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local recommendations and regulations
when using your cellular phone both at home
and when away.
Regulations on the use of
cellular phones in vehicles and aircraft are
particularly stringent.
Public concern has been focused for some time on
the possible health risks for users of cellular
phones. The current research on radio wave
technology, including the GSM technology, has
been reviewed and safety standards have been
drawn up to ensure protection from exposure to
radio wave energy. Your cellular telephone
complies with all applicable safety standards
and the Radio Equipment and Telecommunications
Terminal Equipment Directive 1999/5/EC.
Always switch off your phone...
Inadequately protected or
sensitive electronic
equipment
may be affected by radio energy.
This interference can lead to accidents.
Before boarding an
aircraft
and/or
when packing the phone in your
luggage: the use of mobile phones in
an aircraft may be dangerous for the
operation of the aircraft, disrupt the mobile
phones network and may be illegal.
In
hospitals
, clinics, other health care
centres and anywhere else where you
may be in the close vicinity of
medical
equipment
.
In areas with a potentially
explosive
atmosphere
(e.g. petrol stations and
also areas where the air contains dust
particles, such as metal powders).
In a vehicle transporting flammable products
(even if the vehicle is parked) or a vehicle
powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),
check first that the vehicle complies with the
applicable safety rules.
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