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The present document specifies the essential requirements for point to point Digital Fixed Radio Systems (DFRS) operating in frequency bands, which require co-ordinated frequency planning. It is intended to cover the provisions of the R&TTE Directive [1] regarding 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". The EN 302 217 series introduces requirements for systems (equipment and antennas) that were formerly covered by EN 301 751 (see bibliography) and that are technically equivalent or less stringent requirements (see note 1). Care has been taken so that such variations will not affect any frequency planning assumption for already deployed networks. Therefore, from a strictly technical point of view, it is expected that equipment already conforming to EN 301 751(see bibliography) or previous versions of the present harmonized standard, would not need a new test report for re-assessment of essential requirements according to the present document (see note 1). However, legal implications with respect to declaration of conformity and equipment labelling are outside the scope of the present document. NOTE 1: The only exception is with respect to class 5A equipments for system D.7 (see annex D) and for systems E.1, E.2 and E.3 (see annex E) for which a previous design objective, in EN 301 751 (see bibliography), has been transformed, in this EN 302 217-2-2, into a more stringent RSL versus BER. In this case a supplementary test report might be required (e.g. in case the technical construction file, made for declaration of conformity to EN 301 751 (see bibliography), does not give evidence of enough margin to fulfil the requirements of the present document). 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 [1] will apply to equipment within the scope of the present document. NOTE 2: A list of such ENs is included on the web site http://www.newapproach.org.