<P> As of 8 December 2006, CB Radio now joins PMR446, LPD433 and SRD860 under the category of licence - free personal communications . </P> <P> In June 2011, the EU announced another change in technical specifications for CB use which, if implemented, would introduce a type approval for both AM and SSB operation . The introduction was originally delayed by the 2012 Olympics, and was scheduled to take effect in 2014 . </P> <P> Following most other European countries, Ofcom proposed to adopt European Communication Committee Decision (11) 031 in October 2013 . This would permit the use of Single Sideband and AM operation on the CEPT CB radio band, and Ofcom proceeded with legislation to this effect on 27 June 2014 . </P> <P> The new AM / SSB legislation only permits the use of new and approved sets, not' legacy' multimode sets . </P>

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