18 A radio licence from Ficora is required for the possession and use of radio transmitters, unless otherwise laid down in this section. A radio licence for radio frequencies allocated to be used by electronic communications services shall be granted within six weeks after Ficora has received all documents necessary to resolve the matter. When granting a radio licence pursuant to so section 40, Ficora may extend the six-week deadline by eight months at most if this is necessary to ensure that the application procedure is fair, reasonable, clear and transparent or to supplement the information in the applications or for other special reasons. Any extension to the deadline shall be announced publicly. No radio licence is required for the possession and use of a radio transmitter if the radio transmitter functions only on the collective frequency designated for it by Ficora and if its conformity has been confirmed in the manner laid down in this Act. Ficora may issue regulations restricting the use of such radio transmitters if this is necessary to ensure the efficient and appropriate use of frequencies and for the prevention or removal of interference. Ficora may regulate that a written register notification that is valid no longer than five years for the possession and use of a radio transmitter referred to in subsection 3 must be submitted. No radio licence is required for the possession of a radio transmitter if the radio transmitter has been permanently rendered technically inoperable for radio communication or if it is otherwise evident that the possession is not for the purpose of radio communication. Ficora issues regulations on the procedure by which approval as a licence referred to in subsection 1 can be given to licences, other authorisations, or markings indicating the right to use a radio transmitter, which have been issued by the competent authority of another country. The Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard do not require a radio licence for the possession and use of a radio transmitter for the sole purpose of military defence. Police officers of a foreign State do not need a radio licence for the possession and use of a radio transmitter to be used in pursuit referred to in Article 41, or in cross-border surveillance referred to in Article 40, of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at the common borders signed at Schengen by the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic (Finnish Treaty Series 23/2001). Representatives of foreign States do not need a radio licence for the possession and use of a radio transmitter to be used during a state or working visit if Ficora has been notified of the possession and use of the radio transmitter and has been given the information requested by it on the configuration of the radio transmitter. Personnel of a foreign State as referred to in the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations (Finnish Treaty Series 15/2005) do not need a radio licence for the possession and use of a radio transmitter to be used in relief operations and disaster mitigation as referred to in the Convention if Ficora has been notified of the possession and use of the radio transmitter and has been given the information requested by it on the configuration of the radio transmitter and the intended use. Section 40 Granting a radio licence Ficora grants radio licences. The application shall include the information necessary for processing the application as requested by Ficora. If granting an individual radio licence could have an effect on the general development of the communications market, Ficora shall consult with the Ministry of Transport and Communications and act in cooperation with it. If granting a radio licence could have a