Utilisateur:Okhin/Amdt
Amendment <NumAm>298</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (1)‘electronic communications network’ means transmission systems, whether or not based on a permanent infrastructure or centralised administration capacity, and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources, including network elements which are not active, which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Individuals participating in a not-for-profit network (such as radio local area networks) or providing not-for-profit services shall not be subject to the obligations imposed on legal persons providing networks or services. Specifically, the strict obligations provided by the Directive 2002/58/CE would be disproportionate and impracticable if imposed on individual volunteers, who should only be subject to the obligations set by the General Data Protection Regulation.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>299</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>300</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michał Boni, Jerzy Buzek, Gunnar Hökmark</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The overarching objective of the Code is to stimulate the roll-out of networks which can serve the future demands of European businesses and citizens. The term very high capacity network seeks to define what future state of the art electronic communications infrastructure look like. It is suggested to clarify the definition in a way that ensures that very high capacity networks benefit the roll-out of 5G networks in the sense that they provide the backhaul for these mobile networks. Future 5G ultra-dense and heavy traffic cells have to be connected to a backhaul with very high requirements in terms of capacity, latency, and availability. The proposal also takes into account the need to ensure technology neutrality since the definition of very high capacity network is not based on any given technology.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>301</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Clarification included from the respective Recital 13. Moreover, strengthening the performance benchmark while lifting its upper limit. This clarifies that – independent of the used technology – better performing infrastructures would also be considered ‘very high capacity’.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>302</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
To clarify the "very high capacity network" definition in light of the technology landscape.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>303</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2)„Netz mit sehr hoher Kapazität“: ein elektronisches Kommunikationsnetz, das entweder komplett aus Glasfaserkomponenten zumindest bis zum Verteilerpunkt am Ort der Nutzung besteht, oder das zu üblichen Spitzenlastzeiten eine ähnliche Netzleistung in Bezug auf die verfügbare Down- und Uplink-Bandbreite, Störfestigkeit, Fehlerparameter, Latenz und Latenzschwankung bieten kann. Die Netzleistung kann als vergleichbar gelten, unabhängig davon, ob der Endnutzer Schwankungen feststellt, die auf die verschiedenen inhärenten Merkmale des Mediums zurückzuführen sind, über das das Netz letztlich mit dem Netzabschlusspunkt verbunden ist. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>304</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Michał Boni, Krišjānis Kariņš, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The aim of the EECC is to incentivise the roll-out of infrastructure capable of delivering the speeds necessary to accelerate the transition to a 5G society. Thus, the definition must, while taking into account future technological developments, thereby maintaining the technology neutrality principle, strictly be limited to include only state of the art infrastructure.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>305</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>306</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>307</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>308</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Edouard Martin, Theresa Griffin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The word ‘similar’ is too subjective. We should ensure consistency with our objectives.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>309</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Martina Werner</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2)„Netz mit sehr hoher Kapazität“: ein elektronisches Kommunikationsnetz, das entweder komplett aus Glasfaserkomponenten zumindest bis zum Verteilerpunkt am Ort der Nutzung besteht, oder das zu üblichen Spitzenlastzeiten eine ähnliche Netzleistung in Bezug auf die verfügbare Down- und Uplink-Bandbreite, Störfestigkeit, Fehlerparameter, Latenz und Latenzschwankung bieten kann. Die Netzleistung kann als vergleichbar gelten, unabhängig davon, ob der Endnutzer Schwankungen feststellt, die auf die verschiedenen inhärenten Merkmale des Mediums zurückzuführen sind, über das das Netz letztlich mit dem Netzabschlusspunkt verbunden ist. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>310</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Henna Virkkunen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>311</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>312</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>313</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or which is capable of delivering under usual peak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>314</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Herbert Reul, Markus Pieper, Angelika Niebler</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2)„Netz mit sehr hoher Kapazität“: ein elektronisches Kommunikationsnetz, das entweder komplett aus Glasfaserkomponenten zumindest bis zum Verteilerpunkt am Ort der Nutzung besteht, oder das zu üblichen Spitzenlastzeiten eine ähnliche Netzleistung in Bezug auf die verfügbare Down- und Uplink-Bandbreite, Störfestigkeit, Fehlerparameter, Latenz und Latenzschwankung bieten kann. Die Netzleistung kann als vergleichbar gelten, unabhängig davon, ob der Endnutzer Schwankungen feststellt, die auf die verschiedenen inhärenten Merkmale des Mediums zurückzuführen sind, über das das Netz letztlich mit dem Netzabschlusspunkt verbunden ist. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Die Definition von "Netzen mit sehr hoher Kapazität" sollte sich an der auf dem Markt genutzen State-of-the-Art Technologie orientieren, welche zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt durch Glasfaserleitungen gegeben ist. Um den Ansatz der Technologieneutralität gerecht zu werden, werden alle Technologien, welche mindestens das gleiche Leistungsvermögen wie Glasfaser aufweisen könne, ebenfalls in die Definition einbezogen.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>315</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (4)‘electronic communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration via electronic communications networks, which encompasses 'internet access service' as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120; and/or 'interpersonal communications service'; and/or services consisting wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals such as transmission services used for the provision of machine-to-machine services and for broadcasting, but excludes services providing, or exercising editorial control over, content transmitted using electronic communications networks and services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
To ensure legal certainty and a level playing field between providers of "electronic communications service," the aim of this amendment is to clarify that the scope of the third category of Electronic Communications Services “consisting wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signal” only concerns pure transmission services, excluding services which qualify as Interpersonal Communication Services or as Information Society Services notably subject to the e-commerce directive.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>316</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (4)‘electronic communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration via electronic communications networks, which encompasses 'internet access service' as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120; and/or 'interpersonal communications service'; and/or services consisting wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals such as transmission services used for the provision of machine-to-machine services and for broadcasting, but excludes services providing, or exercising editorial control over, content transmitted using electronic communications networks and services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Individuals participating in a not-for-profit network (such as radio local area networks) or providing not-for-profit services shall not be subject to the obligations imposed on legal persons providing networks or services. Specifically, the strict obligations provided by the Directive 2002/58/CE would be disproportionate and impracticable if imposed on individual volunteers, who should only be subject to the obligations set by the General Data Protection Regulation.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>317</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (4)‘electronic communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration via electronic communications networks, which encompasses 'internet access service' as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120; and/or 'interpersonal communications service'; and/or services consisting wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals such as transmission services used for the provision of machine-to-machine services and for broadcasting, but excludes services providing, or exercising editorial control over, content transmitted using electronic communications networks and services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>318</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (5)'interpersonal communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration that enables direct interpersonal and interactive exchange of information via electronic communications networks between a finite number of persons, whereby the persons initiating or participating in the communication determine its recipient(s); it does not include services which enable interpersonal and interactive communication merely as a minor ancillary feature that is intrinsically linked to another service; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>319</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Barbara Kappel, Angelo Ciocca, Lorenzo Fontana</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (5)'interpersonal communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration that enables direct interpersonal and interactive exchange of information via electronic communications networks between a finite number of persons, whereby the persons initiating or participating in the communication determine its recipient(s); it does not include services which enable interpersonal and interactive communication merely as a minor ancillary feature that is intrinsically linked to another service; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>320</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (5)'interpersonal communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration that enables direct interpersonal and interactive exchange of information via electronic communications networks between a finite number of persons, whereby the persons initiating or participating in the communication determine its recipient(s); it does not include services which enable interpersonal and interactive communication merely as a minor ancillary feature that is intrinsically linked to another service; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>321</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (5)'interpersonal communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration that enables direct interpersonal and interactive exchange of information via electronic communications networks between a finite number of persons, whereby the persons initiating or participating in the communication determine its recipient(s); it does not include services which enable interpersonal and interactive communication merely as a minor ancillary feature that is intrinsically linked to another service; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>322</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (6)‘number-based interpersonal communications service’ means an interpersonal communications service which connects with the public switched telephone network, either by means of assigned numbering resources, i.e. a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans, or by enabling communication with a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
There is a need to differentiate between services delivered over their own infrastructure and therefore can control the quality of the service and services which do not have such a control. In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>323</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Barbara Kappel, Angelo Ciocca, Lorenzo Fontana</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (6)‘number-based interpersonal communications service’ means an interpersonal communications service which connects with the public switched telephone network, either by means of assigned numbering resources, i.e. a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans, or by enabling communication with a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>324</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (7)'number-independent interpersonal communications service' means an interpersonal communications service which does not connect with the public switched telephone network, either by means of assigned numbering resources, i.e. a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans, or by enabling communication with a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
There is a need to differentiate between services delivered over their own infrastructure and therefore can control the quality of the service and services which do not have such a control. In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>325</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Barbara Kappel, Angelo Ciocca, Lorenzo Fontana</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (7)'number-independent interpersonal communications service' means an interpersonal communications service which does not connect with the public switched telephone network, either by means of assigned numbering resources, i.e. a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans, or by enabling communication with a number or numbers in national or international telephone numbering plans; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>326</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (11)‘associated services’ means those services associated with an electronic communications network and/or an electronic communications service which enable and/or support the provision of services, self-provision or automated-provision via that network and/or service or have the potential to do so and include, inter alia, number translation or systems offering equivalent functionality, conditional access systems and electronic programme guides, voice command, multi-language or language translation as well as other services such as identity, location and presence service; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>327</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Barbara Kappel, Angelo Ciocca, Lorenzo Fontana</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>328</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (20)‘harmful interference’ means interference which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radio communications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, Union or national regulations; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>329</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Françoise Grossetête, Anne Sander</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (20)‘harmful interference’ means interference which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radio communications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, Union or national regulations; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>330</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Martina Werner</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (20)‘harmful interference’ means interference which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radio communications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, Union or national regulations; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
ERTMS is the European railway traffic management system controlling the spacing between trains and the respect of their speed limitation; thus providing safety-related mission-critical services to railway operations. It relies on a radio-based communication service. On-board ERTMS subsystems shall be protected against interference, fulfilling the requirements specified in Annex A of the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘control-command and signalling’ subsystems of the rail system in the European Union (EU) 2016 919, which otherwise would seriously endanger the functioning of ERTMS.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>331</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (20)‘harmful interference’ means interference which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radio communications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, Union or national regulations; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>332</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Morten Helveg Petersen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (22)‘security’ of networks and services means the ability of electronic communications networks and services to resist, at a given level of confidence, any action that compromises the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored or transmitted or processed data or the related services offered by, or accessible via, those networks or services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en
</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>333</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (23)‘general authorisation’ means a legal framework established by the Member State ensuring rights for the provision of electronic communications networks or services and laying down sector-specific obligations that may apply to all or to specific types of electronic communications networks and services, in accordance with this Directive. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>334</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Barbara Kappel, Angelo Ciocca, Lorenzo Fontana</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (26)'shared use of radio spectrum' means access by two or more users to use the same frequencies under a defined sharing arrangement, authorised by a national regulatory authority on the basis of a general authorisation, individual rights of use or a combination thereof, including regulatory approaches such as licenced shared access aiming to facilitate the shared use of a frequency band, subject to a binding agreement of all parties involved, in accordance with sharing rules as included in their rights of use so as to guarantee to all users predictable and reliable sharing arrangements, and without prejudice to the application of competition law; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>335</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (28)‘access’ means the making available of facilities and/or services to another undertaking, under defined conditions, on either an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, for the purpose of providing electronic communications services, including when they are used for the delivery of information society services or broadcast content services. It covers inter alia: access to network elements and associated facilities, which may involve the connection of equipment, by fixed or non-fixed means (in particular this includes access to the local loop and to facilities and services necessary to provide services over the local loop); access to physical infrastructure including buildings, ducts and masts; access to relevant software systems including operational support systems; access to information systems or databases for pre-ordering, provisioning, ordering, maintaining and repair requests, and billing; access to number translation or systems offering equivalent functionality; access to fixed and mobile networks, including software emulated networks, in particular for roaming; access to conditional access systems for digital television services and access to virtual network services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>336</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Barbara Kappel, Angelo Ciocca, Lorenzo Fontana</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 32</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (32)voice communications’ means a service made available to the public for originating and receiving, directly or indirectly, national or national and international calls through a number or numbers in a national or international telephone numbering plan; |
Amendment <NumAm>414</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 10 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities take utmost account of opinions and common positions adopted by BEREC when adopting their own decisions for their national markets. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
If BEREC is to become an agency, its role and powers should be enhanced adequately (especially in articles 32-33)
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>415</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The implementation of the regulation 2015/2120 is made on a national basis without any coordination of national regulation authorities, despite the BEREC guidelines.
A harmonised implementation within the EU is of the utmost importance for predictability of law and for ensuring end-users rights.
Amendment <NumAm>565</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Martina Werner</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate technical and organisational measures to appropriately manage the risks posed to security of networks and services. Having regard to the state of the art, these measures shall ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented. In particular, measures shall be taken to prevent and minimise the impact of security incidents on users and on other networks and services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Encrypting communications content from end to end by default is the best way to effectively minimise the impact of security incidents.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>566</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate technical and organisational measures to appropriately manage the risks posed to security of networks and services. Having regard to the state of the art, these measures shall ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented. In particular, measures shall be taken to prevent and minimise the impact of security incidents on users and on other networks and services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>567</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate technical and organisational measures to appropriately manage the risks posed to security of networks and services. Having regard to the state of the art, these measures shall ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented. In particular, measures shall be taken to prevent and minimise the impact of security incidents on users and on other networks and services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Encrypting communications content from end to end by default is the only way to effectively minimise the impact of security incidents. Any other measure would barely has any effect.Furthermore, such an obligation would be the mere implementation of Directive 2002/58/EC, article 5(1), which prohibits any “kinds of interception or surveillance of communications (...) by persons other than users, without the consent of the users concerned”.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>568</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate technical and organisational measures to appropriately manage the risks posed to security of networks and services. Having regard to the state of the art, these measures shall ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented. In particular, measures shall be taken to prevent and minimise the impact of security incidents on users and on other networks and services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>569</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate technical and organisational measures to appropriately manage the risks posed to security of networks and services. Having regard to the state of the art, these measures shall ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented. In particular, measures shall be taken to prevent and minimise the impact of security incidents on users and on other networks and services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>570</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 1 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>571</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services notify without undue delay the competent authority of a breach of security that has had a significant impact on the operation of networks or services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>572</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)the extent to which the functioning of the service is disrupted; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>573</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the impact on economic and societal activities. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
There is a need to align these provisions with the NIS directive
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>574</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the impact on economic and societal activities. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>575</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>576</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 5.The Commission, shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 109 with a view to specifying the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including measures defining the circumstances, format and procedures applicable to notification requirements. The delegated acts shall be based on European and international standards to the greatest extent possible, and shall not prevent Member States from adopting additional requirements in order to pursue the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 and 2. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>577</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 5.The Commission, shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 109 with a view to specifying the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including measures defining the circumstances, format and procedures applicable to notification requirements. The delegated acts shall be based on European and international standards to the greatest extent possible, and shall not prevent Member States from adopting additional requirements in order to pursue the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 and 2. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>578</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 40 – paragraph 5 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Amendment <NumAm>592</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Taking due account of the fact that radio spectrum is a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value, Member States shall ensure the effective management of radio spectrum for electronic communications services and networks in their territory in accordance with Articles 3 and 4. They shall ensure that radio spectrum allocation used for electronic communications services and networks and issuing general authorisations or individual rights of use for such radio spectrum by competent authorities are based on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate criteria. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The amendment aims to promote competition criteria in radio spectrum assignment procedures.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>593</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Martina Werner, Flavio Zanonato</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Taking due account of the fact that radio spectrum is a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value, Member States shall ensure the effective management of radio spectrum for electronic communications services and networks in their territory in accordance with Articles 3 and 4. They shall ensure that radio spectrum allocation used for electronic communications services and networks and issuing general authorisations or individual rights of use for such radio spectrum by competent authorities are based on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate criteria. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Member states should ensure that spectrum is allocated in a way that takes into account the possibility to promote competition in the markets.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>594</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Taking due account of the fact that radio spectrum is a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value, Member States shall ensure the effective management of radio spectrum for electronic communications services and networks in their territory in accordance with Articles 3 and 4. They shall ensure that radio spectrum allocation used for electronic communications services and networks and issuing general authorisations or individual rights of use for such radio spectrum by competent authorities are based on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate criteria. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>595</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)ensuring coverage of their national territory and population at high quality and speed, both indoors and outdoors, including along major transport paths, including the trans-European transport network; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The reference to the Regulation clarifies the definition of TEN-T.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>596</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)ensuring coverage of their national territory and population at high quality and speed, both indoors and outdoors, including along major transport paths, including the trans-European transport network; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>597</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Martina Werner, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)ensuring coverage of their national territory and population at high quality and speed, both indoors and outdoors, including along major transport paths, including the trans-European transport network; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The reference to the Trans-European networks clarifies the definition, keeping railways in the scope.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>598</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)ensuring coverage of their national territory and population at high quality and speed, both indoors and outdoors, including along major transport paths, including the trans-European transport network; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>599</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Flavio Zanonato, Theresa Griffin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Predictability lowers the risk for investments
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>600</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>601</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)promoting the shared use of radio spectrum between similar and/or different uses of spectrum through appropriate established sharing rules and conditions, including the protection of existing rights of use, in accordance with Union law; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Competition criteria in radio spectrum procedures are important when the procedures are designed. Fair and non-discriminatory wholesale access conditions and consumer choice should be enhanced.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>602</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)promoting the shared use of radio spectrum between similar and/or different uses of spectrum through appropriate established sharing rules and conditions, including the protection of existing rights of use, in accordance with Union law; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The amendment aims to promote competition in radio spectrum assignment procedures.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>603</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Innovation and freedom of expression need a broad access to shared and unlicensed uses of , as stressed in article 6 of the 2012 Radio Spectrum Policy Programme. Increasing this access is thus a major challenge. Following the success of the release of the 1,2 Ghz frequencies within the Radio spectrum policy programme (Article 3 of Decision 243/2012/EU), the European Commission shall launch such a programme aiming at the release of shared spectrum. A database of shared spectrum would greatly facilitate and encourage the release of shared spectrum.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>604</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When adopting technical harmonisation measures under Decision No 676/2002/EC, the Commission may, taking utmost account of the opinion of Radio Spectrum Policy Group, adopt an implementing measure setting out whether, pursuant to Article 46 of this Directive, rights in the harmonised band shall be subject to a general authorisation or to individual rights of use. Those implementing measures shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 110(4). |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>605</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Edouard Martin, Theresa Griffin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Where the Commission is considering acting to provide for measures in accordance with Article 39, it may seek the advice of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group with regard to the implications of any such standard or specification for the coordination, harmonisation and availability of radio spectrum. The Commission shall take utmost account of the advice of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group in taking any subsequent steps. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Advice of RSPG is essential to assess the impact of measures linked to spectrum harmonisation.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>606</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pervenche Berès, Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Si l’utilisation d’une bande harmonisée ne suscite pas de demande sur le marché national ou régional, et sous réserve de la mesure d’harmonisation adoptée en vertu de la décision n° 676/2002/CE, les États membres peuvent autoriser une utilisation alternative de tout ou partie de cette bande, y compris l’utilisation existante, conformément aux paragraphes 4 et 5, à condition: |
Or. <Original>{FR}fr</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>607</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In case of a national or regional lack of market demand for the use of a harmonised band, and subject to the harmonisation measure adopted under Decision No 676/2002/EC, Member States may allow an alternative use of all or part of that band, including the existing use, in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, provided that: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Any of the proposed measures in Article 45, paragraph 3 should not put into question the specific solutions retained in Decision 243/2012/EU establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (RSPP) and Decision No …/2017/EU on the use of the UHF band.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>608</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In case of a national or regional lack of market demand for the use of a harmonised band, and subject to the harmonisation measure adopted under Decision No 676/2002/EC, Member States may allow an alternative use of all or part of that band, including the existing use, in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, provided that: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>609</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In case of a national or regional lack of market demand for the use of a harmonised band, and subject to the harmonisation measure adopted under Decision No 676/2002/EC, Member States may allow an alternative use of all or part of that band, including the existing use, in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, provided that: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>610</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the finding of a lack of market demand for the use of the harmonised band is based on a public consultation in line with Article 23; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
There is a need to simplify the procedure as proposed. In addition, in accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>611</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Member States may, however, provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory restrictions to the types of radio network or wireless access technology used for electronic communications services where this is necessary to: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>612</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Edouard Martin, Theresa Griffin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Member States may, however, provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory restrictions to the types of radio network or wireless access technology used for electronic communications services where this is necessary to: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Avoiding harmful interferences in the safety-critical tasks can be an obligation for safety reasons.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>613</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Theresa Griffin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Martina Werner</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Achieving interoperability is essential for the creation of smart, single transportation area in Europe. The seamless and safe circulation of passengers and goods on roads and railways across the EU. Seamless interconnection can boost the efficiency and safety of logistics and passenger traffic and contribute to environment-friendly transport in the internal market.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>614</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>615</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Françoise Grossetête, Anne Sander</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>616</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>617</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A measure which prohibits the provision of any other electronic communications service in a specific band may only be provided for where justified by the need to protect safety of life services. Member States may, exceptionally, also extend such a measure in order to fulfil other general interest objectives as defined by Member States in accordance with Union law. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>618</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A measure which prohibits the provision of any other electronic communications service in a specific band may only be provided for where justified by the need to protect safety of life services. Member States may, exceptionally, also extend such a measure in order to fulfil other general interest objectives as defined by Member States in accordance with Union law. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Safety of life services need to be acknowledged on Member State and EU level.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>619</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 45 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A measure which prohibits the provision of any other electronic communications service in a specific band may only be provided for where justified by the need to protect safety of life services. Member States may, exceptionally, also extend such a measure in order to fulfil other general interest objectives as defined by Member States in accordance with Union law. |
Amendment <NumAm>663</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Where Member States authorise the use of radio spectrum through individual rights of use for a limited period of time, they shall ensure that the authorisation is granted for a period that is appropriate in view of the objective pursued taking due account of the need to ensure effective and efficient use and promote efficient investments, including by allowing for an appropriate period for investment amortisation. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
in accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>664</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Martina Werner</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Where Member States authorise the use of radio spectrum through individual rights of use for a limited period of time, they shall ensure that the authorisation is granted for a period that is appropriate in view of the objective pursued taking due account of the need to ensure effective and efficient use and promote efficient investments, including by allowing for an appropriate period for investment amortisation. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
We should strengthen the criteria not only towards investment but also competition.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>665</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>András Gyürk</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>666</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The harmonised license duration is a set as a minimum but it remains up to the MS to decide to grant it for a longer period. The proposal here aims at guaranteeing at the same time a degree of visibility and certainty for market players (15 years) across the EU, while introducing flexibility safeguards in case MS decide to grant rights of use for a longer period.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>667</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>668</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Martina Werner</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
We need to ensure effective and efficient use of spectrum and promotion of efficient investments by bringing certainty to the markets. Setting a licence duration might be one means to achieve this. However, trusting the scarce resource of radio spectrum to limited amount of players in society for a long time may hamper innovations and technological development as well as harm the competitive market dynamics and the ability of new entrants to access spectrum reliant markets, which all may result in less positive impact for citizens and consumers. We should keep in mind that there might not be a single duration that is suitable for all situations and Member States. Further than that, betting the 30 years licence to a wrong horse in 1987 could have created significant obstacles for European digital development.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>669</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>670</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>671</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Michał Boni, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>672</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2
</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The amendment aims to shorten the duration of 25 years for licenses, which is too long.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>673</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>674</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 25 years, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The draft Code proposes to extend to a minimum of 25 years the duration of rights to use the radio spectrum. This is disproportionate and unnecessary. Experience shows us that 20 years is already too long, especially considering that the regulation does not enable regulators to act when necessary, e.g. by withdrawing authorisation, even if the operator fails to honor its commitments. Allocating spectrum for more than 5 years would necessitate adding a revision clause/sunset date regularly, with sanctions if the operator fails its obligations. The maximum length of allocation shall be 25 years, with such scheduled sunset dates.
The "use it or lose it" clause proposed in the Code is insufficient to enable NRAs to withdraw authorisation if necessary. The capacities of the NRAs should thus be enhanced and more detailed in order to control the use of the licences, preventing holders from "parking" frequencies for too long, thereby hindering connectivity and innovation.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>675</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michał Boni, Françoise Grossetête, Anne Sander</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 49 – paragraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 3.Member States may extend the duration of rights of use for a short period of time to ensure the simultaneous expiry of rights in one or several bands. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
It is important that any attempt to ensure the simultaneous expiry of rights does not interfere with attempts to secure the coordinated use of harmonised radio spectrum in the Union in accordance with Article 53.
Amendment <NumAm>702</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Where that provision is not commercial in character or is ancillary to another commercial activity or public service which is not dependent on the conveyance of signals on those networks, any undertaking, public authority or end-user providing such access shall not be subject to any general authorisation for the provision of electronic communications networks or services pursuant to Article 12, to obligations regarding end-users rights pursuant to Title III of Part III of this Directive nor to obligations to interconnect their networks pursuant to Article 59 (1). |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The Proposal intends to foster the development of radio local area networks, especially where they provide services which are not commercial in character. The development of such networks mainly depends on the personal participation of individual volunteers, who expend the networks by managing their own relays and access points. However, such a participation is hindered by several laws which seek to prevent the sharing of Internet connections amongst several users by making people responsible (and potentially liable) for all communication made through their Wi-Fi connection, and create legal risks for people sharing their connection.In Germany, rights-holders have used a "secondary liability" doctrine to chill the growth of the community networks movement. In France too, copyright law imposes a secondary liability regime that creates significant legal uncertainty for people sharing their network connections with other users. The so-called "mere conduit", inscribed in EU law since 2000 in the directive on information society services, needs to be clearly guaranteed and expanded to small-area wireless access points.In the same spirit, contract clauses that forbid subscribers to share their connections with others should be prohibited in any case: the possibility to share their connections should not be limited to specific offers.Promoting a right to share Internet connections is all the more vital considering the economic and ecological crises, as well as the rapid increase of populations that cannot afford access to the Internet. In this context, connection sharing can play a critical role in fostering a more equitable and sustainable use of telecommunications infrastructure.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>703</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Competent authorities shall not prevent providers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services from allowing access to their networks to the public, through radio local area networks, which may be located at an end-user's premises, subject to compliance with the applicable general authorisation conditions and the prior informed agreement of the end-user. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>704</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Competent authorities shall not prevent providers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services from allowing access to their networks to the public, through radio local area networks, which may be located at an end-user's premises, subject to compliance with the applicable general authorisation conditions and the prior informed agreement of the end-user. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Sharing of consumers' private Wi-Fi networks may bring benefits to consumers as they can use additional access points. However, it is imperative that such additional networks are only installed on consumers' private equipment with their explicit consent and that the consumer whose internet access service is being shared is under no circumstance responsible nor liable for any use that other person might do while connected to his Wi-Fi network.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>705</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Competent authorities shall not prevent providers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services from allowing access to their networks to the public, through radio local area networks, which may be located at an end-user's premises, subject to compliance with the applicable general authorisation conditions and the prior informed agreement of the end-user. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>706</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Sharing of consumers' private Wi-Fi networks may bring benefits to consumers as they can use additional access points. However, it is imperative that such additional networks are only installed on consumers' private equipment with their explicit consent and that the consumer whose internet access service is being shared is under no circumstance responsible nor liable for any use that other person might do while connected to his Wi-Fi network.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>707</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In line in particular with Article 3(1) of Regulation 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council,48 competent authorities shall ensure that providers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services do not unilaterally restrict: |
| _________________ |
| 48 Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union, OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1 |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>708</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)the right of end-users to accede to radio local area networks of their choice provided by third parties; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>709</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)the right of end-users to accede to radio local area networks of their choice provided by third parties; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>710</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| b)the right of end-users to allow reciprocally or more generally access to the networks of such providers by other end-users through radio local area networks, including on the basis of third-party initiatives which aggregate and make publicly accessible the radio local area networks of different end-users. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>711</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| b)the right of end-users to allow reciprocally or more generally access to the networks of such providers by other end-users through radio local area networks, including on the basis of third-party initiatives which aggregate and make publicly accessible the radio local area networks of different end-users. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>712 WTF Pourquoi il fait ça lui ??</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| To that end, providers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services shall make available and actively offer, clearly and transparently, products or specific offers allowing its end-users to provide access to third parties through a radio local area network. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>713</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| To that end, providers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services shall make available and actively offer, clearly and transparently, products or specific offers allowing its end-users to provide access to third parties through a radio local area network. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Contract clauses that forbid subscribers to share their connections with others should be prohibited in any case: the possibility to share their connections should not be limited to specific offers.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>714</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 4.Competent authorities shall not restrict the right of end-users to allow reciprocally or more generally access to their radio local area networks by other end-users, including on the basis of third-party initiatives which aggregate and make the radio local area networks of different end-users publicly accessible. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>715</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 55 – paragraph 5 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)by initiatives of non-governmental organisations or public authorities to aggregate and make reciprocally or more generally accessible the radio local area networks of different end-users, including, where applicable, the radio local area networks to which public access is provided in accordance with point (a). |
Amendment <NumAm>717</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pervenche Berès, Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Pour réaliser les objectifs exposés à l’article 3, les autorités de régulation nationales encouragent et, le cas échéant, assurent, conformément aux dispositions de la présente directive, un accès et une interconnexion adéquats, ainsi que l’interopérabilité des services et elles s’acquittent de leur tâche de façon à promouvoir l’efficacité économique, à favoriser une concurrence durable et le déploiement de réseaux à très haute capacité, à encourager des investissements efficients et l’innovation et à procurer un avantage maximal à l’utilisateur final. Elles fournissent des orientations et rendent publiques les procédures applicables pour l’obtention de l’accès et de l’interconnexion, afin que les petites et moyennes entreprises et les opérateurs actifs dans une zone géographique limitée puissent bénéficier des obligations imposées. |
Or. <Original>{FR}fr</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>718</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall, acting in pursuit of the objectives set out in Article 3, encourage and where appropriate ensure, in accordance with the provisions of this Directive, adequate access and interconnection, and the interoperability of services, exercising their responsibility in a way that promotes efficiency, sustainable competition, the deployment of very high capacity networks, efficient investment and innovation, and gives the maximum benefit to end-users. They shall provide guidance and make publicly available the procedures applicable to gain access and interconnection to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises and operators with a limited geographical reach can benefit from the obligations imposed. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Significant Market Power (SMP) is an important barrier for regulatory intervention. Oligopolistic structures are increasingly commonplace as a result of market consolidation and NRAs should be able to regulate oligopolistic market structures when necessary. We should either delete the part on very high capacity networks or ensure that the objectives in Article 3 are in fact equal.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>719</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall, acting in pursuit of the objectives set out in Article 3, encourage and where appropriate ensure, in accordance with the provisions of this Directive, adequate access and interconnection, and the interoperability of services, exercising their responsibility in a way that promotes efficiency, sustainable competition, the deployment of very high capacity networks, efficient investment and innovation, and gives the maximum benefit to end-users. They shall provide guidance and make publicly available the procedures applicable to gain access and interconnection to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises and operators with a limited geographical reach can benefit from the obligations imposed. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The tools that NRAs are given by telecom regulation are mainly focused on situations where Significant Market Power (SMP) is demonstrable. This is an important barrier for regulatory intervention that is not easy for NRAs to overcome. Importantly, as BEREC rightly points out, situations of Significant Market Power are not the only threats to competition. Oligopolistic structures where the market is dominated by not one but a reduced number of players are also problematic and increasingly commonplace as a result of market consolidation. Member States must be entitled to empower their NRAs to deal with oligopolistic market structures.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>720</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Theresa Griffin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall, acting in pursuit of the objectives set out in Article 3, encourage and where appropriate ensure, in accordance with the provisions of this Directive, adequate access and interconnection, and the interoperability of services, exercising their responsibility in a way that promotes efficiency, sustainable competition, the deployment of very high capacity networks, efficient investment and innovation, and gives the maximum benefit to end-users. They shall provide guidance and make publicly available the procedures applicable to gain access and interconnection to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises and operators with a limited geographical reach can benefit from the obligations imposed. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>721</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pervenche Berès</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| En particulier, sans préjudice des mesures qui pourraient être prises à l’égard d’entreprises puissantes sur le marché conformément à l’article 66, les autorités de régulation nationales doivent être en mesure d’imposer: |
Or. <Original>{FR}fr</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>722</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely where access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivity between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>723</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Olle Ludvigsson</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely where access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivity between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>724</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely where access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivity between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>725</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Henna Virkkunen, Krišjānis Kariņš, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely where access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivity between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>726</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pervenche Berès, Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| d)aux opérateurs, dans la mesure de ce qui est nécessaire pour assurer l’accès des utilisateurs finaux à des services de transmissions radiophoniques et télévisées numériques spécifiés par l’État membre, l’obligation de fournir l’accès aux autres ressources visées à l’annexe II, partie II, dans des conditions équitables, raisonnables et non discriminatoires. |
Or. <Original>{FR}fr</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>727</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Theresa Griffin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)to the extent that is necessary to ensure accessibility for end-users to digital radio and television broadcasting services specified by the Member State, obligations on operators to provide access to the other facilities referred to in Annex II, Part II on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
TV broadcasting should be changed in to more technology neutral and future-proof term.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>728</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)to the extent that is necessary to ensure accessibility for end-users to digital radio and television broadcasting services specified by the Member State, obligations on operators to provide access to the other facilities referred to in Annex II, Part II on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>729</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Olle Ludvigsson</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| The obligations referred to in point (c) of the second subparagraph may only be imposed: |
| (i) to the extent necessary to ensure interoperability of interpersonal communications services and may include obligations relating to the use and implementation of standards or specifications listed in Article 39(1) or of any other relevant European or international standards; and |
| (ii) where the Commission, on the basis of a report that it had requested from BEREC, has found an appreciable threat to effective access to emergency services or to end-to-end connectivity between end-users within one or several Member States or throughout the European Union and has adopted implementing measures specifying the nature and scope of any obligations that may be imposed, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 110(4). |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>730</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| The obligations referred to in point (c) of the second subparagraph may only be imposed: |
| (i) to the extent necessary to ensure interoperability of interpersonal communications services and may include obligations relating to the use and implementation of standards or specifications listed in Article 39(1) or of any other relevant European or international standards; and |
| (ii) where the Commission, on the basis of a report that it had requested from BEREC, has found an appreciable threat to effective access to emergency services or to end-to-end connectivity between end-users within one or several Member States or throughout the European Union and has adopted implementing measures specifying the nature and scope of any obligations that may be imposed, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 110(4). |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>731</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point i</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (i)to the extent necessary to ensure interoperability of interpersonal communications services and may include obligations relating to the use and implementation of standards or specifications listed in Article 39(1) or of any other relevant European or international standards; and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Ensuring interoperability of interpersonal communications services requires that the technical information necessary to communicate with the users of such services can be freely accessed, used, modified and redistributed by anyone, whether this information is already public or held by the providers of these services. Encryption should not be jeopardized by such standards.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>732</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point i</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (i)to the extent necessary to ensure interoperability of interpersonal communications services and may include obligations relating to the use and implementation of standards or specifications listed in Article 39(1) or of any other relevant European or international standards; and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>733</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas, Marietje Schaake</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point ii</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (ii)where the Commission, on the basis of a report that it had requested from BEREC, has found an appreciable threat to effective access to emergency services or to end-to-end connectivity between end-users within one or several Member States or throughout the European Union and has adopted implementing measures specifying the nature and scope of any obligations that may be imposed, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 110(4). |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>734</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Angelika Niebler, Herbert Reul, Markus Pieper</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)Die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden legen auf angemessenen Antrag auf Zugang zu Verkabelungen in Gebäuden oder bis zum ersten Konzentrations- oder Verteilungspunkt, sofern dieser außerhalb des Gebäudes liegt, den Eigentümern solcher Verkabelungen oder Unternehmen, die zu deren Nutzung berechtigt sind, Verpflichtungen auf, wenn dies dadurch gerechtfertigt ist, dass eine Replizierung dieser Netzbestandteile wirtschaftlich ineffizient oder praktisch unmöglich wäre. Die auferlegten Zugangsbedingungen können konkrete Bestimmungen bezüglich Zugang, Transparenz und Nichtdiskriminierung sowie der Umlegung der Kosten des Zugangs enthalten, die zur Berücksichtigung von Risikofaktoren gegebenenfalls angepasst werden. |
| Die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden können diesen Eigentümern oder Unternehmen zu fairen und angemessenen Bedingungen auch Verpflichtungen zur Zugangsgewährung auferlegen, die sich über den ersten Konzentrations- oder Verteilungspunkt hinaus bis zu einem möglichst nahe an den Endnutzern gelegenen Konzentrationspunkt erstrecken, soweit dies unbedingt notwendig ist, um unüberwindbare wirtschaftliche oder natürliche Hindernisse für eine Replizierung in weniger dicht besiedelten Gebieten zu umgehen. |
| Die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden erlegen die in Unterabsatz 2 genannten Verpflichtungen nicht auf, wenn |
| a) einem Unternehmen ein tragfähiger und vergleichbarer alternativer Zugangsweg zu den Endnutzern zur Verfügung gestellt wird, sofern der Zugang zu fairen und angemessenen Bedingungen zu einem Netz mit sehr hoher Kapazität von einem Unternehmen gewährt wird, das die Kriterien in Artikel 77 Absatz 1 Buchstaben a und b erfüllt; |
| b) bei neuen Netzbestandteilen, die insbesondere im Rahmen kleinerer lokaler Projekte errichtet wurden, die Gewährung des Zugangs die wirtschaftliche oder finanzielle Tragfähigkeit der Errichtung gefährden würde. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Die EU-Kostenreduzierungsrichtlinie 2014/61/EU beinhaltet zusätzliche Elemente einer symmetrischen Regulierung. Die Europäische Kommission legt dem Europäischen Parlament und dem Rat spätestens am 1. Juli 2018 einen Bericht über die Umsetzung dieser Richtlinie vor. Es sollten zunächst die Ergebnisse des Umsetzungsberichtes abgewartet werden, um auf dieser Grundlage entscheiden zu können, ob zusätzliche Elemente einer symmetrischen Regulierung notwendig sind.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>735</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Symmetric obligations being imposed on all undertaking without regard to their market power shall only be imposed where justified and necessary given their potential negative impact on investment and competition. They should therefore be linked to a market analysis procedure to prevent that they achieve the opposite goals that the obligations taken by regulators under the SMP regime seek to achieve. In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>736</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The connection between 59(1) and 59(2) should be clarified through the negotiations in the EP and with the Council. In the absence of specific powers for symmetrical obligation, assessing market dominance is difficult. There are links to article 13(2) and to Annex I, Part A, point 7.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>737</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>738</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>739</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Lieve Wierinck, Hilde Vautmans</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>740</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>741</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Henna Virkkunen, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>742</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Olle Ludvigsson</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>743</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>744</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>745</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>746</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>747</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Krišjānis Kariņš</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non-discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>748</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Lieve Wierinck, Hilde Vautmans</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>749</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Olle Ludvigsson</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>750</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>751</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Henna Virkkunen, Krišjānis Kariņš, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In correspondence to the amendment on Article 59 - paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>752</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>753</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Jeppe Kofod, Flavio Zanonato</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
National regulatory authorities should have ability to impose regulation as close as possible to end-users if necessary to address economic or physical barriers, especially in areas with low population density.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>754</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>755</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>756</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>757</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
| (a) a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
| (b) in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>758</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>759</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>760</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
To add flexibility
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>761</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>762</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Henna Virkkunen, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>763</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Olle Ludvigsson</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>764</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Lieve Wierinck, Hilde Vautmans</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>765</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>766</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraph where: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>767</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>768</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>769</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>770</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>771</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>772</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>773</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Flavio Zanonato, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Symmetric obligations are a relevant tool for NRAs, but should provide for reaching the objectives of the framework.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>774</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>775</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Olle Ludvigsson</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)a viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, provided that the access is offered on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to a very high capacity network by an undertaking meeting the criteria listed in Article 77 paragraphs (a) and (b); and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>776</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>777</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michał Boni</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>778</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>779</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>780</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>781</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)in the case of recently deployed network elements, in particular by smaller local projects, the granting of that access would compromise the economic or financial viability of their deployment. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>782</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
While the obligations may be needed in several Member States, access to newly built passive infrastructure of competitors or local actors should not undermine the SMP regime. The national regulatory authority must be able to react to re-monopolisation developments. Broadband Cost Reduction Directive (2014/61/EU) provides NRAs competences for symmetrical obligations and it's evaluation in 2018 might give us an opportunity to assess its impact.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>783</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Esther de Lange, Pascal Arimont, Gunnar Hökmark</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>784</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Krišjānis Kariņš</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 3.Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities have the power to impose on undertakings providing or authorised to provide electronic communications networks obligations in relation to the sharing of passive or active infrastructure, obligations to conclude localised roaming access agreements, or the joint roll-out of infrastructures directly necessary for the local provision of services which rely on the use of spectrum, in compliance with Union law, where it is justified on the grounds that, |
| (a) the replication of such infrastructure would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable, and |
| (b) the connectivity in that area, including along its main transport paths, would be severely deficient, or the local population would be subjected to severe restrictions on choice or quality of service, or on both. |
| National regulatory authorities shall have regard to: |
| (a) the need to maximise connectivity throughout the Union and in particular territorial areas; |
| (b) the efficient use of radio spectrum; |
| (c) the technical feasibility of sharing and associated conditions; |
| (d) the state of infrastructure-based as well as service-based competition; |
| (e) the possibility to significantly increase choice and higher quality of service for end-users; |
| (f) technological innovation; |
| (g) the overriding need to support the incentive of the host to roll out the infrastructure in the first place. |
| Such sharing, access or coordination obligations shall be subject to agreements concluded on the basis of fair and reasonable terms and conditions. In the event of dispute resolution, national regulatory authorities may inter alia impose on the beneficiary of the sharing or access obligation, the obligation to share its spectrum with the infrastructure host in the relevant area. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>785</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 3.Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities have the power to impose on undertakings providing or authorised to provide electronic communications networks obligations in relation to the sharing of passive or active infrastructure, obligations to conclude localised roaming access agreements, or the joint roll-out of infrastructures directly necessary for the local provision of services which rely on the use of spectrum, in compliance with Union law, where it is justified on the grounds that, |
| (a) the replication of such infrastructure would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable, and |
| (b) the connectivity in that area, including along its main transport paths, would be severely deficient, or the local population would be subjected to severe restrictions on choice or quality of service, or on both. |
| National regulatory authorities shall have regard to: |
| (a) the need to maximise connectivity throughout the Union and in particular territorial areas; |
| (b) the efficient use of radio spectrum; |
| (c) the technical feasibility of sharing and associated conditions; |
| (d) the state of infrastructure-based as well as service-based competition; |
| (e) the possibility to significantly increase choice and higher quality of service for end-users; |
| (f) technological innovation; |
| (g) the overriding need to support the incentive of the host to roll out the infrastructure in the first place. |
| Such sharing, access or coordination obligations shall be subject to agreements concluded on the basis of fair and reasonable terms and conditions. In the event of dispute resolution, national regulatory authorities may inter alia impose on the beneficiary of the sharing or access obligation, the obligation to share its spectrum with the infrastructure host in the relevant area. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>786</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michał Boni</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities have the power to impose on undertakings providing or authorised to provide electronic communications networks obligations in relation to the sharing of passive or active infrastructure, obligations to conclude localised roaming access agreements, or the joint roll-out of infrastructures directly necessary for the local provision of services which rely on the use of spectrum, in compliance with Union law, where it is justified on the grounds that, |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Unlike fixed markets in many Member States, mobile markets are widely regarded as very competitive. Any additional regulation of such markets should be treated with utmost care. It is therefore suggest to limit the powers of national regulatory authorities under Article 59 paragraph 3 to cases where no viable and similar alternative means of access to end-users is made available to any undertaking, according to fair and reasonable terms and conditions.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>787</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities have the power to impose on undertakings providing or authorised to provide electronic communications networks obligations in relation to the sharing of passive or active infrastructure, obligations to conclude localised roaming access agreements, or the joint roll-out of infrastructures directly necessary for the local provision of services which rely on the use of spectrum, in compliance with Union law, where it is justified on the grounds that, |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>788</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Such sharing, access or coordination obligations shall be subject to agreements concluded on the basis of fair and reasonable terms and conditions. In the event of dispute resolution, national regulatory authorities may inter alia impose on the beneficiary of the sharing or access obligation, the obligation to share its spectrum with the infrastructure host in the relevant area. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>789</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 4.Obligations and conditions imposed in accordance with paragraph 1,2 and 3 shall be objective, transparent, proportionate and non-discriminatory, they shall be implemented in accordance with the procedures referred to in Articles 23, 32 and 33. National regulatory authorities shall assess the results of such obligations and conditions within five years from the adoption of the previous measure adopted in relation to the same operators and whether it would be appropriate to withdraw or amend them in the light of evolving conditions. National regulatory authorities shall notify the outcome of their assessment in accordance with the same procedures. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>790</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 59 – paragraph 6</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 6.By [entry into force plus 18 months in order to contribute to a consistent definition of the location of network termination points by national regulatory authorities, BEREC shall, after consulting stakeholders and in close cooperation with the Commission, adopt guidelines on common approaches to the identification of the network termination point in different network topologies. National regulatory authorities shall take utmost account of those guidelines when defining the location of network termination points. |
Amendment <NumAm>792</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| An undertaking shall be deemed to have significant market power if, either individually or jointly with others, it enjoys a position equivalent to dominance, that is to say a position of economic strength affording it the power to behave to an appreciable extent independently of competitors, customers and ultimately consumers. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Co-investment in a certain area must be considered an oligopoly of a few powerful actors (on the local level), as the FDN Federation showed in their analysis of the fixed-line market (www.ffdn.org/en/node/129 ) written for a consultation of the ARCEP in 2016. These oligopolies work as a cartel. The co-investors, in a given area, should be regarded as having the position of the incumbent in that area. Such symmetric regulation would allow welcoming all actors into the market.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>793</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kathleen Van Brempt</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| An undertaking shall be deemed to have significant market power if, either individually or jointly with others, it enjoys a position equivalent to dominance, that is to say a position of economic strength affording it the power to behave to an appreciable extent independently of competitors, customers and ultimately consumers. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>794</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In light of the increasing trend of convergence between markets, and development of oligopolies in Europe, there is a need to include situations where two or more undertakings can foreclose the markets even without tacit collusion.
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>795</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The Commission’s proposal weakens the SMP regime. The deleted provision aims at preventing SMP operators from leveraging their market power from one market to a closely related market. The SMP regime has been instrumental in promoting the objectives of the framework and should therefore remain at its centre. The reinstated provision supports a strong regulatory ‘safety net’ that provides clarity, predictability, and hence investor certainty. Reinstating the provision also closes an inconsistency in the Commission’s proposal, given that the Commission proposes in Article 65 (2)(d) that “regulation imposed on other relevant markets” shall be taken into account during the market analysis. If regulation on relevant markets is taken into account when analysing if a market should be subject to ex ante regulation, then SMP in relevant markets also needs to be taken into account when defining an SMP-operator in the first place.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>796</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The SMP regime has been instrumental in promoting the objectives of the framework and should therefore remain at its centre. The reinstated provision supports a strong regulatory ‘safety net’ that provides clarity, predictability, and hence investor certainty.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>797</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary because it is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments . This reinstates the deleted provision art 1.16 2009/140/EC In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>798</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>799</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>800</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Flavio Zanonato, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 61 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Amendment <NumAm>902</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Patrizia Toia, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – title</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Obligations of access to, and use of, specific network facilities |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In line with other AMs.Amendment <NumAm>902</NumAm>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>903</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pavel Telička</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>904</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>905</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
We need to ensure effective access to ducts and poles of SMP operators to ensure competition persists in the European markets.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>906</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>907</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>908</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>909</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Access to civil engineering is important to contribute to sustainable competition, however it should take into account the limited availability or physical constraints of granting such access, therefore the national regulatory authority shall look at the most efficient remedies and not necessarily prioritise one over the other.
In addition, the sole focus on retail market is not appropriate and should be replaced by long term sustainable competition in the relevant markets. In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>910</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Herbert Reul, Angelika Niebler</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Nur wenn die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden zu dem Schluss gelangen, dass die nach Artikel 70 auferlegten Verpflichtungen allein nicht ausreichen würden, die in Artikel 3 genannten Ziele zu erreichen, können sie gemäß Artikel 66 Betreiber dazu verpflichten, berechtigten Anträgen auf Zugang zu bestimmten Netzkomponenten und zugehörigen Einrichtungen und auf deren Nutzung stattzugeben, wenn die nationale Regulierungsbehörde der Auffassung ist, dass die Verweigerung des Zugangs oder unangemessene Bedingungen mit ähnlicher Wirkung die Entwicklung eines nachhaltig wettbewerbsorientierten Marktes auf Endkundenebene behindern und den Interessen der Endnutzer zuwiderlaufen würden. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Es muss sichergestellt werden, dass sich auf allen Ebenen, also auch auf dem Vorleistungsmarkt, ein nachhaltiger Wettbewerb entwickelt.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>911</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Only where a national regulatory authority concludes that the obligations imposed in accordance with Article 70 would not on their own lead to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3, it may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authority considers that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user's interest. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>912</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Operators may be required inter alia: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>913</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Operators may be required inter alia: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>914</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pavel Telička</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>915</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>916</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
This amendment aims at ensuring the priority of passive access over active access remedies.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>917</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>918</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>919</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>920</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michał Boni</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)to give third parties access to specified network elements and/or facilities, as appropriate including access to network elements which are either not active or physical and/or active or virtual unbundled access to the local loop; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
It is suggested to clarify that Article 71 applies to active network elements only, while Article 70 addresses the regulation of passive infrastructure.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>921</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)die Verpflichtung, Dritten Zugang zu bestimmten Netzkomponenten und/oder -einrichtungen, einschließlich des Zugangs zu nicht aktiven oder physischen Netzkomponenten und/oder des aktiv oder virtuell entbündelten Zugangs zum Teilnehmeranschluss, zu gewähren; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>922</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Herbert Reul, Angelika Niebler</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)die Verpflichtung, Dritten Zugang zu bestimmten Netzkomponenten und/oder -einrichtungen, einschließlich des Zugangs zu nicht aktiven oder physischen Netzkomponenten und/oder des aktiv oder virtuell entbündelten Zugangs zum Teilnehmeranschluss, zu gewähren; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Zur Förderung des Netzausbaus ist bei der Auferlegung von Zugangsverpflichtungen der Zugang zu passiver Infrastruktur oder baulichen Anlagen zu priorisieren. Nur wenn dies nicht ausreicht, um einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerb auf Endkunden- und Vorleistungsebene im Sinne der Endnutzer zu fördern, sollte die aktive Mitbenutzung von Netzkomponenten ermöglicht warden.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>923</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>924</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)to negotiate in good faith with undertakings requesting access; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>925</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)not to withdraw access to facilities already granted; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>926</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>927</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
This is a new point b. This amendment aims at ensuring the priority of passive access over active access remedies.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>928</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
This amendments are aimed at ensuring the priority of passive access over active access remedies. The main reason is that active products, although important for operators in order to climb the ladder of investment, are not a valid substitute to passive wholesale access both in copper and fibre networks.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>929</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>930</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)to grant open access to technical interfaces, protocols or other key technologies that are indispensable for the interoperability of services or virtual network services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>931</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)to grant open access to technical interfaces, protocols or other key technologies that are indispensable for the interoperability of services or virtual network services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>932</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)to provide co-location or other forms of associated facilities sharing; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>933</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (f)to provide specified services needed to ensure interoperability of end-to-end services to users, including facilities for software emulated networks or roaming on mobile networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>934</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (f)to provide specified services needed to ensure interoperability of end-to-end services to users, including facilities for software emulated networks or roaming on mobile networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>935</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point g</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (g)to provide access to operational support systems or similar software systems necessary to ensure fair competition in the provision of services; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>936</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point h</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (h)to interconnect networks or network facilities; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>937</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (i)to provide access to associated services such as identity, location and presence service. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>938</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities may attach to those obligations conditions covering fairness, reasonableness and timeliness. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>939</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Before intervening in wholesale markets, NRAs would have to demonstrate that their intervention corresponds to a retail problem. The focus on retail markets would lead to the automatic de-regulation of wholesale markets in many cases, and would ultimately lead to the monopolisation or ‘duopolisation’. In addition, retail competition of the kind where all retail providers are dependent on one wholesale provider is not sustainable in the long run and only amounts to ‘fake-competition’ and could lead to higher prices and less innovation and choice for end-users.
The mere existence of a “prospective commercial access offer” should not be a sufficient basis upon which to require regulatory forbearance – if it were, then the absence of take-up could result in a de facto unregulated monopoly (see also BEREC opinion BoR (16) 213 (p. 7)).
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>940</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The focus on retail markets would lead to the automatic de-regulation of wholesale markets in many cases. Furthermore, The mere existence of a “prospective commercial access offer” should not be a sufficient basis upon which to require regulatory forbearance.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>941</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pavel Telička</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>942</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>943</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>944</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
This provision aims at ensuring that the assessment should reflect significant market changes
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>945</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (2)Wenn die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden prüfen, ob die Auferlegung der nach Absatz 1 in Frage kommenden besonderen Verpflichtungen angemessen ist, insbesondere wenn sie nach dem Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit die Frage prüfen, ob und wie derartige Verpflichtungen aufzuerlegen sind, untersuchen sie, ob andere Formen des Zugangs zu bestimmten Vorleistungen entweder auf demselben oder einem damit verbundenen Vorleistungsmarkt bereits ausreichen würden, um das auf der Endkundenebene festgestellte Problem zu beheben. In die Untersuchung werden auch vorhandene oder mögliche künftige gewerbliche Zugangsangebote, ein regulierter Zugang gemäß Artikel 59 oder ein bestehender oder geplanter regulierter Zugang zu anderen Vorleistungen gemäß diesem Artikel einbezogen. Sie tragen insbesondere den folgenden Faktoren Rechnung: |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>946</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michał Boni</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Article 71 provides that, in their assessment, NRAs should include existing or prospective commercial access offers and existing or contemplated regulated access. Including prospective offers and contemplated access however reduces predictability and legal certainty for providers of electronic communications services and networks. Consequently, only existing commercial access offers or regulated access should be taken into account. In addition, this provision should expressly provide that such assessment should at all times reflect significant market changes so as to avoid the situation that obligations that are no longer justified are maintained.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>947</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.When national regulatory authorities are considering the appropriateness of imposing any of the possible specific obligations referred in paragraph 1, and in particular when assessing, in conformity with the principle of proportionality, whether and how such obligations should be imposed, they shall analyse whether other forms of access to wholesale inputs either on the same or a related wholesale market, would already be sufficient to address the identified problem at the retail level. The assessment shall include existing or prospective commercial access offers, regulated access pursuant to Article 59, or existing or contemplated regulated access to other wholesale inputs pursuant to this Article. They shall take account in particular of the following factors: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
There are often several retail markets linked to one larger wholesale market, that might evolve more rapidly in different manners while barriers to entry remain in the relevant wholesale market, therefore the sole focus on retail market is not appropriate and should be replaced by long term sustainable competition in the relevant markets. In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>948</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the technical and economic viability of using or installing competing facilities, in the light of the rate of market development, taking into account the nature and type of interconnection and/or access involved, including the viability of other upstream access products such as access to ducts; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>949</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)the expected technological evolution affecting network design and management |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>950</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pavel Telička</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)the expected technological evolution affecting network design and management |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>951</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)the expected technological evolution affecting network design and management |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>952</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Without prejudice to SMP operators freedom to develop their own network architecture, regulators should ensure that the remedies adopted are forward looking by providing incentives for the development of open and flexible network architecture, that would enable the adoption of less burdensome and complex remedies.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>953</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)the feasibility of providing the access proposed, in relation to the capacity available; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>954</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)the initial investment by the facility owner, taking account of any public investment made and the risks involved in making the investment with particular regard to investments in and risk levels associated with very high capacity networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>955</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)the initial investment by the facility owner, taking account of any public investment made and the risks involved in making the investment with particular regard to investments in and risk levels associated with very high capacity networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>956</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pavel Telička</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)the initial investment by the facility owner, taking account of any public investment made and the risks involved in making the investment with particular regard to investments in and risk levels associated with very high capacity networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>957</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)the initial investment by the facility owner, taking account of any public investment made and the risks involved in making the investment with particular regard to investments in and risk levels associated with very high capacity networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Necessary in order to avoid that virtual products would be considered as a substitute (instead of a complement) to passive access products.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>958</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)the initial investment by the facility owner, taking account of any public investment made and the risks involved in making the investment with particular regard to investments in and risk levels associated with very high capacity networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>959</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>960</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>961</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Recital 166 introduces the need to take into account newly concluded voluntary agreements between operators in order to provide regulatory flexibility. Co-investment is a particular case, but not the only one
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>962</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Necessary because some of the co-investment schemes have the potential to create ineffectively competitive market outcomes.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>963</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Pavel Telička</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>964</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>965</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Concerning, co-investment schemes: some of them have the potential to create ineffectively competitive market outcomes. The Commission’s proposal includes criteria in Annex IV as well as conditions against which co-investment offers should be judged (compliance with which would entitle the co-investment to effectively benefit from a regulatory holiday). However, these do not provide sufficient competition protections to warrant a relaxation of SMP regulation. It is also worth bearing in mind that co-investments by their nature can lead to coordinated behaviour, which in turn could produce uncompetitive outcomes. Ultimately, the resulting reduction in competition could lead to higher prices and less innovation and choice for end-users. In its opinion BoR (16) 213 (p. 7), BEREC recognises “[T]he risk is that in seeking to incentivise investment through regulatory forbearance, the Commission’s proposals could undermine competition, which in turn would impact on the virtuous cycle of competition- and demand driven investment. The Commission’s proposals would therefore undermine their own ultimate goal of increasing high-speed connectivity.”
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>966</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point e</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (e)the need to safeguard competition in the long term, with particular attention to economically efficient infrastructure-based competition and to sustainable competition based on co-investment in networks; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>967</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point f</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (f)where appropriate, any relevant intellectual property rights; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>968</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point g</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (g)the provision of pan-European services. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>969 // le même que nous mais mis ailleurs (plutôt que de remplacer le b))</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>970 (id mais a))</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Marisa Matias, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point g b (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>971</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>972</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 71 – paragraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 3.When imposing obligations on an operator to provide access in accordance with the provisions of this Article, national regulatory authorities may lay down technical or operational conditions to be met by the provider and/or beneficiaries of such access where necessary to ensure normal operation of the network. Obligations to follow specific technical standards or specifications shall be in compliance with the standards and specifications laid down in accordance with Article 39. |
Amendment <NumAm>973</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A national regulatory authority may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 66, impose obligations relating to cost recovery and price controls, including obligations for cost orientation of prices and obligations concerning cost accounting systems, for the provision of specific types of interconnection and/or access, in situations where a market analysis indicates that a lack of effective competition means that the operator concerned may sustain prices at an excessively high level, or may apply a price squeeze, to the detriment of end-users. |
Amendment <NumAm>974</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In determining whether or not price control obligations would be appropriate, national regulatory authorities shall take into account long-term end-user interests related to the deployment and take-up of next-generation networks, and in particular of very high capacity networks. In particular, to encourage investments by the operator, including in next-generation networks, national regulatory authorities shall take into account the investment made by the operator. Where the national regulatory authorities deem price controls appropriate, they shall allow the operator a reasonable rate of return on adequate capital employed, taking into account any risks specific to a particular new investment network project. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Principles of cost orientation and economic replicability should allow NRA to guarantee low prices for consumers
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>975</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In determining whether or not price control obligations would be appropriate, national regulatory authorities shall take into account long-term end-user interests related to the deployment and take-up of next-generation networks, and in particular of very high capacity networks. In particular, to encourage investments by the operator, including in next-generation networks, national regulatory authorities shall take into account the investment made by the operator. Where the national regulatory authorities deem price controls appropriate, they shall allow the operator a reasonable rate of return on adequate capital employed, taking into account any risks specific to a particular new investment network project. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
This amendment aims at avoiding the removal and replacement of cost orientation with economic replicability tests, because these tests are not substitute of price control.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>976</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In determining whether or not price control obligations would be appropriate, national regulatory authorities shall take into account long-term end-user interests related to the deployment and take-up of next-generation networks, and in particular of very high capacity networks. In particular, to encourage investments by the operator, including in next-generation networks, national regulatory authorities shall take into account the investment made by the operator. Where the national regulatory authorities deem price controls appropriate, they shall allow the operator a reasonable rate of return on adequate capital employed, taking into account any risks specific to a particular new investment network project. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Price control is an essential element of access regulation and should not be conditioned to any other criteria.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>977</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In determining whether or not price control obligations would be appropriate, national regulatory authorities shall take into account long-term end-user interests related to the deployment and take-up of next-generation networks, and in particular of very high capacity networks. In particular, to encourage investments by the operator, including in next-generation networks, national regulatory authorities shall take into account the investment made by the operator. Where the national regulatory authorities deem price controls appropriate, they shall allow the operator a reasonable rate of return on adequate capital employed, taking into account any risks specific to a particular new investment network project. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>978</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| In determining whether or not price control obligations would be appropriate, national regulatory authorities shall take into account long-term end-user interests related to the deployment and take-up of next-generation networks, and in particular of very high capacity networks. In particular, to encourage investments by the operator, including in next-generation networks, national regulatory authorities shall take into account the investment made by the operator. Where the national regulatory authorities deem price controls appropriate, they shall allow the operator a reasonable rate of return on adequate capital employed, taking into account any risks specific to a particular new investment network project. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>979</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose or maintain obligations pursuant to this Article, where they establish that a demonstrable retail price constraint is present and that any obligations imposed in accordance with Articles 67 to 71, including in particular any economic replicability test imposed in accordance with Article 68 ensures effective and non discriminatory access. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>980</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose or maintain obligations pursuant to this Article, where they establish that a demonstrable retail price constraint is present and that any obligations imposed in accordance with Articles 67 to 71, including in particular any economic replicability test imposed in accordance with Article 68 ensures effective and non discriminatory access. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Current provisions for co-investment practices do not allow non-profit or local ISPs to participate in the investments, restricting this opportunity only to larger and incumbent actors. Although Community Networks (CN) and local actors have proven succesful in connecting underprivileged communities both in urban and rural areas, it would be only normal to considered them equal members of the telecoms ecosystem, thus giving them fair and equal access to co-investment opportunities.
Moreover, co-investment in a certain area must be considered as an oligopoly of a few powerful actors that work as a cartel.
This is thus not acceptable to reduce the obligations. Furthermore, the access to co-investment agreement shall be affordable for small operators.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>981</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose or maintain obligations pursuant to this Article, where they establish that a demonstrable retail price constraint is present and that any obligations imposed in accordance with Articles 67 to 71, including in particular any economic replicability test imposed in accordance with Article 68 ensures effective and non discriminatory access. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
This amendment aims at avoiding the removal and replacement of cost orientation with economic replicability tests, because these tests are not substitute of price control.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>982</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| National regulatory authorities shall not impose or maintain obligations pursuant to this Article, where they establish that a demonstrable retail price constraint is present and that any obligations imposed in accordance with Articles 67 to 71, including in particular any economic replicability test imposed in accordance with Article 68 ensures effective and non discriminatory access. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>983</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 – paragraph 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 3.Where an operator has an obligation regarding the cost orientation of its prices, the burden of proof that charges are derived from costs including a reasonable rate of return on investment shall lie with the operator concerned. For the purpose of calculating the cost of efficient provision of services, national regulatory authorities may use cost accounting methods independent of those used by the undertaking. National regulatory authorities may require an operator to provide full justification for its prices, and may, where appropriate, require prices to be adjusted. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>984</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Edouard Martin, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 72 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Amendment <NumAm>1000</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Article 74 |
| Regulatory treatment of new network elements |
| 1. |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
| (a) the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
| (b) the deployment of the new network elements contributes significantly to the deployment of very high capacity networks; |
| (c) access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Necessary because this article could pave the way for the existence of new fiber networks without allowing NRAs to intervene efficiently where it becomes necessary.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1001</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Zigmantas Balčytis, Victor Negrescu, Carlos Zorrinho, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Article 74 |
| Regulatory treatment of new network elements |
| 1. |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
| (a) the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
| (b) the deployment of the new network elements contributes significantly to the deployment of very high capacity networks; |
| (c) access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Current framework does not prevent co-investment. While the article may help to facilitate new fiber networks, it will not allow NRAs to intervene efficiently where it becomes necessary. It is problematic that the reference made in Art 74 (b) to the “deployment of very high capacity networks” establishes a hierarchy between the regulatory objectives set out in Article 3. Also, co-investments by their nature can lead to coordinated behaviour, which in turn yield uncompetitive outcomes.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1002</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – title</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Regulatory treatment of new network elements |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1003</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
| (a) the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
| (b) the deployment of the new network elements contributes significantly to the deployment of very high capacity networks; |
| (c) access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
The proposed provisions on “new network elements” in Article 74 are problematic firstly because the concept remains undefined. Secondly, Article 74 impedes NRAs from intervening on “new network elements” if there are co-investment offers. This could be problematic because SMP operators can use their market position to the detriment of smaller companies. Operators investing in VHC networks should not profit from regulatory holidays. The successful ex-ante regulatory regime should apply as much to VHC networks as to Next Generation Networks and legacy networks (e.g. copper).
The explicit reference made in Art 74 (b) to the “deployment of very high capacity networks” establishes a hierarchy between the regulatory objectives set out in Article 3.
In addition, co-investment schemes are diverse, and some of them have the potential to create ineffectively competitive market outcomes. While the Commission’s proposal includes criteria in Annex IV as well as conditions against which co-investment offers should be judged (compliance with which would entitle the co-investment to effectively benefit from a regulatory holiday), these do not provide sufficient competition protections to warrant a relaxation of SMP regulation. It is also worth bearing in mind that co-investments by their nature can lead to coordinated behaviour, which in turn could produce uncompetitive outcomes. Deregulation subject to weak safeguards has to be prevented. Independent from the concept of co-investment, commercial agreements must not artificially lead to non-SMP findings and to the removal of the wholesale access obligations that are necessary to enable and maintain sustainable competition and thus consumer well-being in the form of lower prices, increased choice and more innovative products.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1004</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Fulvio Martusciello</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
| (a) the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
| (b) the deployment of the new network elements contributes significantly to the deployment of very high capacity networks; |
| (c) access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1005</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1006</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1007</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1008</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1009</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| A national regulatory authority shall not impose obligations as regards new network elements that are part of the relevant market on which it intends to impose or maintain obligations in accordance with Articles 66 and Articles 67 to 72 and that the operator designated as significant market power on that relevant market has deployed or is planning to deploy, if the following cumulative conditions are met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1010</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1011</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
As indicated in the amendment to Article 71 2 e, recital 166 states the need to take into account newly concluded voluntary agreements between operators in order to provide regulatory flexibility. Co-investment is a particular case of a commercial agreement, but not the only one
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1012</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1013</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Angelika Niebler, Herbert Reul, Markus Pieper</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)der Aufbau der neuen Netzbestandteile steht Angeboten für Ko-Investitionen nach einem transparenten Verfahren und zu Bedingungen offen, die langfristig einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerb fördern, wozu auch gerechte, angemessene und nichtdiskriminierende Bedingungen für potenzielle Ko-Investoren gehören, Flexibilität hinsichtlich Wert und Zeitpunkt der von den einzelnen Ko-Investoren zugesagten Mittel, die Möglichkeit einer künftigen Aufstockung der Mittel, gegenseitige Rechte, die sich die Ko-Investoren nach Errichtung der gemeinsam finanzierten Infrastruktur gewähren; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Die Regulierungsbehörden müssen klare Bedingungen für die Ko-Investitionsmodelle festlegen.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1014</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)der Aufbau der neuen Netzbestandteile steht Angeboten für Ko-Investitionen nach einem transparenten Verfahren und zu Bedingungen offen, die langfristig einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerb fördern, wozu auch gerechte, angemessene und nichtdiskriminierende Bedingungen für potenzielle Ko-Investoren gehören, Flexibilität hinsichtlich Wert und Zeitpunkt der von den einzelnen Ko-Investoren zugesagten Mittel, die Möglichkeit einer künftigen Aufstockung der Mittel, gegenseitige Rechte, die sich die Ko-Investoren nach Errichtung der gemeinsam finanzierten Infrastruktur gewähren; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1015</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1016</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Herbert Reul, Angelika Niebler</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)der Aufbau der neuen Netzbestandteile steht Angeboten für Ko-Investitionen nach einem transparenten Verfahren und zu Bedingungen offen, die langfristig einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerb fördern, wozu auch gerechte, angemessene und nichtdiskriminierende Bedingungen für potenzielle Ko-Investoren gehören, Flexibilität hinsichtlich Wert und Zeitpunkt der von den einzelnen Ko-Investoren zugesagten Mittel, die Möglichkeit einer künftigen Aufstockung der Mittel, gegenseitige Rechte, die sich die Ko-Investoren nach Errichtung der gemeinsam finanzierten Infrastruktur gewähren; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Die tatsächliche Nutzung von wettbewerbsfördernden Investitionen sollte Anlass zu Deregulierung bieten, da die Förderung von wettbewerbsbasiertem Infrastrukturausbaue einer Marktregulierung vorzuziehen ist. Bei der Bewertung sollten deshalb alle Investitionsmodelle, die einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerb fördern gleichermaßen berücksichtigt werden.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1017</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1018</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1019</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Michał Boni, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (a)the deployment of the new network elements is open to co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co-investors after the deployment of the co-invested infrastructure; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1020</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1021</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1022</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1023</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| b)der Aufbau der neuen Netzbestandteile trägt wesentlich zum Aufbau von Netzen mit sehr hoher Kapazität bei; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1024</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| c)Zugangsinteressenten, die sich nicht an der Ko-Investition beteiligen, bekommen dieselbe Qualität, Geschwindigkeit und Bedingungen und erreichen dieselben Endnutzer wie vor dem Aufbau, entweder aufgrund gewerblicher Vereinbarungen zu fairen und angemessenen Bedingungen, oder durch regulierten Zugang, der von der nationalen Regulierungsbehörde aufrechterhalten oder angepasst wird. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1025</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1026</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1027</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Coherence with amendment to Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1028</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)access seekers not participating in the co-investment can benefit from the same quality, speed, conditions and end-user reach as was available before the deployment, either through commercial agreements based on fair and reasonable terms or by means of regulated access maintained or adapted by the national regulatory authority; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1029</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Coherence with amendment to Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1030</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1031</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Bei der Prüfung der Ko-Investitionsangebote und der Verfahren nach Unterabsatz 1 Buchstabe a stellen die nationalen Regulierungsbehörden sicher, dass diese Angebote und Verfahren den Kriterien in Anhang IV entsprechen. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1032</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1033</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Edouard Martin</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1034</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Eva Kaili</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1035</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing co-investment offers and processes referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, national regulatory authorities shall ensure that those offers and processes comply with the criteria set out in Annex IV. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1036</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Gunnar Hökmark, Henna Virkkunen, Bendt Bendtsen</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1037</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en
Amendment <NumAm>1110</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Dan Nica, Jeppe Kofod, Carlos Zorrinho, Victor Negrescu, Zigmantas Balčytis</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| [...] |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1111</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – subheading 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING CO-INVESTMENT OFFERS |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1112</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Bei der Bewertung eines Ko-Investitionsangebots gemäß Artikel 74 Absatz 1 überprüft die nationale Regulierungsbehörde, ob die folgenden Kriterien erfüllt sind: |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1113</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing a co-investment offer pursuant to Article 74 (1), the national regulatory authority shall verify whether the following criteria have been met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1114</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| When assessing a co-investment offer pursuant to Article 74 (1), the national regulatory authority shall verify whether the following criteria have been met: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1115</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| a)Das Ko-Investitionsangebot steht allen Unternehmen während der Lebensdauer des in diesem Rahmen ausgebauten Netzes diskriminierungsfrei offen. Der Betreiber mit beträchtlicher Marktmacht kann in das Angebot angemessene Bedingungen bezüglich der finanziellen Leistungsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens aufnehmen, so dass potenzielle Ko-Investoren z. B. nachweisen müssen, dass sie in der Lage sind, gestaffelte Zahlungen zu leisten, auf deren Grundlage der Ausbau geplant wird, oder bezüglich der Zustimmung zu einem strategischen Plan, auf dessen Grundlage mittelfristige Ausbaupläne aufgestellt werden usw. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1116</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)The co-investment offer shall be transparent: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1117</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| b)Das Ko-Investitionsangebot muss transparent sein: |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1118</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)The co-investment offer shall be transparent: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1119</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -das Angebot steht auf der Website des Betreibers mit beträchtlicher Marktmacht zur Verfügung und ist dort leicht auffindbar; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1120</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -the offer is available and easily identified on the website of the SMP operator; |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1121</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -die vollständigen detaillierten Bedingungen müssen jedem potenziellen Bieter, der sein Interesse bekundet hat, unverzüglich zur Verfügung gestellt werden, einschließlich der Rechtsform der Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung und – soweit zutreffend – der Eckpunkte der Verwaltungsvorschriften des Ko-Investitionsinstruments; |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1122</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -full detailed terms must be made available without undue delay to any potential bidder that has expressed an interest, including the legal form of the co-investment agreement and - when relevant - the heads of term of the governance rules of the co-investment vehicle; and |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1123</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -der Prozess, also z. B. der Fahrplan für die Einrichtung und Entwicklung des Ko-Investitionsprojekts, muss im Voraus festgelegt und potenziellen Ko-Investoren in schriftlicher Form klar erläutert werden; alle wichtigen Meilensteine müssen allen Unternehmen eindeutig und diskriminierungsfrei mitgeteilt werden. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1124</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -The process, like the road map for the establishment and development of the co-investment project must be set in advance, it must clearly explained in writing to any potential co-investor, and all significant milestones be clearly communicated to all undertakings without any discrimination. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1125</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| c)Das Ko-Investitionsangebot enthält Bedingungen, die langfristig einen nachhaltigen Wettbewerb fördern, darunter insbesondere: |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1126</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)The co-investment offer shall include terms to potential co-investors which favour sustainable competition in the long term, in particular: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1127</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (c)The co-investment offer shall include terms to potential co-investors which favour sustainable competition in the long term, in particular: |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1128</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -Allen Unternehmen müssen für die Beteiligung an der Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung Bedingungen angeboten werden, die im Verhältnis zu dem Zeitpunkt ihres Beitritts fair, zumutbar und nichtdiskriminierend sind, auch im Hinblick auf einen finanziellen Beitrag zum Erwerb bestimmter Rechte, den Schutz, den die Ko-Investoren aufgrund solcher Rechte sowohl in der Ausbauphase als auch in der Betriebsphase genießen, z. B. durch Gewährung unveräußerlicher Nutzungsrechte für die erwartete Lebensdauer des gemeinsam finanzierten Netzes, und die Bedingungen für einen Beitritt und einen etwaigen Austritt aus der Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung. Nichtdiskriminierende Bedingungen bedeutet in diesem Zusammenhang nicht, dass allen potenziellen Ko-Investoren genau die gleichen – auch finanziellen – Bedingungen angeboten werden müssen, sondern dass sämtliche Abweichungen anhand derselben objektiven, transparenten, nichtdiskriminierenden und vorhersehbaren Kriterien, wie z. B. die Zahl der zugesagten Endnutzer-Anschlussleitungen, gerechtfertigt sein müssen. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1129</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -All undertakings have to be offered fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions for participation in the co-investment agreement relative to the time they join, including in terms of financial consideration required for the acquisition of specific rights, in terms of the protection awarded to the co-investors by those rights both during the building phase and during the exploitation phase, for example by granting indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) for the expected lifetime of the co-invested network and in terms of the conditions for joining and potentially terminating the co-investment agreement. Non-discriminatory terms in this context do not entail that all potential co-investors must be offered exactly the same terms, including financial terms, but that all variations of the terms offered must be justified on the basis of the same objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and predictable criteria such as the number of end user lines committed for. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1130</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -All undertakings have to be offered fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions for participation in the co-investment agreement relative to the time they join, including in terms of financial consideration required for the acquisition of specific rights, in terms of the protection awarded to the co-investors by those rights both during the building phase and during the exploitation phase, for example by granting indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) for the expected lifetime of the co-invested network and in terms of the conditions for joining and potentially terminating the co-investment agreement. Non-discriminatory terms in this context do not entail that all potential co-investors must be offered exactly the same terms, including financial terms, but that all variations of the terms offered must be justified on the basis of the same objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and predictable criteria such as the number of end user lines committed for. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Current provisions for co-investment practices do not allow non-profit or local ISPs to participate in the investments, restricting this opportunity only to larger and incumbent actors. Although Community Networks (CN) and local actors have proven successful in connecting underprivileged communities both in urban and rural areas, it would be only normal to considered them equal members of the telecoms ecosystem, thus giving them fair and equal access to co-investment opportunities.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1131</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -Das Angebot muss im Hinblick auf Höhe und Zeitpunkt der von jedem Ko-Investor übernommenen Verpflichtungen Flexibilität ermöglichen, beispielsweise in Form eines vereinbarten und möglicherweise steigenden Anteils an der Gesamtzahl der Endnutzer-Anschlussleitungen in einem bestimmten Gebiet, zu dem sich Ko-Investoren schrittweise verpflichten können, und sollte in Größeneinheiten festgelegt werden, die es kleineren Ko-Investoren erlauben, ihre Beteiligung schrittweise zu steigern, gleichzeitig aber eine angemessene Höhe der anfänglichen Verpflichtungen gewährleisten. Bei der Festlegung des finanziellen Beitrags, den jeder Ko-Investor zu leisten hat, muss berücksichtigt werden, dass frühe Investoren größere Risiken eingehen und früher Kapital binden. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1132</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -The offer must allow flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor, for example by means of an agreed and potentially increasing percentage of the total end user lines in a given area, to which co-investors have the possibility to commit gradually and which shall be set at a unit level enabling smaller co-investors to gradually increase their participation while ensuring adequate levels of initial commitment. The determination of the financial consideration to be provided by each co-investor needs to reflect the fact that early investors accept greater risks and engage capital sooner. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1133</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -Ein mit der Zeit steigender Mehrbeitrag für erst später eingegangene Verpflichtungen und für neue Ko-Investoren, die der Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung erst nach Beginn des Projekts beitreten, gilt als gerechtfertigt, da er die sinkenden Risiken widerspiegelt und jeden Anreiz nimmt, in früheren Phasen Kapital zurückzuhalten. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1134</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -A premium increasing over time has to be considered as justified for commitments made at later stages and for new co-investors entering the co-investment after the commencement of the project, to reflect diminishing risks and to counteract any incentive to withhold capital in the earlier stages. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1135</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1136</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -Die Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung muss zulassen, dass Ko-Investoren erworbene Rechte an andere Ko-Investoren oder an Dritte, die willens sind, der Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung beizutreten, übertragen, sofern das übernehmende Unternehmen verpflichtet bleibt, alle ursprünglichen Verpflichtungen des übertragenden Unternehmens im Rahmen der Ko-Investitionsvereinbarung zu erfüllen. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1137</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -The co-investment agreement has to allow the assignment of acquired rights by co-investors to other co-investors, or to third parties willing to enter into the co-investment agreement subject to the transferee undertaking being obliged to fulfil all original obligations of the transferor under the co-investment agreement. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1138</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -Die Ko-Investoren müssen sich untereinander zu fairen und zumutbaren Bedingungen gegenseitige Rechte für den Zugang zu der gemeinsam finanzierten Infrastruktur zwecks Erbringung nachgelagerter Dienste – auch für Endkunden – unter transparenten Bedingungen gewähren, die im Ko-Finanzierungsangebot und in der anschließenden Vereinbarung transparent aufgeführt sein müssen, insbesondere wenn die Ko-Investoren einzeln und getrennt für den Ausbau bestimmter Teile des Netzes verantwortlich sind. Wird ein Ko-Investitionsinstrument gebildet, muss es allen Ko-Investoren direkt oder indirekt Zugang zu dem Netz auf der Grundlage der Gleichwertigkeit des Inputs und zu fairen und zumutbaren – auch finanziellen – Bedingungen gewähren, die der unterschiedlichen Höhe der von den einzelnen Ko-Investoren eingegangenen Risiken Rechnung tragen. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1139</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 5</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| -Co-investors have to grant each other reciprocal rights on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to access the co-invested infrastructure for the purposes of providing services downstream, including to end-users, according to transparent conditions which have to be made transparent in the co-investment offer and subsequent agreement, in particular where co-investors are individually and separately responsible for the deployment of specific parts of the network. If a co-investment vehicle is created, it has to provide access to the network to all co-investors, whether directly or indirectly, on an equivalence of inputs basis and according to fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including financial conditions that reflect the different levels of risk accepted by the individual co-investors. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1140</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anna Záborská, Ivan Štefanec</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)The co-investment offer shall ensure a sustainable investment likely to meet future needs, by deploying new network elements that contribute significantly to the deployment of very high capacity networks. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1141</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| d)Das Ko-Investitionsangebot gewährleistet eine nachhaltige Investition, die voraussichtlich auch dem künftigen Bedarf gerecht wird, indem neue Netzelemente aufgebaut werden, die erheblich zum Ausbau von Netzen mit sehr hoher Kapazität beitragen. |
Or. <Original>{DE}de</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1142</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point d</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (d)The co-investment offer shall ensure a sustainable investment likely to meet future needs, by deploying new network elements that contribute significantly to the deployment of very high capacity networks. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1143</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Werner Langen, Sabine Verheyen, Norbert Lins</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
Commercial agreements must not artificially lead to the removal of access obligations if they are necessary to enable and maintain sustainable competition.
Amendment <NumAm>1045</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Evžen Tošenovský</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| Article 77 |
| Vertically separate undertakings |
| 1. A national regulatory authority that designates an undertaking which is absent from any retail markets for electronic communications services as having significant market power in one or several wholesale markets in accordance with Article 65 shall consider whether that undertaking has the following characteristics: |
| (a) all companies and business units within the undertaking, including all companies that are controlled but not necessarily wholly owned by the same ultimate owner(s), only have activities, current and planned for the future, in wholesale markets for electronic communications services and therefore do not have activities in any retail market for electronic communications services provided to end-users in the Union; |
| (b) the undertaking does not hold an exclusive agreement, or an agreement which de facto amounts to an exclusive agreement, with a single and separate undertaking operating downstream that is active in any retail market for electronic communications services provided to private or commercial end-users. |
| 2. If the national regulatory authority concludes that the conditions laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article are fulfilled, it may only impose on that undertaking obligations pursuant to Articles 70 or 71. |
| 3. The national regulatory authority shall review obligations imposed on the undertaking in accordance with this Article at any time if it concludes that the conditions laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article are no longer met and shall apply Articles 65 to 72, as appropriate. |
| 4. The national regulatory authority shall also review obligations imposed on the undertaking in accordance with this Article if on the basis of evidence of terms and conditions offered by the undertaking to its downstream customers, the authority concludes that competition problems have arisen to the detriment of end-users which require the imposition of one or more obligations provided in Articles 67, 68, 69 or 72, or the modification of the obligations imposed in accordance with paragraph 2. |
| 5. The imposition of obligations and their review in accordance with this Article shall be implemented in accordance with the procedures referred to in Articles 23, 32 and 33. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1046</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77 – paragraph 1 – point b</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| (b)the undertaking does not hold an exclusive agreement, or an agreement which de facto amounts to an exclusive agreement, with a single and separate undertaking operating downstream that is active in any retail market for electronic communications services provided to private or commercial end-users. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
It is essential that wholesale only undertakings do not leverage on their monopoly position by limiting third party access. Open access requirements are therefore essential. In doing so they should be submitted to obligations of accounting separation and price control to ensure full transparency.
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1047</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1048</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Anne Sander, Françoise Grossetête</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.If the national regulatory authority concludes that the conditions laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article are fulfilled, it may only impose on that undertaking obligations pursuant to Articles 70 or 71. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1049</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Kaja Kallas</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.If the national regulatory authority concludes that the conditions laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article are fulfilled, it may only impose on that undertaking obligations pursuant to Articles 70 or 71. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
<TitreJust>Justification</TitreJust>
In accordance with rule 104 of the rules of procedure, this amendment is necessary for pressing reasons related to the internal logic of the text
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1050</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77 – paragraph 2 a (new)</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1051</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Patrizia Toia</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 77 – paragraph 4</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 4.The national regulatory authority shall also review obligations imposed on the undertaking in accordance with this Article if on the basis of evidence of terms and conditions offered by the undertaking to its downstream customers, the authority concludes that competition problems have arisen to the detriment of end-users which require the imposition of one or more obligations provided in Articles 67, 68, 69 or 72, or the modification of the obligations imposed in accordance with paragraph 2. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en
Amendment <NumAm>1056</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 79 – paragraph 1</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 1.Member States shall ensure that all end-users in their territory have access at an affordable price, in the light of specific national conditions, to available functional internet access and voice communications services at the quality specified in their territory, including the underlying connection, at least at a fixed location. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1057</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>Michel Reimon</Members>
<AuNomDe>{Verts/ALE}on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group</AuNomDe>
<Members>Julia Reda, Cornelia Ernst</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 79 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Member States shall define the functional internet access service referred to in paragraph 1 with a view to adequately reflect services used by the majority of end-users in their territory. To that end, the functional internet access service shall be capable of supporting the minimum set of services set out in Annex V. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
</Amend>
<Amend>Amendment <NumAm>1058</NumAm>
<RepeatBlock-By><Members>José Blanco López, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz</Members>
</RepeatBlock-By>
<DocAmend>Proposal for a directive</DocAmend>
<Article>Article 79 – paragraph 2</Article>
| Text proposed by the Commission |
| 2.Member States shall define the functional internet access service referred to in paragraph 1 with a view to adequately reflect services used by the majority of end-users in their territory. To that end, the functional internet access service shall be capable of supporting the minimum set of services set out in Annex V. |
Or. <Original>{EN}en
