12 Amendments of Adina VĂLEAN related to 2008/0187(COD)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC imposed, on an exceptional and temporary basis, limits on the charges that may be levied by mobile operators, at wholesale and retail levels, for the provision of international roaming services for voice calls originating and terminating within the Community. That Regulation also laid down rules aimed at increasing price transparency and improving the provision of information on charges to users of Community-wide roaming services.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Structural problems relating to roaming services should be easier to solve in a genuine single market for mobile communication services, which is not fully in place at present, but which should be the ultimate aim of any regulatory framework.
Amendment 21 #
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 costsadditional costs, in comparison with national mobile communication services, involved in the provision of the roaming 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 in comparison with national prices, when making or receiving a regulated roaming call while at the same time providing sufficient time for competition to develop.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The practice by some mobile network operators of billing for the provision of wholesale roaming calls on the basis of minimum charging periods of up to 60 seconds, as opposed to the per second basis normally applied for other wholesale interconnection charges, creates a distortion of competition between these operators and those applying different billing methods and undermines the consistent application of the wholesale price limits introduced by Regulation (EC) No 717/2007. Moreover it represents an additional charge which, by increasing wholesale costs, has negative consequences for the pricing of voice roaming services at retail level. Mobile operators should therefore be required to bill for the wholesale provision of regulated roaming calls on a per second basis subject only to the possibility of applying a minimum initial charging period of no more than 30 seconds for calls made. This should enable operators to cover any reasonable set-up costs and provide flexibility to compete by enabling operators to offer shorter minimum charging periods.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Customers should not have to pay for receiving voice mail messages in a visited network, as they cannot control the duration of such messages; this should be without prejudice to other applicable voice mail charges, for example charges for listening to such messages.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Just as is the case for voice roaming calls, there is a significant risk that imposing wholesale pricing obligations alone would not automatically result in lower rates for retail customers. On the other hand, action to reduce the level of retail prices without addressing the level of the wholesale costs associated with the provision of these services could prejudice the position of some operators, in particular smaller ones, by increasing the risk of price squeeze
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In particular, mobile operators should provide their roaming customers with basic personalised tariff information on the charges applicable to them for data roaming services when they firstenter another Member State or initiate a data roaming service on entering another Member State. This information should be delivered to their mobile telephone or other mobile device in the manner best suited to its easy receipt and comprehension.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph, the visited network may apply an initial minimum charging period not exceeding 30 seconds to regulated roaming calls made.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
It shall also include the free-of-charge number referred to in paragraph 2 for obtaining more detailed information and information on the possibility of accessing emergency services by dialling the European emergency number 112 free-of- charge.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. From 1 July 2009 at the latest, an automatic message from the home provider shall inform the roaming customer that he is roaming and provide basic personalised tariff information on the charges applicable to the provision of regulated data roaming services to that roaming customer in the Member State concerned, except when the customer has notified his home provider that he does not require this information.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Such basic personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, when the roaming customer enters a Member State or initiates a regulated data roaming service in a particular Member State other than that of his home network for the first time after having entered 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.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2