L 293/48 Official Journal of the European Union 9.10.2014 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 7 October 2014 amending Decision 2007/131/EC on allowing the use of the radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology in a harmonised manner in the Community (notified under document C(2014) 7083) (2014/702[EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Decision No 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regu- latory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) ('), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Decision 2007/131/EC (%) as amended by Decision 2009/343/EC (%), harmonises the technical condi- tions for radio equipment using ultra-wideband (hereinafter ‘UWB’) technology in the Union. It ensures that the radio spectrum is available across the Union under harmonised conditions, eliminates barriers to the uptake of UWB technology and creates an effective single market for UWB systems with significant economies of scale and benefits to the consumer. (2)  Rapid changes in technology and in the use of the radio spectrum need to be adequately reflected in the regu- lation of UWB technology, to allow European society to benefit from the introduction of innovative applications based on this technology, while ensuring that other spectrum users are not adversely affected. The latest version of Decision 2007/131/EC therefore needs to be amended. (3) For this reason, on 28 May 2012 the Commission issued a Fifth Mandate, pursuant to Decision No 676/2002[EC, to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) on UWB technology, to clarify technical parameters in the light of a potential update to Decision 2007/131/EC. (4)  In CEPT Report 45, approved on 21 June 2013 by the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) and submitted in response to the fifth mandate, CEPT advised the Commission to take a more streamlined approach on subsequent amendments of Decision 2007/131/EC, taking into account the description of mitigation techni- ques with all the relevant detailed parameters within the harmonised European standards developed by the Euro- pean Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). (5)  CEPT Report 45 clarified the technical conditions under which specific mitigation techniques enable UWB equip- ment to be operated with higher transmission powers, while offering equivalent protection for existing UWB limits on generic use, Automotive and railway vehicles use and location-tracking equipment. In addition to the recommendations from this report, which should be applied across the EU, the definitions and the technical para- meters of these mitigation techniques should also be made binding, as set out in the relevant standards, as these techniques only provide a mitigation effect when used with appropriate operational parameters. (6)  UWB equipment onboard aircraft should be permitted only on the condition that they fulfil air safety standards, with appropriate airworthiness certification and other relevant acronautical provisions, and electronic communi- cation standards. Airworthiness certificates valid throughout the Community are issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 (¥). () OJL108 24.4.2002, p. 1. (*) Commission Decision 2007/131/EC of 21 February 2007 on allowing the use of the radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology in a harmonised manner in the Community (OJ L 55, 23.2.2007, p. 33). (®) Commission Decision 2009/343/EC of 21 April 2009 amending Decision 2007/131/EC on allowing the use of the radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology in a harmonised manner in the Community (OJ L 105, 25.4.2009, p. 9). (*) Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as well as for the certification of design and production organisations (OJ L 224, 21.8.2012, p. 1).