10 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2008/0187(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) This Regulation should ensure that there is no distortion or restriction of competition between undertakings providing Community-wide roaming services.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Moreover, the persistence of high wholesale charges for data roaming services is primarily attributable to high wholesale prices charged by operators of non-preferred networks. Such charges are caused by traffic steering limitations which leave operators with no incentive to reduce their standard wholesale prices unilaterally since the traffic will be received irrespective of the price charged. This results in an extreme variation in wholesale costs. In some cases the wholesale data roaming prices applicable to non-preferred networks are thirty times higher than those applied to the preferred network. These excessively high wholesale charges for data roaming services lead to appreciable distortions of competitive conditions between mobile operators within the Community which undermine the smooth functioning of the internal market. They also constrain the ability of home providers to predict their wholesale costs and therefore to provide their customers with transparent and competitive retail pricing packages. In view of the limitations on the ability of national regulatory authorities to tackle these problems effectively at national level, a wholesale price limit on data roaming services should apply. The wholesale price limit should be set at a safeguard level well above the lowest wholesale prices currently available in the market, to enhance competitive conditions and permit the better functioning of the internal market for the benefit of consumers.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) The Commission should, in consultation with the ERG, investigate further and assess whether the competitive structure of the mobile market is leading to uncompetitive roaming prices, and should within the framework of Community competition law propose, and if appropriate, introduce any necessary measures to address prevailing competition problems. As part of the review, the Commission should report on its assessment and on the proposed measures to address structural problems in mobile markets.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
3a. The following Article 2a shall be inserted: "Article 2a Transparency and reciprocity of wholesale charges 1. Undertakings providing Community- wide roaming services, including voice, SMS and data services, shall, without undue delay, make public the wholesale charges levied on any other provider. 2. The average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the operator of a roaming customer's home network shall not exceed the average wholesale charge levied from the operator of the roaming customer's home network to the operator of the visited network for the provision of roaming services. 3. National regulatory authorities shall ensure that that the average wholesale charge levied by any operator allows the operator a reasonable rate of return and does not aim at distorting the market."
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. This average wholesale charge shall apply between any pair of operators and shall be calculated over a twelve month period or any such shorter period as may remain before the end of the period of application of a maximum average wholesale charge as provided for in this paragraph or the expiry of this Regulation. The maximum average wholesale charge shall decrease to EUR 0.28 and EUR 0.26, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively and shall further decrease to EUR 0.23, EUR 0.20 and EUR 0.17 on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectively.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Eurotariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming call may vary for any roaming call but shall not exceed EUR 0.49 per minute for any call made or EUR 0.24 per minute for any call received. The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0.46 and EUR 0.43, and for calls received to EUR 0.22 and EUR 0.19, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively. The price ceiling for calls made shall further decrease to EUR 0.40, EUR 0.37, and EUR 0.34 and for calls received to EUR 0.16, EUR 0.13 and EUR 0.10, on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectively.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4
Article 6a – paragraph 4
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this Regulation and report to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 31 December0 June 20110. The Commission shall evaluate in particular whether the objectives of this Regulation have been achieved. In its reportso doing, the Commission shall review, inter alia: – the degree of competition including the availability of services or products which are a substitute for, or alternative to, roaming; – the developments in wholesale and retail charges for the provision to roaming customers of voice and data communication services, including SMS and MMS, and shall, if appropriate, include recommendations regarding the need further to regulate thesethe corresponding developments in mobile communication services at national level; – the extent to which consumers have benefited through reductions in the price of roaming services or in other ways from reductions in the costs of the provision of roaming services.; For this purpose the Commission may use the information supplied pursuant to Article 7(3).
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
16. In Article 13 "2010" is replaced by "20131".