Activities of Paul RÜBIG related to 2016/0185(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Wholesale roaming markets (debate) DE
Wholesale roaming markets (continuation of debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 as regards rules for wholesale roaming markets PDF (617 KB) DOC (94 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 provides for the possibility for an operator to apply a ‘fair use policy’ in accordance with the relevant implementing act. An adequate fair use policy has a crucial role to play in order to guarantee a financially sustainable model of the wholesale and retail roaming markets. A generous fair use policy for consumers needs to be accompanied by wholesale caps which reflect the real costs of providing roaming services and that will enable as many operators as possible to provide ‘roam- like-at-home’ offers without incurring huge cost increases, damaging competitive domestic markets or increasing prices for domestic customers.
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 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Therefore, the existing maximum wholesale roaming charges for voice calls, SMS and data services should be lowered to levels much closer to the actual cost of those service.
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 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
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 me3 per gigabyte of data transmitted. The safeguard limit shall, on 1 July 2018, decrease to EUR 2 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and, on July 2019 to EUR 1 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00851 per megigabyte of data transmitted 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.