14 Amendments of Antanas GUOGA related to 2016/0288(COD)
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) 'interpersonal communications service’' means a service normally provided for remuneration that enables direct interpersonal and interactive exchange of information via electronic communications networks between a finite number of persons, whereby the persons(s) initiating or participating in the communication determine its recipient(s); i. It is the nature of such a service that it is bidirectional. It does not include services which enable interpersonal and interactive communication mereonly as a minor ancillary feature that is intrinsically linked to another service;.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 32
(32) voice communications’' means an electronic communications service made available to the public for originating and receiving, directly or indirectly, national or national and international calls through a number or numbers in a national or international telephone numbering plan;
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 79 – paragraph 2
Article 79 – paragraph 2
2. Member StatesBEREC, in close cooperation with the European Commission, shall define the functional internet access service referred to in paragraph 1 with a view to adequately reflect services used by the majority of end-users in their territorwhich are indispensable to ensure social and economic participation in society. To that end, the functional internet access service shall be capable of supporting the minimum set of services set services set out by BEREC in close cooperation with the European Commission, taking into account in Annex Vnational specifics.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92a 1. By [3 months after adoption of this directive], the European Commission jointly with BEREC shall initiate a review of the market of intra-Union communications services terminating in another Member State with a view to assessing measures necessary to eliminate market distortion that leads to abusive pricing. The Commission shall review, inter alia, the degree of competition in intra-Union fixed communications services markets, and in particular shall assess available tariffs for the consumer. This encompasses available tariffs in the scope of voice only contracts, voice services bundled into larger service contracts and available tariffs over the internet access services and OTT's. In assessing measures necessary to enable possible measures to protect consumers, the Commission and BEREC shall take into account the need to ensure that the providers of intra-EU calls are able to recover all costs of providing intra-EU calls, including joint and common costs. 2. By [6 months after start of the assessment], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the findings of the review referred to in paragraph 1. If decided to be necessary, that report shall be accompanied by an appropriate legislative proposal preceded by a public consultation, to address the intra-EU call tariffs or to provide for another solution to address the issues identified.
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) as part of the information on priceremuneration:
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) tariff information regarding any numbers or services subject to particular pricing conditions; with respect to individual categories of services, NRAs may require such information to be provided immediately prior to connecting the callIn case of remuneration other than money an information on the kind of remuneration, notwithstanding Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in case of personal data as remuneration,
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 96 – paragraph 1
Article 96 – paragraph 1
1. National regulatory authorities shall ensure that the information referred to in Annex VIIIrticle 95 is published in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible form by the undertakings providing publicly available electronic communications services other than number-independentinternet access services and interpersonal communications services, or by the national regulatory authority itself. National regulatory authorities may specify additional requirements regarding the form in which such information is to be published.
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 97 – paragraph 1
Article 97 – paragraph 1
1. National regulatory authorities may require providers of internet access services and of publicly available number- based interpersonal communications services to publish comprehensive, comparable, reliable, user-friendly and up- to-date information for end-users on the quality of their services and on measures taken to ensure equivalence in access for disabled end-users. That information shall, on request, be supplied to the national regulatory authority in advance of its publication. Measures of providers of publicly available interpersonal communications services to ensure quality of service shall respect net neutrality and shall be taken on a best effort basis.
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 100 – paragraph 2
Article 100 – paragraph 2
2. Any subscription to additional services or goods provided or distributed by the same provider of publicly available electronic communications services other than number-independent interpersonal communications services shall not re-start the contract period of the initial contract period unless the additional services or goods are offered at a special promotional price available only on the condition that the existing contract period is re-startedconsumer and provider have explicitly and legally agreed to it.
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 1
Article 102 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all end-users of the service referred to in paragraph 2, including users of public pay telephones, are able to access the emergency services and of private electronic communication networks, are able to access the emergency services, or, where applicable, the internal emergency services, through emergency communications free of charge and without having to use any means of payment, by using the single European emergency number ‘'112’' and any national emergency number specified by Member States.
Amendment 675 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 2
Article 102 – paragraph 2
2. Member States, in consultation with national regulatory authorities and, emergency services and providers of electronic communications services, shall ensure that undertakings providing end- users with number-based interpersonal communications service for originating communications to a number in a national telephone numbering plan provide access to emergency services through emergency communications to the most appropriate PSAP. In case of an appreciable threat to effective access to emergency services the oblig to the extent such emergency communications can reasonably be provided using location infor undertakings may be extended to all interpersonal communications services in accordance with the conditions and procedure set out in Article 59 (1) (c)mation that is available to number- based interpersonal communications service providers and in a manner that is consistent with the Member State's existing emergency calling infrastructure.
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 5
Article 102 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that caller location information is available to the PSAP without delay after the emergency communication is set up. This shall include both network-based location information and if available, handset- derived caller location information. Member States shall ensure that the establishment and the transmission of the caller location information are free of charge for the end-user and to the authority handling the emergency communication with regard to all emergency communications to the single European emergency number ‘'112’'. Member States may extend that obligation to cover emergency communications to national emergency numbers. Competent regulatory authorities shall lay down criteria for the accuracy and reliability of the caller location information provided.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall maintain a database of E.164 numbers of European emergency services to ensure that they are able to contact each other from one Member State to another.
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Member States shall ensure, through the use of electronic communications networks, the establishment of an efficient 'Reverse- 112' communication system for warning and alerting citizens, in case of imminent or developing natural and/or man-made major emergencies and disasters, taking into account existing national and regional systems and without hindering privacy.