Effective February 6, 2020

European Union (EU) officially published the new version of EN 300 328 v2.2.2 on the Official Journal (OJ). This standard version will be superseding version 2.1.1 which will be withdrawn on August 06, 2021.

The following main changes have been amended to the version 2.2.2:

• Clarification of terminology used for the two equipment types covered by this standard as shown in section 4.2
• The limit of transmitter spurious emission between 470 MHz to 1 GHz is modified. Previous ranges 470 MHz to 862 MHz and 862 MHz to 1 GHz have been modified to 470 MHz to 694 MHz and 694 MHz to 1 GHz with respective limits of -54 dBm and -36 dBm
• Revision of the Receiver Blocking requirement. Given the changes in limitation and test procedure of Receiver

ETSI also published several new standards during the period of January 30 and February 29, 2020. 

ETSI EN 303 345-5 V1.1.1 (2020-02) – Broadcast Sound Receivers; Part 5: DRM broadcast sound service; Harmonized Standard for access to radio spectrum

ETSI EN 303 345-2 V1.1.1 (2020-02) – Broadcast Sound Receivers; Part 2: AM broadcast sound service; Harmonized Standard for access to radio spectrum

ETSI EN 302 217-2 V3.2.2 (2020-02) – Fixed Radio Systems; Characteristics and requirements for point-to-point equipment and antennas; Part 2: Digital systems operating in frequency bands from 1 GHz to 86 GHz; Harmonized Standard for access to radio spectrum

ETSI EN 302 217-1 V3.2.2 (2020-02) – Fixed Radio Systems; Characteristics and requirements for point-to-point equipment and antennas; Part 1: Overview, common characteristics and system-independent requirements

ETSI EN 303 258 V1.0.8 (2020-01) – Wireless Industrial Applications (WIA); Equipment operating in the 5 725 MHz to 5 875 MHz frequency range with power levels ranging up to 400 mW; Harmonized Standard for access to radio spectrum