13 Amendments of Šarūnas BIRUTIS related to 2007/0248(COD)
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that where contracts are concluded between subscribers and undertakings providing electronic communications services and/or networks, subscribers are clearly informed in advance of the conclusion of a contract and regularly thereafterin case of any change of any limitations explicitly imposed by the provider on their ability to access or distribute lawful content or run any lawful applications and services of their choice.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that where contracts are concluded between subscribers and undertakings providing electronic communications services and/or networks, subscribers are clearly informed, in advance of the conclusion of the contract and regularly thereafter, of their general obligations to respect copyright and related rights. Without prejudice to Directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce, this includes the obligation to inform subscribers of the most common acts of infringements and their legal consequences.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. Subscribers shall have a right to withdraw from their contracts without penalty upon notice of modifications in the contractual conditions proposed by operators. Subscribers shall be given adequate notice by the undertakings providing electronic communications networks and/or services, not shorter than one month, ahead of any such modifications and shall be informed at the same time of their right to withdraw, without penalty, from such contracts, if they do not accept the new conditions.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities are able to oblige undertakings providing electronic communications networks and/or services publish transparent, comparable, adequate and up-to-date information as set out in Annex II, on applicable prices and tariffs, and on standard terms and conditions, in respect of access to and use of their services identified in Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 is available to end-users and consumers, in accordance with the provisions of Annex IIprovided to consumers. National regulatory authorities may specify additional requirements regarding the form in which such information shall be published to ensure transparency and accessibility for the benefit of consumers.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13 – point b
Article 1 – point 13 – point b
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. In order to prevent degradation of service and slowing of traffic over networks, the Commission may, having consulted the Authority, adopt technical implementing measures concerning minimum quality of service requirements to be set by the national regulatory authority on undertakings providing public communications networkMember States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities are able to set minimum quality of service requirements on undertakings providing public communications networks. The Commission may adopt technical implementing measures with a view to harmonising these minimum quality of service requirements. These measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 37(2). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 37(3).
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure thatmpower national regulatory authorities to take all necessary steps to ensure that:
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure that end users have effective access to numbers and services in the Community, the Commission may, having consulted the Authority, adopt technical implementing measures. These measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 37(2). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 37(3).
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 18
Article 1 – point 18
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
4. Porting of numbers and their subsequent activation shall be executed within the shortest possible delay, no later than one working day from the initial request by the subscriber without prejudice to any measures necessary to guarantee that consumers are protected throughout the switching process.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 18
Article 1 – point 18
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 30 – paragraph 5
Article 30 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may, having consulted the Authority and taking into account technology and market conditions, amend Annex I in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2).
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 20 – point b
Article 1 – point 20 – point b
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 33 – paragraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to the application of Directive 1999/5/EC and in particular of disability requirements pursuant to its Article 3(3)(f), and in order to improve accessibility to electronic communications services and equipment by disabled end- users, the Commission may, having consulted the Authority, take the appropriate technical implementing measures to address the issues raised in the report referred to in paragraph 3, following a public consultation. These measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 37(2). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 37(3).
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that their legislation encourages trustworthy out-of- court procedures, with specific regard to audiovisual and electronic communications interaction.