RES556 – 356 – ADD RESOLUTION 556 (WRC-15) Conversion of all analogue assignments in the Appendices 30 and 30A Regions 1 and 3 Plan and List into digital assignments The World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2015), considering a) that this conference suppressed footnote 26 to Annex 1 of Appendix 30, which expired on 1 January 2015 and contained power flux-density limits to be applied for the protection of analogue assignments brought in service before 17 October 1997; b) that the analogue emissions concerned are obsolete and have not been in use in the broadcasting-satellite service (BSS) and in feeder links for the BSS in the bands subject to Appendix 30 and Appendix 30A, recognizing a) that the integrity of the Region 2 Plan and its associated provisions must be preserved; b) that compatibility between the BSS in Regions 1 and 3 and the other services in all three Regions must be ensured,resolves 1 that, as from 1 January 2017: 1.1 all analogue (e.g. “27M0F8W”) assignments included in Article 9A of Appendix 30A and Article 11 of Appendix 30 and in the Regions 1 and 3 Lists shall be converted to digital assignments (e.g. “27M0G7W”); 1.2 the Bureau shall update the reference situation (EPM) of the Regions 1 and 3 Plans and Lists and of other Article 4 submissions, which are still at the stage of application of that Article, as contained in the Appendices 30 and 30A master database of 1 January 2017 without reviewing the past technical examination results; 2 that the Bureau shall continue to apply the current calculation method in regard of analogue assignments in the Region 2 Plan.