1. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Salient issues related to the production of the draft plan 16 - 18 أغسطس - آب 2005 دمشق David Botha Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

2. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned broadcasting assignments Territories covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements: Analogue and digital 1, 2 assignments contained in the ST61 and/or GE89 Plans on 31 October 2005; Analogue and digital 1, 2 assignments successfully coordinated under the procedures of Article 4 of the ST61 and/or GE89 Agreements by 31 October 2005; T-DAB allotments and assignments successfully coordinated by 31 October 2005 with all administrations affected, the territories of which are inside the RRC planning area 1, 2 ; Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

3. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned broadcasting assignments Territories covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements: Assignments recorded in the Master International Frequency Register (MIFR) by 31 December 1989 with a favorable finding with respect to the applicable provisions of the RR, and without complaint of harmful interference received by the BR; Analogue broadcasting assignments to be submitted to the BR by Iraq within three months after the end of the first session of the conference under the procedure and conditions mentioned in Note 4. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

4. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned broadcasting assignments Territories covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements: 1.These digital assignments and allotments shall not be given more protection than other digital and analogue entries in the new plan. 2.The criteria to be used for coordination of T-DAB with respect to other analogue and digital assignments and allotments of the broadcasting service and assignments of the other primary services are contained in § A.1.2.2 of the report. In this regard, these criteria are to be applied provisionally as part of Article 4 procedures of the ST61 and GE89 Agreements. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

5. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned broadcasting assignments Territories not covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements: analogue and digital 2 assignments successfully coordinated by 31 October 2005 with all administrations concerned belonging to the RRC planning area; assignments contained in the RCC List 3 successfully coordinated by 31 October 2005 with all affected 4 administrations, the territories of which are inside the RRC planning area. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

6. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned broadcasting assignments Territories not covered by the ST61/GE89 Agreements: 3 This list of frequency assignments to television broadcasting stations has been produced by the countries in the extended planning area defined in Council Res. 1185 (modified, 2003) and is set out in the annex to CR/209. 4 Use the criteria and methods for the coordination as given in A.1.2.4. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

7. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned assignments of other primary services Assignments notified to the BR and recorded in the MIFR by 31 December 1989 with a favourable finding with respect to the applicable provisions of the RR, and without complaint of harmful interference received by the BR; Assignments notified to the BR and recorded or considered as being recorded in the MIFR between 31 December 1989 and 10 May 2004 with a favourable finding with respect to the applicable provisions of the RR, and without complaint of harmful interference received by the BR; Assignments notified to the BR after 10 May 2004 which have been successfully coordinated by 31 October 2005 6, 7. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

8. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Definition of existing and planned assignments of other primary services 6 Applicable coordination criteria and procedures are given in Resolution GT PLEN/3. 7 Such assignments should not claim more protection from digital assignments/allotments in the new plans than they already have from the relevant existing and planned assignments. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

9. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Circular Letters relating to the reference situations CR/217 and addendum 1 Reference situation under: Assignments recorded in the Master International Frequency Register (MIFR) by 31 December 1989 with a favourable finding with respect to the applicable provisions of the RR, and without complaint of harmful interference received by the BR; 456 of 1320 assignments without equivalents in the ST61 or GE89 plans; Several assignments belonging to the Arab group of countries. Broadcasting Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

10. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Circular Letters relating to the reference situations Actions from the Arab Group in relation to CR/217 Indicate whether the assignments from the MIFR should NOT be taken into consideration in the establishment of the new plan; Indicate this using the BC6 notice form (CR/230). Broadcasting Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

11. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Circular Letters relating to the reference situations CR/216 : Reference situation of: Assignments notified to the BR and recorded in the MIFR by 31 December 1989 with a favourable finding with respect to the applicable provisions of the RR, and without complaint of harmful interference received by the BR; 508 assignments qualify under conditions of definition; Assignments from the T11, T12, T13 and T14 assignments affecting some countries of the Arab Group. Other primary services Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

12. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Circular Letters relating to the reference situations Actions in relation to CR/216 Indicate whether the assignments should be taken into consideration in the establishment of the new plan; Indicate their service type code using the R06 notice form (CR/224). Other primary services Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

13. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Circular Letters relating to the reference situations CR/220 Reference situation of: Assignments notified to the BR and recorded or considered as being recorded in the MIFR between 31 December 1989 and 10 May 2004 with a favourable finding with respect to the applicable provisions of the RR, and without complaint of harmful interference received by the BR; 8488 assignments qualify under conditions of definition; Several assignments affecting the Arab Group. Other primary services Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

14. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Reference Situations Circular Letters relating to the reference situations Actions in relation to CR/220 Indicate whether the assignments that are eligible for protection in this category should be taken into consideration in the establishment of the new plan; Notify such assignments and indicate their service type code using the R06 notice form (CR/224). Other primary services Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

15. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Schedule for the production of the draft plan IPG-1/51 Annex 18 Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

16. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Preparation of requirements CR/241 Submission of digital broadcasting requirements to be used for the production of the draft Plan Indicates that: Deadline for the submission of digital broadcasting requirements is 31 October 2005; No requirements generated for administrations that did not submit any requirements; Validated requirements will be published on the website as soon as they become available; Preferable to submit one complete replacement data set; Recommended to use BR software for correction and validation of requirements. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

17. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Preparation of requirements CR/242 Formats for electronic notification of digital broadcasting requirements Provides: The updated format for the submission of requirements; Use administrative declarations for compatibility of requirements; The changes in the treatment of the coordination information: Only valid if requirement has only one acceptable channel/frequency block; A new field for coordination information between digital requirements and analogue TV assignments; A new field for coordination information between digital requirements and other primary service assignments; National compatibilities are also indicated in another new separate field. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

18. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Preparation of requirements CA/150 Invitation to the WP-IPG meeting, Geneva, 28 – 29 September 2005 Prepare and send registration forms on or before 31 August 2005; Contributions reaching the BR by 21 September 2005 will be posted and made available at the start of the meeting; Agenda: Review of additional planning exercises; Consider progress report from PXT on equitable access. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

19. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Preparation of requirements CA/151 Report from the first meeting of the IPG Consult the report from the first meeting of the IPG; Consult preliminary results from the first planning exercise and additional exercises; Consider abstaining voluntarily from modifications to the GE89 and ST61 Plans after 31 October 2005. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

20. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Preparation for RPG-1 CACE/358 First meeting of the Regulatory/Procedural Group First meeting convened for 6 – 9 December 2005, Geneva; Draft agenda contained in the annex to the letter; Contributions should reach the ITU before 6 September 2005 for translation and distribution before the meeting; Contributions later than 2 December 2005 cannot be accepted; Sub-Working Group 1 of the Working Party of the RPG will meet 30 August 2005 and 1 September 2005, Geneva. Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

21. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries

22. BR/TSD دمشق 2005 BCD شكرا جزيلا Thank you Workshop for the Arab Group of Countries