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12 Amendments of Reino PAASILINNA related to 2008/0187(COD)

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. The retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Eurotariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming call may vary for any roaming call but shall not exceed EUR 0.49 per minute for any call made or EUR 0.24 per minute for any call received. The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0.46 and EUR 0.43, and for calls received to EUR 0.22 and EUR 0.19, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively. The price ceiling for calls made shall further decrease to EUR 0.4023, EUR 0.3720, and EUR 0.3417 and for calls received to EUR 0.161, EUR 0.1308 and EUR 0.105, on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectively.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

~~By way of derogation from the second subparagraph, t~~The home provider ~~may~~shall not apply an initial minimum charging period ~~not exceeding 30 seconds~~ to calls made which are subject to a Eurotariff.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 a – paragraph 1

1. Home providers shall ensure that their roaming customers are kept adequately informed of the charges which apply to their use of regulated data roaming services, in ~~ways~~a clear and intelligible manner which facilitates the customers' understanding of the financial consequences of such use and permit them to monitor and control their expenditure on regulated data roaming services in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Such personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, when the roaming customer initiates a regulated data roaming service in a particular Member State other than that of his home network ~~for the first~~every time afenter ~~having entered~~ing that Member State. It shall be provided without undue delay and free of charge, by an appropriate means adapted to facilitate its receipt and easy comprehension.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

3. By 1 Julanuary 2010 ~~at the latest~~, the home providers shall ~~provide a 'Cut-Off Limit' facility whereby they offer and keep available to all their roaming customers, free of charge, the possibility to specify in advance a~~offer to all their roaming customers the opportunity to opt deliberately and free of charge for a ‘cut off limit’ facility. Each home provider shall define this ‘cut off limit’ facility by a maximum monthly financial limit. This maximum monthly financial limit, shall not exceed 50 EUR (excluding VAT) and shall be expressed in the currency in which the roaming customer is billed~~, for their outstanding charges~~ for regulated data roaming services.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Such a cut-off limit shall respect Community data protection laws and be technologically neutral. In addition, the home provider may offer to its roaming customers other ‘cut-off limits’ with different, namely, higher, lower or maximum monthly financial limits like flat rates.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

By 1 March 2010, all roaming customers who did not express their choice shall be automatically placed on a ‘cut- off limit’ of 50 EUR (excluding VAT).

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

~~When this~~ If the roaming customer does not request the continued provision of those services, and the ‘Cut-Off Limit‘ is reached, the home provider shall immediately cease to provid~~e the roaming customer with regulated data roaming services, unless and until the roaming customer requests the continued or renewed provision of those~~ing regulated data roaming services.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

~~The home provider shall also ensure that an appropriate warning message is sent to the roaming customer's mobile telep~~From 1 March 2010, whenever the monthly outstanding charges for regulated data roaming services have reached 80% of the applicable ‘cut-off limit’, the honme ~~or o~~provider shall send to ther device ~~before one or more intermediate charge limits, agreed between the customer and the home provider in advance, are reached~~used, an appropriate warning message. which must be clear and easily noticeable to the roaming customer,. This warning message shall inform the roaming customer that the ‘Cut-Ooff- Limit’ is about to be reached and indicate the procedure to be followed by the customer if he or she wishes to request the continued ~~or renewed~~ provision of those services.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

From 1 March 2010, whenever a roaming customer requests to opt for or to remove a ‘cut off limit’ facility, the change must be made free of charge within one working day of receipt of the request, and shall not result in the imposition of conditions or restrictions on other elements of the subscription.

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6b (new)

(11a) The following Article 6b shall be inserted: "Article 6b 1. The retail charge (excluding VAT) which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a data roaming charge shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.002 per kilobyte of data transmitted billed on a per kilobyte basis. 2. The home provider or the operator of the visited network shall not discriminate against a roaming customer who is being charged the safeguard limit as regards quality of service, unless that customer has given his prior consent."

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE

Reino PAASILINNA

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 12 – point a a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 7 – paragraph 3

(aa) Article 7(3) shall be replaced by the following: "3. National regulatory authorities shall in preparation for the review provided for in Article 11, monitor developments in wholesale and retail charges for the provision to roaming customers of voice and data communications services, including SMS and MMS, including in the outermost regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty. National regulatory authorities shall monitor the quality of data services in terms of available minimum speed and reliability. National regulatory authorities shall also be alert to the particular case of involuntary roaming in the border regions of neighbouring Member States and monitor whether traffic steering techniques are used to the disadvantage of customers. They shall communicate the results of such monitoring to the Commission, including separate information on corporate, post-paid and pre-paid customers, every six months."

2009/02/02
Committee: ITRE