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Regulatory Publications

​​​​​​​​​​The legal framework of ITU comprises the basic instruments of the Union, which have treaty status and are binding on ITU Member States. These instruments are the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and the Administrative Regulations, which complement the Constitution and the Convention. 

The Radio Regulations (RR) form an integral part of the Administrative Regulations.

The Rules of Procedure are approved by the Radio Regulations Board (RRB). They complement the RR by providing clarification of the application of particular Regulations or establishing the necessary practical procedures that may not be provided for in the current Regulatory Procedures

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Publications

  • ​ Radio Regulations
    The Radio Regulations incorporates the decisions of the World Radiocommunication Conferences, including all Appendices, Resolutions, Recommendations and ITU-R Recommendations incorporated by reference.  The 2024 edition is available for free download.
  • ​RR Navigation Tool
    The ITU Radio Regulations Navigation Tool offers a pure PDF viewing solution, running on Windows and Mac OS X, that enables users to navigate: 
    • the latest ITU Radio Regulations (2024 edition) with all Articles, Appendices, Resolutions and Recommendations. 
    • ITU Collection of the basic texts adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference including Constitution and Convention.
    • ITU Rules of Procedure for radio spectrum coordination.
    • ITU-R Recommendations – the international technical standards set by the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R).​​
  • RR5 Table of Frequency Allocations 
    The ITU RR5 Table of Frequency Allocations Software (aka RR5 Software) is a stand-alone application that runs on individual user's PC and requires neither network nor Internet connection.   It provides a mechanism to electronically use, query and analyze the Table of Frequency Allocations and its associated footnotes, as they appear in the Article 5 of Radio Regulations. 
  • Rules of Procedure
    The Rules of Procedure were adopted by the Radio Regulations Board on the basis of proposals submitted by the Radiocommunication Bureau in accordance with No.95 of the Constitution and No. 168 of the Convention of the ITU.   ​
  • eHFBC - ITU platform
    The eHFBC platform provides online access to the HFBC Publications and HFBC reference data, as well as the tools to generate and validate HFBC requirement files before submission to the ITU​