8 Amendments of Angelika NIEBLER related to 2008/0187(COD)
Amendment 16 #
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 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. The price limits laid down should lead to prices for Community-wide roaming services coming into line with, but not falling below, the corresponding prices at national level.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The most effective and proportionate approach to regulating the level of prices for Community-wide roaming SMS messages at the retail level is the introduction of a requirement for mobile operators to offer their roaming customers a Euro-SMS tariff which does not exceed a specified maximum price limit. The Euro- SMS tariff should be set at a level which guarantees a sufficient margin to operators while also more reasonably reflecting the underlying retail costs. It should not be less than the average domestic SMS tariff.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. This Regulation introduces a common approach to ensuring that users of public mobile communications networks when travelling within the Community do not pay excessive prices for Community-wide roaming services when making calls and receiving calls, when sending and receiving SMS messages and when using packet switched data communication services, thereby contributing to the smooth functioning of the internal market while achieving a high level of consumer protection, safeguarding competition between mobile operators and preserving both incentives for innovation and consumer choice. The price limits laid down should lead to prices for Community-wide roaming services coming into line with, but not falling below, the corresponding prices at national level.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. This average wholesale charge shall apply between any pair of operators and shall be calculated over a twelve month period or any such shorter period as may remain before the end of the period of application of a maximum average wholesale charge as provided for in this paragraph or the expiry of this Regulation. The maximum average wholesale charge shall decrease to EUR 0.28 and EUR 0.26, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively and shall further decrease to EUR 0.23, EUR 0.20 and EUR 0.17 on 1 July 2010,20 on 1 July 20110 and on 1 July 20121 respectively.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
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 0.40, EUR 0.37, and EUR 0.347, and for calls received to EUR 0.16, EUR 0.13 and EUR 0.103, on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 20121 respectively.
Amendment 93 #
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 Euro-SMS tariff may not be less than the domestic SMS tariff calculated on the basis of the average of the SMS tariffs in the Member States published by the national regulatory authorities.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this Regulation and report to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 31 December 20110. The Commission 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. For this purpose the Commission may use the information supplied pursuant to Article 7(3).
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
16. InThe second paragraph of Article 13 ‘2010’ is replaced by ‘2013’.the following: ‘It shall expire on 31 December 2011.’