6 Amendments of Henna VIRKKUNEN related to 2016/0185(COD)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 provides for the possibility for an operator to apply a ‘fair use policy’ in accordance with the relevant implementing act. An adequate fair use policy has a crucial role to play in order to guarantee a financially sustainable model of the wholesale and retail roaming markets. A generous fair use policy for consumers needs to be accompanied by wholesale caps which reflect the real costs of providing roaming services and that will enable as many operators as possible to provide ‘roam- like-at-home’ offers without incurring huge cost increases, damaging competitive domestic markets or increasing prices for domestic customers.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The abolition of retail roaming surcharges introduced by Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120, also named "roam-like-at- home’ (RLAH), is necessary to establish and ease the functioning of a digital single market across the Union. However, that Regulation alone is not sufficient to ensure the correct and sustainable functioning of the roaming market. This Regulation should therefore ensure that pricing models in domestic markets are not affected.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In particular, the current functioning of wholesale roaming markets could affect competition and investments in home operators’ domestic markets due to excessive wholesale roaming charges compared to the domestic retail prices applied to end-users. This applies in particular for smaller or net out-bound operators, thus making RLAH structurally unsustainable. Therefore it is crucial to ensure that the Union telecom framework legislation provides clear and consistent long term incentives for private investment in telecommunication infrastructure.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Therefore, the existing maximum wholesale roaming charges for voice calls, SMS and data services should be lowered to levels much closer to the actual cost of those service.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of a regulated roaming call originating on that visited network, inclusive, among others, of origination, transit and termination costs, shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.043 per minute as of 15 June 2017 and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.043 until 30 June 2022
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0085 per me3 per gigabyte of data transmitted. The safeguard limit shall, on 1 July 2018, decrease to EUR 2 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and, on July 2019 to EUR 1 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00851 per megigabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022.