The present document applies to the following radio equipment:

• Transmitters, receivers and transceivers fitted with external antenna connectors, used as coast stations, operating in the VHF band of the maritime mobile service as defined in the Radio Regulations, Appendix S18 [3] and utilizing class of emission G3E, and where relevant G2B for DSC signalling.
• This includes:
  • equipment operating under local or remote control;
  • equipment operating on 12,5 kHz or 25 kHz channel spacing;
  • equipment capable of analogue speech, Digital Selective Calling (DSC), or both;
  • equipment operating in Simplex, Semi-Duplex (Half Duplex) and Duplex modes;
  • equipment which may consist of more than one unit;
  • equipment which may be single-channel or multi-channel;
  • equipment operating on shared radio sites;
  • equipment operating in isolation from other radio equipment.

The present document is intended to cover the provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC [1] (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 [1] will apply to equipment within the scope of the present document.