RES81 – 223 – MOD RESOLUTION 81 (REV.WRC-15) Evaluation of the administrative due diligence procedure for satellite networks The World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2015), considering a) that WRC-97 adopted Resolution 49 (WRC-97) establishing administrative due diligence procedure applicable to some satellite radiocommunication services with effect from 22 November 1997; b) that the Plenipotentiary Conference adopted Resolution 85 (Minneapolis, 1998) on evaluation of the administrative due diligence procedure for satellite networks; c) that Resolution 85 (Minneapolis, 1998) instructs the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau to inform WRC-2000 about the effectiveness of the administrative due diligence procedure, in accordance with Resolution 49 (WRC-97); d) that Resolution 85 (Minneapolis, 1998) resolves that WRC-2000 shall evaluate the results of the implementation of the administrative due diligence procedure and shall inform the next Plenipotentiary Conference, in 2002, of its conclusions in that regard; e) the report of the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau on the administrative due diligence procedure applicable to some satellite networks; f) the proposals made to this Conference to strengthen the administrative due diligence procedure, and to adopt financial due diligence procedures, noting a) that the Bureau has not encountered any administrative difficulty in applying the provisions and in gathering and publishing information; b) that the Bureau has taken action pursuant to resolves 6 of Resolution 49 (WRC-97) to cancel the submissions, and accordingly publish the related special sections, in respect of 36 satellite networks; c) that, for all of these cancellations, the maximum (nine-year) period for bringing into use pursuant to resolves 1 and 2 of Resolution 51 (WRC-97) and No. 11.44 had been reached and hence the submissions would have been cancelled in any event; d) that, when requested to provide due diligence information (triggered by the original date of bringing into use of their satellite networks), administrations have generally requested, wherever possible, extensions of the regulatory period for bringing into use up to the maximum limit authorized by the Radio Regulations; e) that the effect of the administrative due diligence procedure may not, therefore, be fully apparent until at least 21 November 2003,