8 Amendments of Francisca PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR related to 2008/0187(COD)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The expiry in June 2010 of the regulatory safeguards which apply to intra- Community voice roaming services at wholesale and retail levels by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 would therefore give rise to a significant risk that the underlying lack of competitive pressures in the voice roaming market and the incentive for mobile operators to maximise their roaming revenues would result in a return to retail and wholesale prices for intra-Community roaming that do not constitute a reasonable reflection of the underlying costs involved in the provision of the service, thereby jeopardising the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007. Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 should therefore be extended beyond 30 June 2010 for a further period of three years in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market by guaranteeing that consumers continue to benefit from the assurance that they will not be charged an excessive price when making or receiving a regulated roaming call while at the same time providing sufficient time for competition to develop. The effects of failing to extend Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 beyond 30 June 2013 should be carefully analysed as part of its forthcoming review.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The levels of the maximum average wholesale charges for regulated roaming calls set by Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 should continue to decline over the extended duration of the Regulation to reflect declining costs, including decreases in regulated mobile termination rates in the Member States, in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market while at the same time continuing to meet the dual objectives of eliminating excessive prices while allowing operators freedom to compete and innovate. The levels of the maximum average wholesale charges should on no account be cost-oriented, in order to facilitate the future removal of regulation and provide operators with a margin to compete.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The maximum levels of the Eurotariff, both for calls made and calls received, should continue to decrease annually during the extended period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 in a manner consistent with the decreases required during the initial period of application of that Regulation, to reflect the continuing declines in domestic mobile prices generally as well as the continuing decreases in the underlying costs of providing regulated roaming calls. In this way, the continuity in the effects of the Regulation is maintained. The maximum levels of the Eurotariff should on no account be cost-oriented, in order to facilitate the future removal of regulation and provide operators with a margin to compete.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Data collected by national regulatory authorities indicate that average wholesale charges for data roaming services levied by visited network operators from roaming customers' home providers appear to be on a downward trend, although high prices for wholesale and retail data roaming services persist.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The regulation of prices for roaming SMS messages at the retail level must be shown to be advantageous for users from the start. Nevertheless, it should be adopted in such a way as to ensure that prices charged at national level, which are not the subject of this Regulation, are not distorted. To this end, a glide path should be set for maximum prices for roaming SMS messages.
Amendment 89 #
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 0.048 per SMS message. That charge shall be reduced to EUR 0.06 and EUR 0.04 on 1 July 2010 and 1 July 2011 respectively.
Amendment 95 #
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 0.115. That maximum charge shall be reduced to EUR 0.13 and EUR 0.11 on 1 July 2010 and 1 July 2011 respectively.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No. 717/2007/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this Regulation andis Regulation shall expire on 30 June 2013 unless the Commission justifies its extension. To this end, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 31 December 2011. The Commission0 on the need for such extension, for which purpose it shall evaluate in particular whether the objectives of this Regulation have been achieved. In its report the Commission shall review developments in wholesale and retail charges for the provision to roaming customers of voice and data communication services, including SMS and MMS, and shall, if appropriate, include recommendations regarding the need further to regulate these services: - the effects of regulation on operators' income and on their investment and commercial policies, paying particular attention to possible 'waterbed' effects (compensation); - the characteristics of roaming services that would justify the imposition, extension or modification of the obligations laid down in this Regulation, and in particular competitive dynamics and demand elasticity; - developments in wholesale and retail charges for the provision to roaming customers of voice and data communication services, including SMS and MMS; - developments in national mobile communication services in the various Member States; - the effects that the removal of regulation would have on mobile telephony markets and the effects of regulation at retail level only; - the availability of services or products that represent or could become an alternative to or replacement for roaming, or that could improve competition at wholesale and retail level. For this purpose the Commission may use the information supplied pursuant to Article 7(3).