14 Amendments of Jerzy BUZEK related to 2008/0187(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The wholesale price limit for regulated roaming SMS and the maximum retail prices for regulated roaming SMS messages should be reduced to reflect the continuing declines in domestic mobile prices generally as well as the continuing decreases in the underlying costs of providing regulated roaming SMS message services. In this way, the continuity in the effects of the Regulation is maintained, as it the case for regulated roaming voice calls.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The high level of retail prices for data roaming services remains a concern and indicates that competition in these services is still not sufficient. However, unlike the case for voice and SMS roaming services, competitive constraints exist at retail level, as roaming customers have alternative means of accessing data services when abroad, such as public wireless access to the internet, without associated numbering constraints. It would therefore be premature at this stage to regulate prices at theIn this connection, the most effective and proportionate approach to the question of retail prices for regulated data roaming services is to require mobile operators to offer roaming customers a Euro-data tariff which does not exceed a maximum price limit. The Euro-data tariff should be set at a level which guarantees a sufficient margin to operators while also reasonably reflecting the underlying retail levelcosts.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) A Euro-data tariff should automatically apply to any roaming customer, new or existing, who has not deliberately chosen or does not deliberately choose a special data roaming tariff or a package for roaming services including regulated data roaming services.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point g a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point g a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ga) The following point (ka) shall be added: (ka) 'Euro-data tariff' means any tariff not exceeding the maximum charge, provided for in Article 6b, which a home provider may levy for the provision of regulated data roaming services in compliance with that Article.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 a – paragraph 1
Article 4 a – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 1 July 2009, the average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the operator of a roaming customer's home network, for the provision of a regulated roaming SMS message originating on that visited network, shall not exceed EUR 0.04 per SMS message. That average wholesale charge shall be reduced to EUR 0.03 with effect from 1 July 2010.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 b – paragraph 2
Article 4 b – paragraph 2
2. With effect from 1 July 2009, the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-SMS tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for a regulated roaming SMS message sent by that roaming customer may vary for any roaming SMS message but shall not exceed EUR 0.11. The maximum retail charge for a regulated roaming SMS message shall be reduced to EUR 0.10, EUR 0.09 and EUR 0.08 with effect from 1 July 2010, 1 July 2011 and 1 July 2012 respectively.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 – paragraph 3 –subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 3 –subparagraph 1
3. Home providers shall provide all users with full information on applicable roaming charges, in particular on the Eurotariff, the Euro-SMS tariff and the Euro-SMSdata tariff, when subscriptions are taken out. They shall also provide their roaming customers with updates on applicable roaming charges without undue delay each time there is a change in these charges.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6a – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the operator of a roaming customer's home network for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 1.00 per megabyte of data transmitted; this average wholesale charge shall decrease to EUR 0,80, EUR 0,65 and EUR 0,50 on 1 July 2010, 1 July 2011 and 1 July 2012 respectively;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. With effect from 1 July 2009, home operators shall apply Euro-data tariffs to all existing roaming customers automatically, with the exception of such roaming customers who have already made a deliberate choice of a specific roaming tariff or package by virtue of which they benefit from a different tariff for data roaming services than they would have been accorded in the absence of such a choice.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. With effect from 1 July 2009, home operators shall apply Euro-data tariffs to all new roaming customers, with the exception of such roaming customers who have already made a deliberate choice of a specific roaming tariff or package by virtue of which they benefit from a different tariff for data roaming services than they would have been accorded in the absence of such a choice.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Euro-data tariff at any time. Any switch must be made within one working day of receipt of the request and free of charge and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to elements of the subscription other than roaming. A home provider may delay such a switch until the previous roaming tariff has been effective for a minimum specified period not exceeding three months. A Euro-data tariff may always be combined with a Eurotariff and/or Euro- SMS tariff.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 d (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Not later than 1 June 2009, home providers shall inform all their roaming customers individually about the Euro- data tariff, about the fact that it will apply from 1 July 2009 at the latest to all roaming customers who have not made a deliberate choice of a special tariff or package applicable to regulated data roaming services, and about their right to switch to and from it in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6b (new)
Article 6b (new)