Q – If you have an authorization from the CEPT, is it valid in all participating countries? Under the CEPT agreement, qualified U.S. graduate and advanced amateurs must bring three things when travelling to a CEPT participating country: 1) Bring the official U.S. license issued by the FCC and not the reference copy. 2) Bring proof of U.S. citizenship (usually in the form of a passport). 3) Bring a copy of the FCC`s public notice that details what U.S. fans should keep in mind and bring when traveling to a CEPT country (September 2016 DA 16-1048 release contains information in three languages, English, French, and German). [Note: While the FCC does not state that your original hardcopy license is a document that you must take to the CEPT Zones, the actual CEPT Agreement that the United States has approved states that U.S. amateurs will possess such a document; so absolutely bring your original hardcopy license document issued by the FCC when traveling and working in the CEPT Areas]. Q – Are there persons outside Canada who participate in CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 and in whom a Canadian CEPT authorization would be valid? The CITEL agreement allows the issuance of an IARP[9] by a member company of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The revision of T/R 61-01 in 2016 was stimulated by an exceptional piece of work which consisted in concluding the harmonization of the OAS/CITEL International Amateur Radio Permit of the ITU 2 region with the CEPT amateur radio license. Contrary to the recommendations of the CEPT, the IARP is a multilateral treaty among members of the Organization of American States that must be ratified. The IARP entered into force in June 1995.
11 States are parties to the treaty. In 2003, the IARP introduced an additional article stipulating that amateur licensees from T/R 61-01-CEPT countries enjoy, on a reciprocal basis, the same rights and privileges as IARP holders, provided that an IARP holder visiting a CEPT country has the same rights as a visiting amateur using the provisions of T/R 61-01. Only two OAS states have acceded to the 2003 Protocol. . . .