scope:

The present document applies to transmitting equipment for the terrestrial digital television broadcasting service.

The types of equipment covered by the present document are as follows:

Transmitting equipment for digital television broadcasting service, with 7 MHz and 8 MHz RF channel bandwidths, operating in the CEPT frequency bands. These frequencies are currently within the television Bands III, IV and V.

The present document is intended to cover the provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC [2] (R&TTE Directive), Article 3.2, which states that "..... radio equipment shall be so constructed that it effectively uses the spectrum allocated to terrestrial/space radio communications and orbital resources so as to avoid harmful interference".

In addition to the present document, other ENs that specify technical requirements in respect of essential requirements under other parts of article 3 of the R&TTE Directive [2] may apply to equipment within the scope of the present document.

NOTE: A list of such ENs is included on the web site http://www.newapproach.org .