14 Amendments of Carlos COELHO related to 2016/0288(COD)
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 256
Recital 256
(256) Member States should ensure that undertakings providing end-users with number-based interpersonal communications services provide reliable and accurate access to emergency services, taking into account national specifications and criteria and the capabilities of national PSAPs. Where the number-based interpersonal communications service is not provided over a connection which is managed to give a specified quality of service, the service provider might not be able to ensure that emergency calls made through their service are routed to the most appropriate PSAP with the same reliability. For such network-independent undertakings, namely undertakings which are not integrated with a public communications network provider, providing caller location information may not always be technically feasible. Member States should ensure that standards ensuring accurate and reliable routing and connection to the emergency services are implemented as soon as possible in order to allow network-independent providers of number-based interpersonal communications services to fulfil the obligations related to access to emergency services and caller location information provision at a level comparable to that required of other providers of such communications service. Where such standards and the related PSAP systems have not yet been implemented, network-independent number-based interpersonal communications services should not be required to provide access to emergency services except in a manner that is technically feasible or economically viable. As an example, this may include the designation by a Member State of a single, central PSAP for receiving emergency communications.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Providers of electronic communications networks or services shall not apply any discriminatory requirements or conditions of access or use to end-users based on the end-user's nationality or, place of residence or temporary location unless such differences are objectively justified.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92a Intra-Union calls 1. Providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services shall not apply tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State which are higher from tariffs for services terminating in the same Member State, unless it is justified by the difference in mobile termination rates. 2. Where providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services apply different tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State than to services terminating in the same Member State, the surcharge shall not be higher than the difference between mobile termination rate of the Member State where the call is terminating and mobile termination rate of the Member State where call is originating.
Amendment 571 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
- for publicly available interpersonal communications services only, any constraints on access to emergency services and/or caller location information due to a lack of technical feasibility;
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 681 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 3
Article 102 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that all emergency communications to the single European emergency number ‘112’ are appropriately answered and handled in the manner best suited to the national organisation of emergency systems, considering the need to answer in a multilingual manner. Such emergency communications shall be answered and handled at least as expeditiously and effectively as emergency communications to the national emergency number or numbers, where these continue to be in use.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission, in consultation with the relevant competent authorities, shall adopt a recommendation on performance indicators for Member States. Every two years, the Commission shall submit a report on the effectiveness of the implementation of the European emergency call number "112" and on the functioning of the performance indicators. The first such report shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council by 1 July 2019
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall make sure that citizens and visitors are adequately informed on their mobile phone about the means for disabled end-users to reach the emergency services, especially when travelling to other countries.
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 709 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 6
Article 102 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that citizens are adequately informed about the existence and use of the single European emergency number ‘112’, in particular through initiatives specifically targeting persons travelling between Member States. The Commission shall support and complement Member States' action.
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
That information shall be ensured for persons with disabilities in accessible formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities, including sign languages, Braille, augmentative and alternative communication and other accessible means.
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.