 29 October to 7 December 1984.

(Geneva, 1984), also called the Regional Administrative Conference for the Planning of VHF Sound Broadcasting (Region 1 and part of Region 3) (Geneva, 1984).

1.8 Planning area: The countries of Region 1 as defined in No. 393 of the Radio Regulations together with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

1.9 Agreement: This Regional Agreement and its Annexes.

1.10 Plan: The Plan forming Annex 1 to this Agreement, and its Appendix

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1.11 Contracting Member: Any Member of the Union which has approved or acceded to this Agreement.

1.12 Administration: Unless otherwise indicated, the term administration designates an administration, as defined in the Convention, of a Contracting Member.

1.13 Assignment in conformity with this Agreement: Any assignment appearing in the Plan, or for which the procedure of Article 4 has been successfully applied.

Article 2

Execution of the Agreement

2.1 The Contracting Members shall adopt for their sound broadcasting stations in the planning area operating in the band 87.5-108 MHz the characteristics specified in the Plan.

2.2 The Contracting Members shall not modify these characteristics or establish new stations, except under the conditions provided for in Article 4 of this Agreement.

2.3 The Contracting Members undertake to study and, in common agreement, to put into practice the measures necessary to eliminate any harmful interference that might result from the application of this Agreement.

2.4 Should agreement, as envisaged in section 2.3, above, prove impossible, the Contracting Members concerned may, in accordance with Article 35 of the Convention resort to the procedure laid down in Article 22 of the Radio Regulations.

2.5 The transitional procedures for bringing into service the assignments in the Plan in order to enable normal operation of stations of other services to which parts of the band 87.5-108 MHz are also allocated in accordance with Radio Regulations Nos. 581, 587, 588, 589 and 590, under the conditions specified therein, are contained in Resolutions Nos. 2 and 3.

Article 3

Annexes to the Agreement

The Agreement contains the following Annexes:

3.1 Annex 1: The Plan

Frequency Assignment Plan for FM Sound Broadcasting Stations in Region 1 and Part of Region 3 in the Band 87.5-108 MHz.

3.1.1 The Plan contains frequency assignments and associated characteristics of sound broadcasting stations in the band 87.5-108 MHz, coordinated either during the Conference or by the application of provisions contained in the Agreement, and comprises two parts.

3.1.1.1 The first part includes frequency assignments in the band 87.5-108 MHz for all countries in the planning area. The provisions of this Agreement are applicable to these assignments in the relations between all Contracting Members in the planning area. This part is intended to replace, when it is so decided by competent conferences, the corresponding sound broadcasting Plans appearing in the Regional Agreements, Stockholm (1961) and Geneva (1963), with regard to the Contracting Members parties to these Agreements.

3.1.1.2 The second part contains frequency assignments in the band 100-108 MHz for all countries in the planning area in order to permit all countries of Region 1 to use this band for sound broadcasting in conformity with No. 584 of the Radio Regulations. The provisions of this Agreement are applicable to these assignments in the relations between all Contracting Members in the planning area. In the absence of provisions applicable to all countries in Region 1, non-Contracting Members in the planning area are being recommended to apply the provisions of this Agreement (see Recommendation No. 1)

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3.1.2 The Plan also includes, for a fixed term (see Article 6), a list of the assignments for which coordination remains to be effected; these assignments are listed in the Appendix.

3.2 Other Annexes

Annex 2: Technical Data

Annex 3: Basic Characteristics of Sound Broadcasting Stations to be Submitted for Modifications to the Plan in Application of Article 4 of the Agreement

Annex 4: Limits for Determining when Coordination with Another administration is Required as a Result of a proposed Modification to the Plan

Annex 5: Additional Technical Data which may be used for Coordination Between administrations

Article 4

Procedure Concerning Modifications to the Plan