12 Amendments of Karin RIIS-JØRGENSEN related to 2008/0187(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) This common approach should nevertheless be maintained for a limited time period but may, in the light of a review to be carried out by the Commission, be further extended or amended. The Commission should review the effectiveness of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 as amended by this Regulation and the contribution which it makes to the implementation of the regulatory framework and the smooth functioning of the internal market, while keeping in mind its impact on the smaller mobile communications providers in the Community and their position in the Community-wide roaming market. in light of its objectives of removing excessive prices for Community-wide roaming services, achieving a high level of consumer protection, fostering competition between mobile operators, and offering incentives for innovation and consumer choice. The Commission should also consider the contribution which it makes to the implementation of the regulatory framework and the smooth functioning of the internal market. The Commission should consider the impact on the competitive position of mobile communications providers of different sizes and from different parts of the Community and their position in the Community-wide roaming market. In that context, the Commission should pay particular attention to developments and trends in wholesale charges for data roaming services in relation to the safeguard wholesale limit provided for in this Regulation, while paying special attention to the risks of wholesale prices rising if/when the regulation is terminated, as this would be an unfair burden on home provider, who will be unable/reluctant to raise prices towards the consumers accordingly. The Commission should evaluate the extent to which competition has developed for the provision of roaming services, taking into account inter alia, the developments in charges for mobile roaming services, the products and offers available for roaming services, the quality of service provided and the impact of technological developments on the provision of roaming services, including substitution by new services such as VoIP. In particular, the Commission should consider whether roaming prices are or might be excessive in light of pricing structures for mobile services generally. The Commission should also assess whether the regulation of roaming services could be appropriately covered within the regulatory framework for electronic communications. Prior to the review referred to above, and in order to ensure the continuous monitoring of roaming services in the Community, the Commission should prepare an interim report to the European Parliament and the Council which includes a general analysis of the latest wholesale and retail price trend information for voice, SMS and data roaming services for post-paid and pre-paid customers separately.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 4 a – paragraph 1
Article 4 a – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 1 July 2009, the average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the operator of a roaming customer's home network, for the provision of a regulated roaming SMS message originating on that visited network, shall not exceed EUR 0.042 per SMS message.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 4 b – paragraph 2
Article 4 b – paragraph 2
2. With effect from 1 July 2009, the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-SMS tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for a regulated roaming SMS message sent by that roaming customer may vary for any roaming SMS message but shall not exceed EUR 0.1105.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 JulyDecember 20109 at the latest, theeach home providers shall provide a 'Cut-Off Limit' facility whereby they offer and keep available to all their roaming customers, free of charge, the possibility to specify in advance a maximum financial limit,to all its roaming customers, free of charge, a facility which provides information on the accumulated expenditure expressed in the currency in which the roaming customer is billed, for their outstanding charges for on regulated data roaming services.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By 31 December 2009 at the latest, each home provider shall offer its roaming customer to opt deliberately and free of charge for a 'cut off limit', provision which limits the expenditure and suspends the service. One of these limits shall be close to, but not exceed, 50 EUR (excluding VAT) per one month.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
To this end, the customer shall, at any time, be given the opportunity to set up in advance maximum financial limits for specified periods of use.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
When this limit is reached and if the customer does not request the continued provision of those services, the home provider shall immediately cease to provide the roaming customer with regulated data roaming services.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 b (new)
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 b (new)
The home provider is obligated to provide the consumer with a written overview of expected prices and volume of typical data- objects (e-mail, downloading video clips, pictures, typical web pages ). The overview shall be as accurate as possible and provide the consumer with a realistic but not binding expectation of prices of consumption.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 – point (a)
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) The average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the operator of a roaming customer's home network for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 1.000.25 per megabyte of data transmitted.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 – point (c)
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 – point (c)
(c) The average wholesale charge referred to in point a shall be calculated by dividing the total wholesale revenue received by the operator of the visited network from each operator of a home network for the provision of regulated data roaming services in the relevant period by the total number of megabytes of data actually consumed by the provision of those services within that period, aggregated on a per kilobyte basis.