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This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) defines the stage 2 specifications of the Supplementary Service Pre-emptive Priority Call (SS-PPC) for the Trans-European Trunked Radio (TETRA). SS-PPC enables a user to have preferential access to the network resources in a TETRA system in times of congestion including pre-emption of calls. SS-PPC is applicable for pre-emptive priorities including the emergency priority. SS-PPC includes the capability to pre-empt resources needed for higher priority calls and the capability to pre-empt users from ongoing calls in order to move them to higher priority calls. SS-PPC specifies the definition, activation, deactivation and interrogation for the usage of pre-emptive call priorities in the TETRA system. The Switching and Management Infrastructure (SwMI) applies the SS-PPC priorities when it allocates the resources for calls. The SS-PPC operations are defined for the SwMI, for the Mobile Station (MS) and for the Line Station (LS).