Radio Spectrum Policy Programme

The Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP) was a five year programme which set out regulatory requirements, goals and priorities of the European Union relating to the radio spectrum. It applies to the member states of the European Union and was first adopted 14 March 2012. It standardised the frequencies that different types of communication could use, and also set out goals as to when the standardisation should be complete. The first version was not meeting its targets, and so the commission modified the programme and placed it in proposed regulation to enforce compliance. The European Parliament supported the legislation, however, member states did not agree to the changes due to its "intrusiveness into national prerogatives", so they were removed by the council from the legislative proposal. In 2016, the European Electronic Communications Code was created, which was mostly based on the 2013 version of the programme.