6 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2016/0185(COD)
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 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s a (new)
(-1) In Article 2(2), the following point is added: “(sa) 'Mobile Virtual Service Operator´ or `MVNO´ means a mobile service provider offering publicly available mobile communications services in a virtual network or as resale, which does not own a mobile network;”
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(1a) In Article 3, the following paragraph is added: "9a. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, the maximum wholesale charges for regulated roaming services that apply to Mobile Virtual Network Operators shall be limited to the national wholesale charges for mobile communications services as set by the respective domestic host mobile network operator."
Amendment 65 #
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. TWith effect from 15 June 2017, 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 0.0435 per minute as. The safeguard limit shall, ofn 15 June 2017 and shall, without prejudice to Article 19,ly 2018, decrease to EUR 0.03 per minute, on 1 July 2019, to EUR 0.02 per minute, and, without prejudice to Article 19, on 1 July 2020, to EUR 0.014 per minute. It shall remain at EUR 0.0414 per minute until 30 June 2022
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
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 me5 per gigabyte of data transmitted. The safeguard limit shall, on 1 July 2018, decrease to EUR 4 per gigabyte of data transmitted, on 1 July 2019 to EUR 3 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and, on 1 July 2020, to EUR 2 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and on 1 July 2021, to EUR 1 per gigabyte of data transmitted. It shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00851 per megigabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – sentence 1
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – sentence 1
In addition, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council every two years after 15 June 2017by 15 June 2018 and every two years thereafter, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal to amend the wholesale caps for regulated roaming services laid down in this Regulation.