Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1800

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Decision No 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision)^note, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1426^note harmonises the conditions for the availability and efficient use of frequency band 5875-5935 MHz (‘the 5,9 GHz frequency band’) for the deployment of safety-related applications of road and urban rail intelligent transport systems (ITS).

(2)Recent developments in standardisation support the use of 20 MHz channels in the frequency range 5875-5925 MHz designated for safety-related applications of road ITS.

(3)Radio spectrum accessibility to wider channels for safety-related applications of road ITS, in addition to the currently harmonised 10 MHz channels, would allow the implementation of basic and advanced use cases, which provide advantages such as simplified implementation and higher spectrum efficiency, while maintaining a technology-neutral approach to spectrum use.

(4)On 24 January 2025, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Decision 676/2002/EC, the Commission gave a mandate to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) on updating the harmonised technical conditions laid down in Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1426 with a view to introducing wider frequency channels in the 5,9 GHz frequency band for safety-related applications of road ITS.

(5)In response to that mandate, on 7 November 2025 the CEPT adopted its Report 91 (‘CEPT Report’), which provides harmonised technical conditions for introducing wider frequency channels to the 5,9 GHz frequency band for safety-related applications of road ITS.

(6)The CEPT Report concludes that two channels of 10 MHz can be combined in one contiguous 20 MHz channel for safety-related applications of road ITS. The CEPT Report also concludes that pending the availability of solutions ensuring protection of urban rail ITS in the frequency band 5915-5925 MHz, the use of the 20 MHz channel in the frequency band 5905-5925 MHz for road ITS should be limited to infrastructure-to-vehicle communications. The CEPT Report also proposes amendments of the technical and operational conditions set out by Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1426.

(7)Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1426 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Committee,

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