HCM Agreement

Historical development and former agreements (16. November 2005)

Signing

Contract

Amount of
Signatories

Foot-
note

1956

Agreement between the Administrations of Belgium, The Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany relating to the use of metric and decimetric waves for fixed and mobile services in border areas (146-156 MHz, 156-174 MHz and 450-470 MHz), Brussels, 1956

The band 146-156 MHz was planned in preferential frequencies, the planning method for the bands 156-174 MHz and 450-470 MHz was planned according to geographical lattices. There was an exchange of frequency lists between the three countries.

3

6.6.1962

Agreement between the Telecommunications Administrations of Austria, Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland on usage of Frequencies above 29,7 MHz for the fixed and land mobile services, Vienna, 6 June 1962

3

1

11.5.1963

Special Agreement between the Administrations of Belgium, The Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany relating to the use of metric and decimetric waves for fixed and mobile services in border areas, Brussels, 11 May 1963

Later on Luxembourg joined the Agreement. Frequencies: 9,7 - 47 MHz, 68 - 87,5 MHz, 100 - 104 MHz, 146 - 174 MHz, 406 - 430 MHz, 440 - 470 MHz; the propagation curves were based on CCIR Rec. 370

4

25.4.1969

Agreement between the Telecommunications Administrations of Austria, Czech-Slovakia and Hungary and on usage of Frequencies between 29,7 MHz and 470 MHz for fixed services and land mobile services, Vienna, 25 April 1969

3

18.7.1969

Agreement between the Telecommunications Administrations of Austria, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and Switzerland on co-ordination of Frequencies between 29,7 and 470 MHz for the fixed and land mobile services, Vienna, 18 July 1969

4

1

24.10.1969

Agreement between the Telecommunications Administrations of Austria and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on Frequency co-ordination between 29,7 and 470 MHz for the fixed and land mobile services, Vienna, 24 October 1969

2

23.9.1976

Agreement between the Telecommunications Administrations of Austria and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on Frequency co-ordination between 29,7 - 960 MHz for the fixed and land mobile services, Vienna, 23 September 1976

2

24.1.1986

Agreement between the telecommunications authorities of Austria, Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, and Switzerland on the co-ordination of frequencies between 29.7 MHz and 960 MHz for the fixed and land mobile services, Vienna, 24 January 1986

8

1

3.12.1993

Agreement between the telecommunications authorities of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania (signed 10/1996), Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland on the co-ordination of frequencies between 29.7 MHz and 960 MHz for the fixed and land mobile services, Vienna, 3 December 1993

15

1

30.6.2000

Agreement between the telecommunications authorities of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland on the co-ordination of frequencies between 29.7 MHz and 43.5 GHz for fixed services and land mobile services, Vienna, 30 June 2000

16

1

14.9.2001

Agreement between the telecommunications authorities of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland on the co-ordination of frequencies between 29.7 MHz and 39.5 GHz for the fixed service and land mobile service, Berlin, 14 September 2001

17

2

28.11.2003

Agreement between the Administrations of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland on the Coordination of frequencies between 29.7 MHz and 39.5 GHz for Fixed Service and Land Mobile Service (Agreement 2003)

Berlin, 2003

17

3

12.10.2005

Agreement between the Administrations of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland on the Coordination of frequencies between 29.7 MHz and 39.5 GHz for fixed service and land mobile service (HCM Agreement)

Vilnius, 2005

17

4

Footnotes:

1 Agreement with the unofficial designation "Vienna Agreement"
2 Agreement with the unofficial designation "Berlin Agreement"
3 Agreement with the unofficial designation "Agreement 2003"
4 Agreement with the unofficial designation "HCM Agreement"