In this document, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) issues this Final Determination on the Revisions to the Final Determinations Class Licences, Exemptions and Types of Fees (ECS 24/2009) and Guidelines for the Type Approval Certificate of Licence‐Exempt Radio Spectrum Devices (ECS 02/2013).

URCA issued the Preliminary Determination for this consultation on 5 July 2019. This Final Determination, which is a revision of the Final Determinations on Class Licences, Exemptions, and Types of Fees (ECS 24/2009) and Guidelines for the Type Approval Certificate of Licence‐Exempt Radio Spectrum Devices (ECS 02/2013), had the following core objectives:

 Revise Annex G of the Final Determination: Class Licences, Exemptions, and Types of Fees (ECS 24/2009) to allow URCA to grant a type approval certificate for new categories or types of low power electronic communications devices that satisfy the requirements for exemption set out in section 17(3) of the Comms Act; and

 Revise the Guidelines for the Type Approval of Licence‐Exempt Radio Spectrum Devices (ECS 02/2013) to make it possible for URCA to exclude other categories or types of low power electronic communications devices from licensing.

 Invite comments from stakeholders on the Preliminary determination setting out the proposed revisions.
The responses to the consultation were due on 5 August 2019.