Partial revision of the Radio Regulations

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

08-07-2009

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands, for the Kingdom in Europe, declares that it will apply the revision of the Radio Regulations adopted at this Conference in accordance with their obligations under the EC Treaty.
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands regrets that this Conference was unable to agree to any allocation of additional spectrum for high-frequency broadcasting to help address the long-standing inadequacy of spectrum in the 4-10 MHz range referenced in Resolution 544 (WRC-03).
This Conference presented a genuine opportunity to meet this need based on comprehensive ITU-R studies and pragmatic balanced proposals that took into account all of the radio services concerned.
The Netherlands authorities reserve the right to take such action as may be necessary, consistent with the Radio Regulations, to meet the needs of their high-frequency broadcasting services.
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands, referring to the declaration made by the Republic of Colombia (No. 74), inasmuch as these and any similar statements refer to the Bogota Declaration of 3 December 1976 made by equatorial countries and to claims of those countries to exercise sovereign rights over segments of the geostationary-satellite orbit, and to any related claims, considers that the claims in question cannot be recognized by this Conference.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands also wishes to state that reference in Article 44 of the Constitution to the "geographical situation of particular countries" does not imply recognition of a claim to any preferential rights to the geostationary-satellite orbit.