CEPT Licensing

European Conference of Postal & Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) radio-amateur license -- allows US Amateurs to travel to and operate from most European countries without obtaining an additional licensee or permit. For a US citizens to operate an amateur station in a CEPT country, certain requirements of the CEPT European Radio Committee (ERC) must be met for participation by non-CEPT Administrations (the US is a Non-CEPT administration who has obtained permission to allow its licensees the privilege of operation from CEPT countries).

Under the CEPT Agreement, to activate operating authority, a traveler would have to carry credentials in English, French and German that the person, if a US citizen, and if a Commission-authorized amateur operator, is entitled to certain amateur station operating privileges in the specific countries that have implemented the CEPT Agreement.

  • https://cept.org
  • http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/operating-abroad
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_international_operation#CEPT_License
  • http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/cept.htm - potentially outdated
  • https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1048A1.pdf - US amateurs should carry this