---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 5.305"
title: "47"
number: "5.305"
heading: "Program license not permitted."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/5.305"
---

# §5.305. Program license not permitted.


Experiments are not permitted under this subpart and a conventional experimental radio license is required when:

- (a) An environmental assessment must be filed with the Commission as required by [§ 5.63(a)](/cfr/47/5.63.md?p=a), or
- (b) An orbital debris mitigation plan must be filed with the Commission as required by [§ 5.64](/cfr/47/5.64.md), or
- (c) The applicant requires non-disclosure of proprietary information as part of its justification for its license application; or
- (d) **A product development or a market trial is to be conducted.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 336.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 25162, Apr. 29, 2013, unless otherwise noted.