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31 October 2014
This document provides an overview of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) regulations for passive RFID within the 860 to 960 MHz band worldwide, including:
Country name and Status: All GS1 member countries as well as major non-member countries are included currently a total of 124 countries
OK Regulations are in place in 78 countries representing circa 96.5 % of the worlds GDP.
WiP Work is in progress in 3 countries representing circa 1 % of the worlds GDP.
NA Information is not available for 43 countries representing circa 2.5 % of the worlds GDP.
Frequency: Indicates frequency allocations authorised for RFID applications specifically within the 860 to 960 MHz band of the UHF spectrum.
Power: Indicates the maximum power available to RFID applications, expressed either as EIRP (Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power) or ERP (Effective Radiated
Power). Though determined using different measurement methods, for purposes of comparison, 2 W ERP is equivalent to 3.2 W EIRP.
Technique: Reader to Tag communication technique. FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum / LBT: Listen Before Talk / ETSI: as per ETSI 302 208
The following countries allocations have been updated since the last publication of 31 May 2013:
New Zealand: Corrected from 6 W EIRP to 4 W EIRP.867.6 - 867.0 MHz @ 500 mW ERP now in effect
Suggestions for amendments, updates or additions to this report are welcome and should be communicated to Craig Alan Repec ( craig.alan.repec@gs1.org ).
http://www.gs1.org
page 1 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Albania
Status
NA
Argentina
OK
Armenia
OK
Australia
OK
Azerbaijan
http://www.gs1.org
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
Algeria
Austria
Frequency in
MHz
OK
OK
902 - 928
4 W EIRP
865.6 - 867.6
920 - 926
4 W EIRP
918 - 926
1 W EIRP
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
FHSS
ETSI
ETSI
ETSI
page 2 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
http://www.gs1.org
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
OK
OK
OK
925.0 - 927.0
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
ETSI
ETSI
NA
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones
+591 2 277 2266
supertel@ceibo.entelnet.bol
sittel@ceibo.entelnet.bo
www.sittel.gov.bo
OK
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
ETSI
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Country
Status
Botswana
NA
Brazil
OK
Brunei
Darussalam
Bulgaria
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
902 - 907.5
4 W EIRP
FHSS
915 - 928
4 W EIRP
FHSS
866 869
0.5 W ERP
923 925
2 W ERP
OK
OK
Regulator
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
ETSI
Cambodia
NA
Cameroon
NA
http://www.gs1.org
page 4 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Canada
Chile
Status
OK
OK
Frequency in
MHz
902 - 928
902 - 928
Power
4 W EIRP
5 mW EIRP
Technique
Comments
FHSS
FHSS
Regulator
China
OK
920.5 - 924.5
2 W ERP
FHSS
Colombia
OK
902 - 928
4 W EIRP
FHSS
Ministerio de Comunicaciones
+57 1 34443460
www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica
http://www.gs1.org
NA
OK
902 - 928
4 W EIRP
FHSS
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updated 31.10.2014
Country
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
Croatia
OK
ETSI
Cuba
NA
ETSI
ETSI
ETSI
FHSS
Cte d'Ivoire
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
http://www.gs1.org
OK
OK
OK
OK
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
902 - 928
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
4 W EIRP
page 6 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
http://www.gs1.org
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
WiP
NA
OK
ETSI
ETSI
ETSI
OK
OK
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
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updated 31.10.2014
Country
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
Germany
OK
ETSI
Ghana
NA
ETSI
Georgia
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong,
China
http://www.gs1.org
OK
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
NA
NA
OK
865 - 868
2 W ERP
920 - 925
4 W EIRP
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic
Rep.
Ireland
http://www.gs1.org
Status
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
Frequency in
MHz
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865 - 867
923 - 925
865 - 868
865.6 - 867.6
Power
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
Technique
Comments
Regulator
ETSI
ETSI
4 W ERP
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
ETSI
ETSI
2 W ERP
page 9 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Israel
Status
OK
Italy
OK
Jamaica
NA
Frequency in
MHz
915 - 917
865.6 - 867.6
Power
2 W ERP
ETSI
http://www.gs1.org
Ministry of Communications
+972 3 5198 222
mazarh@moc.gov.il
www.moc.gov.il
952 - 956.4
4 W EIRP
Either LBT
free with 4 x
200KHz
channels for
readers or
LBT
952 - 956.4
0.5 W EIRP
LBT
952 - 957.6
20 mW
EIRP
LBT
916.7 - 920.9
4 W EIRP
Either LBT
free or LBT
OK
OK
Regulator
Japan
(effective as of
July 25, 2012)
Comments
New regulations agreed
on 27.08.2012 limit Out
of Band (OoB)
emissions; restrictions
on duty cycle relax OoB
linearly at 915 MHz.
2 W EIRP
Japan
(effective until
March 31, 2018)
Technique
Channel bundle is
allowed in 920.3920.9MHz
page 10 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Rep.
Korea (DPR)
Kuwait
http://www.gs1.org
Status
OK
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
916.7 - 923.5
0.5 W EIRP
LBT
916.7-923.5 MHz
available for unlicensed
use up to 0.5 W EIRP
865 - 868
Regulator
2.0 W ERP
NA
NA
917 - 920.8
4 W EIRP
FHSS or
LBT
917 - 923.5
200 mW
EIRP
FHSS or
LBT
OK
NA
Ministry of Communications
+965 481 9033
moc@mockw.net
www.mockw.net
NA
page 11 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Status
Comments
Regulator
OK
Libya
NA
OK
Luxembourg
OK
Macao, China
NA
http://www.gs1.org
Technique
NA
NA
Macedonia, FYR
Power
Lebanon
Lithuania
Frequency in
MHz
OK
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
LBT
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
ETSI
Individual licence
required.
ETSI
ETSI
page 12 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
http://www.gs1.org
Status
OK
OK
Frequency in
MHz
919 - 923
865.6 - 867.6
Power
Technique
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
Comments
Regulator
ETSI
NA
OK
FHSS
ETSI
OK
902 - 928
865.6 - 867.6
4 W EIRP
2 W ERP
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updated 31.10.2014
Country
Status
Mongolia
NA
Montenegro
NA
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Morocco
OK
867.6 - 868.0
500 mW
ERP
Netherlands
OK
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
ETSI
864 - 868
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
http://www.gs1.org
OK
Regulator
921.5 - 928
4 W EIRP
FHSS
Corrected from 6 W
NA
OK
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
ETSI
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updated 31.10.2014
Country
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Status
OK
OK
WiP
OK
Paraguay
NA
Peru
OK
http://www.gs1.org
Frequency in
MHz
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865 - 868
902 - 928
Power
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
Technique
Comments
Regulator
ETSI
ETSI
0.1 W ERP
4 W EIRP
FHSS
915 928
4 W EIRP
FHSS
page 15 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
WiP
918 - 920
0.5 W ERP
OK
OK
OK
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
866.0 - 867.6
Russian
Federation
http://www.gs1.org
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
Technique
ETSI
ETSI
ETSI
ETSI
866 - 868
500 mW
ERP
866.0 - 867.6
2 W ERP
Regulator
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
+63 2 725 0459
ceversar@yahoo.com
100 mW
ERP
OK
Comments
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updated 31.10.2014
Country
Status
Frequency in
MHz
916 - 921
Saudi Arabia
OK
Senegal
NA
Serbia
OK
Singapore
http://www.gs1.org
OK
865.6 - 867.6
Power
1 W ERP
2 W ERP
Technique
Comments
Channel
spacing: 1.2
MHz
Center
frequencies:
916.2,
917.4,
918.6,
919.8 MHz
Additional regulation
from March 2011.
Under License.
It is prohibited to use
interrogators outside
buildings.
Permission to use the
radio frequencies by
active RFID
interrogators and the
registration of the active
interrogator are
required.
Regulator
ETSI
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
866 - 869
0.5 W ERP
920 - 925
ETSI
2 W ERP
page 17 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Status
OK
OK
OK
OK
Frequency in
MHz
865.6 - 867.6
Power
2 W ERP
Technique
ETSI
2 W ERP
ETSI
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
ETSI
915.4 - 919
4 W EIRP
FHSS
919.2 - 921
4 W EIRP
Nonmodulating
2 W ERP
Regulator
Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic
+421 2 5788 1553
secretary@teleoff.gov.sk
frequency@teleoff.gov.sk
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
Comments
ETSI
Sri Lanka
NA
Sudan
NA
http://www.gs1.org
page 18 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Sweden
Status
OK
Switzerland
OK
NA
Taiwan
OK
Tajikistan
NA
Tanzania
NA
Thailand
http://www.gs1.org
OK
Frequency in
MHz
865.6 - 867.6
865.6 - 867.6
Power
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
Technique
Comments
Regulator
ETSI
ETSI
922 - 928
1 W ERP
FHSS
Indoor
922 - 928
0.5 W ERP
FHSS
Outdoor
920 - 925
4 W EIRP
FHSS
New regulations
effective since 20
January 2006. License
required for power
above 0.5 W.
page 19 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Trinidad and
Tobago
Tunisia
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
OK
ETSI
ETSI
Telecommunications Authority
International Relations & EU Coordination Dept.
+90 312 550 5125
info@tk.gov.tr
www.tk.gov.tr
865.6 - 867.6
Turkey
OK
Turkmenistan
NA
Ministry of Communication
+993 12 352 153
NA
NA
OK
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab
Emirates
http://www.gs1.org
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
865.6 - 867.6
2 W ERP
2 W ERP
ETSI
page 20 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela, RB
Vietnam
http://www.gs1.org
Status
OK
OK
OK
Frequency in
MHz
865.6 - 867.6
902 - 928
902 - 928
Power
2 W ERP
4 W EIRP
4 W EIRP
Technique
Comments
ETSI
FHSS
FHSS
NA
OK
OK
Regulator
922 - 928
4 W EIRP
866 - 869
0.5 W ERP
920 - 925
2 W ERP
FHSS
page 21 of 22
updated 31.10.2014
Country
Yemen, Rep.
Zimbabwe
http://www.gs1.org
Status
Frequency in
MHz
Power
Technique
Comments
Regulator
NA
NA
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updated 31.10.2014