Prepared by: OH2MCN - Veke, G3PJT - Bob, F5CW - Dany, G3PJT - Bob, N1ND - Dan
Status: Feb 1997, Aug 1997, Sep 1998, June 1999 (USA added), July 1999, July 2001 updated CEPT lists, March 2004, Oct 2004, Feb 2006, Feb 2008

Addition from ARRL 

European Reciprocal Licenses Now Limited to Advanced and Extra Class Licensees (Feb 4, 2008) -- The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has revised its table of equivalence between FCC amateur licenses and the CEPT license. Effective February 4, 2008, Recommendation T/R 61-01 (as amended) now grants full CEPT privileges only to those US citizens who hold an FCC-issued Amateur Extra or Advanced class license. This means that those US licensees who hold an FCC-issued General or Technician license are no longer eligible for full operating privileges in countries where CEPT-reciprocal operation had previously been permitted. US Novice class licensees have had no reciprocal operating privileges under the CEPT provisions. These changes are the result of a re-evaluation of US and CEPT license classes equivalence by the CEPT's Radio Regulatory Working Group at its meeting January 29-February 1, 2008 in Basel, Switzerland. The Working Group deals with numerous areas of concern including Amateur Radio, and is responsible for applications from countries to participate in T/R 61-01, as well as other Amateur Radio related issues. "Changes in the US license structures and examinations often have ancillary implications beyond the immediate impact upon the US licensees," said Dan Henderson, N1ND, ARRL Regulatory Information Manager. "While this CEPT change affects several classes of US licensees when they visit Europe and other CEPT signatory countries, it has no effect on their operating privileges at home."

Thanks and 73

Dan Henderson, N1ND

Note on T/R 61-01 by G3PJT
Chairman of Radio Regulatory Working Group, IARU Region 1.

The text of T/R 61-01 has been revised following WRC 2003. 

The changes are:
- The deletion of the Morse code requirement for access to frequencies below 30MHz,
- The merging of the old CEPT Class 1 and 2 licences into a single class, the “CEPT radio amateur licence'',
- Removal of an ambiguity concerning portable and mobile operation,
- Freedom to use any amateur station in the country visited, not just the visitors ‘own’ station.

In practice a visitor has now to:
- Check that his national licence class does qualify for a CEPT Licence and that his national licence document confirms this. If not then confirmation that the licence held is equivalent to the CEPT licence is needed from his national licence authority.
- Check what national licence class in the country to be visited is equivalent to the CEPT Licence.
- Check what are the operating privileges and regulations covering the use of that national licence class in the country to be visited.
- Use the appropriate prefix which has to be appended to his own national callsign.

The key point is that the operating privileges for the visitor operating under the CEPT Licence are defined by the COUNTRY BEING VISITED, NOT THE PRIVILEGES IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.

The text of T/R 61-01 is available at 
http://www.ero.dk/documentation/docs/doc98/official/pdf/TR6101.PDF
Appendix 2 contains the information on national licence equivalence.

There is also a summary table listing those countries which have implemented the T/R 61-01 at
http://www.ero.dk/documentation/docs/implement.asp?docid=1802&wd=N
Notes.
1. Not all of the countries who implemented the previous versions of T/R 61-01 have implemented the revised and current version. In such cases it is reasonable to assume that the requirement for Morse code for operation below 30MHz and any other restrictions still stand. 
2. Not all members of CEPT have implemented any version of T/R 61-01. 
3. Any country can add extra conditions to T/R 61-01. These conditions will be shown as footnotes in T/R 61-01 Appendix II. 
4. The situation will change throughout this year as countries update their internal legislation following WRC2003. The definitive website is that of ERO, referenced above.
5. Please also note that special conditions often apply to overseas territories such as those of France. Local permission will often be required in such locations..
6. T/R 61-01 bears no relation to the import and export of amateur radio equipment, which is subject only to relevant customs regulations.


Disclaimer
Whilst every effort was made to ensure that the information given herein is accurate, no responsibility is accepted by IARU, or the author for any errors, omissions or misleading statements in that information by negligence or otherwise, and no responsibility is accepted in regard to any subsequent action based on this note.

G3PJT - Bob

Intro: The telecommunication administrators of most European and some other countries have agreed about CEPT licensing where your own country's CEPT license is good for using temporarily your radio amateur equipment without any separate new license in the country visited. The agreement is based on CEPT T/R 61-01 "CEPT radio amateur licence" from years 1985 and 1992. The number of CEPT countries (administrators who have signed it) now is 23 and the list below is the latest I have found.

The complete list of CEPT countries is maintained by ERO and the list is shown under Recommendation CEPT T/R 61-01 as a pdf- file. Some of the footnotes are not very easy to read and there are some errors in them regarding especially the use of call area.

There are some differences around Europe how this list should be applied especially in the case of French overseas' territories. The countries where the problems appear are FR/*, FK, FO, FW, and FT. The truth from the DXCC point of view is that you need a license from the local authorities in the French overseas' territory visited (not Paris) or a hard-to-get landing permission [in the case of FR/* from Reunion].

See also Foreign Amateur Operation in the United States, its Possessions or Territories and the CEPT pages of the ARRL.

Regardless of what your national PTT, league, local authorities or other information sources are telling the ARRL QSL accepting policy is only according to the Recommendation CEPT T/R 61-01 (*.pdf) list which is the only list giving eligibility for the CEPT operations in the ARRL's DXCC award.

This is confirmed by Bill Kennamer in his Email: "I would still suggest that TR61/01 is the only reliable document." 73 Bill K5FUV
on 25 Feb 1997.

CEPT countries: (ERO Situation on February 8, 2006)

Austria OE ¹⁾, Belgium ON, Bosnia and Herzegovina T9 ^2,3), Bulgaria LZ, Croatia 9A ⁴⁾, Cyprus 5B, Czech Republic OK, Denmark OZ, Faroe Islands OY, Greenland OX, Estonia ES ^5,6) , Finland OH, Aland Islands OH0, France F ^2,3), Corsica TK ^2,3),  Guadeloupe FG ^2,3),  Guyana FY ^2,3),  Martinique FM ^2,3),  St-Bartholomew FJ ^2,3),  St. Pierre & Miquelon FP ^2,3),  St-Martin FS ^2,3),  Réunion FR ^2,3),  Glorieuse, Juan de Nova, Tromelin, Mayotte FH ^2,3),  French Antarctica FT ^2,3),  Crozet, Kerguelen, St. Paul & Amsterdam, Terre Adelie, French Polynesia & Clipperton  FO ^2,3),  New Caledonia FK ^2,3),  Wallis & Futuna FW ^2,3),  Germany DL, Greece SV  ^2,3),  Hungary HA HG  ^2,3),  Iceland TF, Ireland EI  ⁷⁾, Italy I  ^2,3),  Latvia YL  ^2,3,8),  Liechtenstein HB0, Lithuania LY, Luxembourg LX  ^2,3),  Monaco 3A  ^2,3),  Netherlands PA, Norway LA, Svalbard JW, Poland SP  ^2,3),  Portugal CT, Azores CU, Madeira CT, Romania YO, Slovak Republic OM  ³⁾, Slovenia S5  ¹⁰⁾, Spain EA EB  ^2,3),  Sweden SM ¹¹⁾, Switzerland HB9, Turkey TA  ^2,3), Ukraine UT  ^2,3), United Kingdom M, Isle of Man MD, N. Ireland MI, Jersey MJ, Scotland MM, Guernsey MU, Wales MW

1 The existing (old) licence classes “1” and “2” have become the new licence class “1”. For the licence holders with morse proficiency (old licence class 1), which is from now on an additional option, the information regarding morse proficiency is added as remark (for countries still retaining morse).
2 Equivalence between CEPT licence and highest national licence level as of September 2003, i.e. before Morse code references were removed from T/R 61-01.
3 For use of HF bands; Morse code is still required.
4 For the time being the national licence and CEPT licence are separated. The national licence includes more data.
5 This call sign prefix has to be supplemented with the digit designating the region where the amateur station is operating.
6 The national A and B licences correspond to CEPT licence. Foreign radio amateur can operate on the territory of the Estonian Republic for period up to three months with rights granted by B class qualification.
7 Both CEPT 1 & CEPT 2 licence holders have full access to HF frequency as per ECP for reasons of reciprocity with countries still retaining morse. Morse code requirements removed as of 15 September 2003. CEPT 2 has no morse qualifications
8 Holders of the Latvian National Amateur Radio Station Licence are not automatically issued a CEPT licence. To acquire a CEPT licence holders of the Latvian National Amateur Radio Station Licence must pass an examination consistent with CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-02 "Harmonised Amateur radio Examination Certificates".
9 A revision to the current legislation is still being considered by the Malta Administration. Hence, for the time being, visitors still have to apply for a licence and call sign.
10 The existing (old) licences: 1, 2 and 3 have become the new “A” licence. For the licence holders with morse proficiency (old 1 and 2), which is from now on an additional option, this information is added as remarks (for countries still retaining morse). 
11 After 1 October 2004 amateur radio is exempted from licensing. Exemption is only applicable for anyone who has a valid amateurradio certificate. As a result of this no separate license document will be issued to new amateurs after 1 October 2004. The callsign will after 1 October 2004 be included in the certificate.

Dear Veke,

first of all, thank you for your terrific job, extremely useful indeed.

The Italian prefixes are the following:
 
Prefix(es)        Region                    Provinces 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I1, IK1, IZ1, IW1 Piemonte                  Torino, Alessandria, Asti,
                                            Biella, Cuneo, Novara,
                                            Verbania, Vercelli
I1, IK1, IZ1, IW1 Liguria                   Genova, Imperia, La Spezia, Savona
IX1, IW1          Valle d'Aosta             Aosta

I2, IK2, IZ2, IW2 Lombardia                 Milano, Bergamo, Brescia, Como,
                                            Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova,
                                            Pavia, Sondrio, Varese

I3, IK3, IZ3, IW3 Veneto                    Venezia, Belluno, Padova, Rovigo,
                                            Treviso, Verona, Vicenza

IN3, IW3          Trentino Alto Adige       Bolzano, Trento
IV3, IW3          Friuli Venezia Giulia     Trieste, Gorizia, Pordenone, Udine

I4, IK4, IZ4, IW4 Emilia Romagna            Bologna, Ferrara, Forli', Modena,
                                            Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio
                                            Emilia, Rimini

I5, IK5, IZ5, IW5 Toscana                   Firenze, Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno,
                                            Lucca, Massa Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia,
                                            Prato, Siena

I6, IK6, IZ6, IW6 Marche                    Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata,
                                            Pesaro-Urbino
I6, IK6, IZ6, IW6 Abruzzo                   L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, Teramo

I7, IK7, IZ7, IW7 Puglia                    Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce,
                                            Taranto 
I7, IK7, IZ7, IW7 Basilicata                only Matera province

I8, IK8, IZ8, IW8 Basilicata                only Potenza province
I8, IK8, IZ8, IW8 Campania                  Napoli, Avellino, Benevento,
                                            Caserta, Salerno
I8, IK8, IZ8, IW8 Calabria                  Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio
                                            Calabria, Vibo Valentia
I8, IK8, IZ8, IW8 Molise                    Campobasso, Isernia

IT9, IW9          Sicilia                   Palermo, Agrigento, Caltanissetta,
                                            Catania, Enna, Messina, Ragusa,
                                            Siracusa, Trapani

I0, IK0, IZ0, IW0 Umbria                    Perugia, Terni
I0, IK0, IZ0, IW0 Lazio                     Roma, Frosinone, Latina, Rieti,
                                            Viterbo

IS0, IW0      Sardegna                      Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
 
Please note that I, IK and IZ denote an "Ordinary Licence" (all bands),
while IW denotes a "Special Licence" (from 6 metres up only). Ordinary
licenses are given chronologically, so that an I is older than an IK, who in
his turn is older than and IZ.

The HF prefixes for Italian marine islands are as follows:

IA1, IP1          Liguria Region islands
IL3               Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia Regions islands
IL4               Emilia Romagna Region islands
IA5               Toscana Region islands
IL6               Marche Region islands
IJ7               Puglia Region islands (Jonian Sea only)
IL7               Puglia Region islands (Adriatic Sea only)
IC8               Campania Region islands
ID8               Basilicata Region islands (Tirrenian Sea)    
ID8               Calabria Region islands (Tirrenian Sea)
IJ8               Basilicata Region islands (Jonian Sea)
IJ8               Calabria Region islands (Jonian Sea)
ID9               Eolie Islands
IE9               Ustica Island
IF9               Egadi Islands
IG9               Pelagie Islands
IH9               Pantelleria Island
IJ9               Sicilia Region islands (Jonian Sea)
IB0               Lazio Region islands
IM0 (DXCC = IS0)  Sardegna Region Islands

A Special Licensee is always IW, whatever island he operates from (only the
number changes: IW1 Liguria Islands, IW5 Toscana Islands etc). 
   
The IY prefix is issued to Marconian stations.
IA0PS is the Italian Antarctic Base (Terranova Bay).

Note 1: a CEPT licensee can operate /m *only* from 144 MHz up (no HF)

Note 2: when operating from a I/IK/IZ Region, a Class 1 CEPT licensee must
sign IK../home call (IK1/OH2MCN, IK4/OH2MCN, IK0/OH2MCN etc), he
        cannot be I../ or IZ../.  A Class 2 CEPT licensee shall be IW../home
        call.

Note 3: CEPT licences do not cover 6 metres. Temporary licences for this
band           are issued upon specific request. 

Should you have any other query, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best 73,

Mauro, I1JQJ

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
425 DX News Editor
E-mail: i1jqj@amsat.org