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51 Amendments of Catherine STIHLER related to 2011/0187(COD)

Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) A Single Market for telecommunications cannot be said to exist while significant price differences exist between domestic and roaming prices; therefore the ultimate aim of this Regulation should be to eliminate roaming charges altogether, thus establishing a pan-EU mobile communications market.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Higher domestic tariffs on calls, SMS and data's (including those bound for other countries than the domestic country) comparing to roaming tariffs are not beneficial to the consumer and create a market distortion; from 2012, domestic tariffs should hence not exceed the retail price caps defined for the roaming tariffs.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) To achieve a single telecoms market, each linked telecom company belonging to the same group should be encouraged to couple their national licenses under the umbrella of one single European operator; in the future, existing telecommunication licences as well as new licenses for mobile network should cover the whole European territory and not only a single Member State.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Protecting the principles of the neutrality and openness of the Internet and the end users’ ability to access and distribute information and run applications and services of their choice should become even more important as the Digital Single Market is created in particular through roaming.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to allow for the development of a more efficient and competitive market for roaming services, there should be no restrictions that prevent undertakings from effectively negotiating wholesale access for the purpose of providing roaming services. However, at present there are obstacles to the access to such wholesale roaming services, due to differences in negotiating power and in the degree of infrastructure ownership of undertakings. The removal of these obstacles would facilitate the development of alternative and innovative roaming services and offers for customers, in particular from virtual network operators. It would also facilitate the development of pan-European services.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Providers of regulated roaming calls at the retail level should therefore be required to bill their customers on a per second basis for all calls subject to a Eurotariff, subject only to the possibility to apply a minimum initial charging period of no more than 30 seconds for calls made. This will enable operators to cover any reasonable set-up costs and to provide flexibility to compete by offering shorter minimum charging periods. However, n. No minimum initial charging period is justified in the case of Eurotariff calls received, as the underlying wholesale cost is charged on a per second basis and any specific set- up costs are already covered by mobile termination rates.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Operators should take the appropriate measures to ensure that cross-border consumers do not face problems due to their cross-border location, such as roaming charges while they are still in their home country.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) To ensure that all users of mobile voice telephony may benefit from the provisions of this Regulation, the transitory retail pricing requirements should apply regardless of whether roaming customers have a pre-paid or a post-paid contract with their home provider, and regardless of whether the home provider has its own network, is a mobile virtual network operator or is a reseller of mobile voice telephony services.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
(68) Transparency also requires that providers furnish information on roaming charges, in particular on the Eurotariff and the all-inclusive flat-rate should they offer one, when subscriptions are taken out and each time there is a change in roaming charges. Home providers should provide information on roaming charges by appropriate means such as invoices, the internet, TV advertisements or direct mail. All information and offers should be clear, understandable, comparable and transparent with regard to prices and service characteristics. Advertising of roaming offers and marketing to consumers should fully comply with consumer protection legislation, in particular with Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’)1. Home providers should ensure that all their roaming customers are aware of the availability of regulated tariffs for the period concerned and should send a clear and unbiased communication to these customers describing the conditions of the Eurotariff and the right to switch to and from it. _____________ 1 OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
(69) Moreover, measures should be introduced to improve the transparency of retail prices for dataall roaming services, in particular to eliminate the problem of ‘bill shock’ which constitutes a barrier to the smooth functioning of the internal market, and to provide roaming customers with the tools they need to monitor and control their expenditure on data roaming services. Equally, there should be no obstacles to the emergence of applications or technologies which can be a substitute for, or alternative to, roaming services, such as WiFi. Consumers should be provided with this information, thereby allowing them to make an informed choice.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation introduces a common approach to ensuringbring about a truly single market in mobile communications. The first step is to put in place an transitional period to ensure that users of public mobile communications networks when travelling within the Union do not pay excessive prices for Union-wide roaming services in comparison with competitive national prices, 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, fostering competition and transparency in the market and offering both incentives for innovation and consumer choice. The second step is to put in place the necessary measures which would enable the abolition of the concept of roaming within the whole Union, ensuring identical prices throughout the Union.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It lays down rules to guarantee the separate sale of roaming services from domestic mobile communications services and the conditions for wholesale access to public mobile telephone networks for the purpose of provision of roaming services. It also lays down transitory rules on the charges that may be levied by mobile operators for the provision of Union-wide roaming services for voice calls and SMS messages originating and terminating within the Union and for packet switched data communication services used by roaming customers while roaming on a mobile communications network in another Member State. It applies both to charges levied between network operators at wholesale level and to charges levied by home providers at retail level.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘home provider’ means an undertaking that provides a customer with Union-wide roaming services either via its own network or as a mobile virtual network operator or reseller;
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m
(m) ‘alternative roaming provider’ means a home provider, different from the operator providing domestic mobile communication services, that provides a roaming customer with roaming services via its own network or as a mobile virtual network operator or reseller;deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) ‘wholesale roaming access’ means the making available of facilities and/or services to another undertaking, on a non- discriminatory basis, under defined conditions, for the purpose of providing roaming services to retail customers;
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point o
(o) ‘European Union (EU) roaming profile’ means a preconfigured profile for the provision of separate roaming services, which is provided in addition to a profile for the provision of domestic mobile services on the same SIM card.deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Mobile network operators shall meet all reasonable requests for wholesale roaming access, including those from mobile virtual network operators and resellers. Rules on regulated wholesale roaming tariffs laid down in Articles 6, 8 and 11 shall apply for the provision of wholesale roaming access.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4 Separate sale of roaming services 1. Home providers shall enable their subscribers to access voice, SMS and data roaming services of any interconnected alternative roaming provider. 2. With effect from 1 July 2014, home providers shall inform all their roaming customers of the possibility to unsubscribe from their existing roaming services and to opt for roaming services from an alternative roaming provider. The roaming customers shall be given a period of two months within which to make their choice known to their home provider. Roaming customers who have not expressed their choice within that period shall have the right to opt for an alternative roaming provider at any moment, in line with paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. The customer's choice for an alternative roaming provider shall not entail any associated subscription or other fixed or recurring charges by the home provider and shall be possible with any retail tariff plan. 4. Any switch to or from an alternative roaming provider shall be free of charge and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to elements of the subscription other than roaming, and shall be carried out within five working days, save that where a roaming customer who has subscribed to a domestic package which includes roaming prices other than the Eurotariff, Euro-SMS tariff or Euro- data tariff, the home provider may delay the switch from the old to the new subscription concerning roaming services for a specified period not exceeding three months. 5. At the time of making or renewing a contract on mobile communication services, home providers shall provide all customers individually with full information on the possibility to choose an alternative roaming provider and facilitate the conclusion of a contract with an alternative roaming provider. Customers concluding a contract with the home provider for roaming services shall explicitly confirm that they have been informed of such possibility. The providers of mobile communications services shall not prevent retailers serving as their points of sale to offer contracts for separate roaming services with alternative roaming providers. 6. The home provider or the operator of a visited network shall not alter the technical characteristics of roaming services provided by an alternative roaming provider in such a way as to make them differ from the technical characteristics, including the quality parameters, of roaming services provided by the operator providing domestic mobile communications services.deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a With effect from 1 July 2014, the retail prices for calls, SMS and data use shall be identical, irrespective of whether the customer is roaming or not. Until 30 June 2016, the retail price caps as laid down in Article 7, Article 9 and Article 12 shall have effect.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Facility for separate sale of roaming services In order to ensure the development of the single market, implementation of the technical solutions for the facility of separate sale of roaming services shall take place simultaneously across the Union. For the purpose of separate sale of roaming services, operators shall make sure that facilities are in place by 1 July 2014 at the latest, to ensure that the customer can use domestic mobile services and separate roaming services offered by an alternative roaming operator while keeping their mobile number. In order to enable the separate sale of roaming services, operators may in particular allow the use of a ‘EU roaming profile’ on the same SIM card and the use of the same terminal alongside domestic mobile services. Pricing for interconnection related to the provision of this facility shall be cost-orientated and there should be no direct charges to consumers for the use of this facility. BEREC, after consulting stakeholders and in close co-operation with the Commission, shall lay down within a reasonable period of time not exceeding three months after the adoption of this Regulation guidelines with regard to harmonised technical solutions relating to the facility for separate roaming services and to harmonised procedures to change the provider of roaming services. Upon a reasoned request from the BEREC, the Commission may extend that period. If necessary, the Commission could give a mandate to a European Standardisation Body for the adaptation of the relevant standards that are necessary for the harmonised implementation of the facility.Article 5 deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the customer's home provider for the provision of a regulated roaming call originating on that visited network, inclusive inter alia of origination, transit and termination costs, shall not exceed EUR 0,140 per minute as of 1 July 2012.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The average wholesale charge referred to in paragraph 1 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 0,107 and EUR 0,064, on 1 July 2013 and on 1 July 2014 respectively. Without prejudice to Article 13, the maximum average wholesale charge shall remain at EUR 0,064 for the duration of this Regulation.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The average wholesale charge referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by dividing the total wholesale roaming revenue received by the total number of wholesale roaming minutes actually used for the provision of wholesale roaming calls within the Union by the relevant operator over the relevant period, aggregated on a per second basis adjusted to take account of the possibility for the operator of the visited network to apply an initial minimum charging period not exceeding 30 seconds.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
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 0,320 per minute for any call made or EUR 0,1104 per minute for any call received as of 1 July 2012. The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0,2815 and EUR 0,2410 on 1 July 2013 and on 1 Julanuary 2014 respectively, and for calls received to EUR 0,103 on 1 July 2013. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19 tThese regulated maximum retail charges for the Eurotariff shall remain valid until 30 June 2016. Price differentiation between domestic and roaming calls shall be no longer possible from 1 July 2014.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Eurotariff. 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 other elements of the subscription, save that where a roaming customer who has subscribed to a special roaming package which includes more than one roaming service (namely, voice, SMS and/or data) wishes to switch to a Eurotariff, the home provider may require the switching customer to forego the benefits of the other elements of that package. A home provider may delay a switch until the previous roaming tariff has been effective for a minimum specified period not exceeding threewo months, including the eventual contractual notice period.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. With effect from 1 July 2012, 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 0,10. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19, t07. The price ceiling shall decrease to 0,06 on 1 July 2013 and to 0,05 on 1 January 2014. The regulated maximum retail charge for the Euro-SMS tariff shall remain at EUR 0,105 until 30 June 2016. Price differentiation between domestic and roaming calls shall be no longer possible from 1 July 2014.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Euro-SMS 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 threewo months, including the eventual contractual notice period. A Euro-SMS tariff may always be combined with a Eurotariff.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 July 2012, the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-data tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming data shall not exceed EUR 0,950 per megabyte. The price ceiling for data used shall decrease to EUR 0,730 and EUR 0,520, per megabyte used on 1 July 2013 and on 1 Julanuary 2014 respectively. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19, tThe regulated maximum retail charge shall remain at EUR 0,520, per megabyte used until 30 June 2016. Price differentiation between domestic and roaming calls shall be no longer possible from 1 July 2014.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Euro-data tariff respecting their contractual conditions at any point in 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 threewo months, including the eventual contractual notice period. A Euro-data tariff may always be combined with a Euro-SMS tariff and a Eurotariff.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Conditions for advance non-application of maximum wholesale and retail charges 1. In order to assess the competitive development in the roaming markets BEREC shall collect regularly data on the development of retail and wholesale charges for voice, SMS and data roaming services. These data shall be notified to the Commission, at least twice a year. The Commission shall make them public. 2. If, after 30 June 2018, the average wholesale charge for one of the roaming services (voice, SMS or data) for unbalanced traffic between operators that do not belong to the same group falls to 75% or less of the maximum wholesale charges provided for in Articles 6(2), 8(1) and 11(1), the maximum wholesale charges for the roaming service concerned shall no longer apply. The Commission shall regularly verify, on the basis of the market data collected by BEREC, whether this condition is met and, if so, it shall publish without delay in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union the data proving that the maximum wholesale charges no longer apply for the service concerned. 3. If, following the implementation of the separate sale of roaming services referred to in Article 5 and before 1 July 2016, the average retail charge at the Union level falls to 75% or less of the maximum retail charges provided for in Articles 7(2), 9(2) and 12(2), the maximum retail charges for that roaming services shall no longer apply. The Commission shall regularly verify, on the basis of the market data collected by BEREC, whether this condition is met and, if so, it shall publish without delay in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union the data proving that the maximum retail charges no longer apply for the service concerned. 4. The relevant maximum charges shall cease to apply as from the first day of the month following the publication of the data proving that the conditions of paragraphs 2 or 3 respectively are satisfied.Article 13 deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
To alert a roaming customer to the fact that he will be subject to roaming charges when making or receiving a call or when sending an SMS message, each home provider shall, except when the customer is at least 18 years old and has notified his home provider that he does not require this service, provide the customer, automatically by means of a Message Service, without undue delay and free of charge, when he enters a Member Statecountry other than that of his home network, with basic personalised pricing information on the roaming charges (including VAT and in the currency of his home bill) that apply to the making and receiving of calls and to the sending of SMS messages by that customer in the visited Member Statecountry.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
This basic personalised pricing information shall include the maximumactual charges (including VAT and in the currency of his home bill) the customer may be subject to under his tariff scheme for:
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) sending regulated roaming SMS messages while in the visited Member Statecountry.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
On the occasion of each message, a customer who is at least 18 shall have the opportunity to give notice to home provider, free of charge and in an easy manner, that he does not require the automatic Message Service. A customer who has given notice that he does not require the automatic Message Service shall have the right at any time and free of charge to require the home provider to provide the service again.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Each home provider shall grant to all their customers the opportunity to opt deliberately and free of charge for a facility which provides information on the accumulated consumption in the currency in which the customer is billed for regulated voice and SMS roaming services in non Member States and which guarantees that, without the customer's explicit consent, the accumulated expenditure for roaming services over a specified period of use does not exceed a specified financial limit. To this end, the home provider shall make available one or more maximum financial limits for specified periods of use, provided that the customer is informed in advance of the corresponding limits. One of these limits (the default financial limit) shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 50 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT). In addition, the home provider may offer to its customers other limits with different, that is, higher or lower, maximum monthly financial limits. The default limit in the second and third subparagraphs shall be applicable to all customers who have not opted for another limit. For customers younger than 18 years the limit shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 20 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT). Each home provider shall also ensure that an appropriate notification is sent to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, for example by an SMS message, when the combined SMS and voice roaming services have reached 50% and 80% of the agreed financial limit. Customers who are at least 18 years old shall have the right to require their operators to stop sending such notifications and shall have the right at any time and free of charge to require the home provider to provide the service again. When this financial limit would otherwise be exceeded, a notification shall be sent to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device. This notification shall indicate the procedure to be followed if the customer wishes to continue provision of those services and the cost associated with each additional unit to be consumed. If the customer does not respond as prompted in the notification received, the home provider shall immediately cease to provide and to charge the roaming customer for SMS and voice roaming services, unless and until the roaming customer requests the continued or renewed provision of those services. Whenever a customer requests to opt for or to remove a 'financial limit' facility, the change must be made within one working day of receipt of the request, free of charge, and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to other elements of the subscription.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Home providers shall ensure that their roaming customers, both before and after the conclusion of a contract, are kept adequately informed of the charges which apply to their use of regulated data roaming services, both inside and outside the Union, in ways which facilitate 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. The safeguard mechanisms referred to in paragraph 3 shall not apply to pre-paid customers.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, hHome providers shall inform their customers, before the conclusion of a contract and on a regular basis thereafter, of the risk of automatic and uncontrolled data roaming connection and download. Furthermore, home providers shall explain to their customers, in a clear and easily understandable manner, how to switch off these automatic data roaming connections in order to avoid uncontrolled consumption of data roaming services. Any data roaming provider shall allow the roaming customer to request that the data roaming service be switching off.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
An automatic message from the home provider shall inform the roaming customer that he is roaming and provide basic personalised tariff information on the chargesactual charges (including VAT and in the currency of his home bill) applicable to the provision of regulated data roaming services to that roaming customer in the Member Statecountry concerned, except where the customer who is at least 18 years old has notified his home provider that he does not require this information. Since the bill is charged per Megabyte, the automatic message shall also give a clear example of what a Megabyte of data accounts for.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Such basic personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, for example by an SMS message, an e-mail or a pop-up window on the computer, every time the roaming customer enters a Member Statecountry other than that of his home network and initiates for the first time a regulated data roaming service in that particular Member Statecountry. It shall be provided free of charge at the moment the roaming customer initiates a regulated data roaming service, by an appropriate means adapted to facilitate its receipt and easy comprehension.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
To this end, the home provider shall make available one or more maximum financial limits for specified periods of use, provided that the customer who is at least 18 years old is informed in advance of the corresponding volume amounts. One of these limits (the default financial limit) shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 50 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT). For customers younger than 18 years the limit shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 20 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT).
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Alternatively, the home provider may establish limits expressed in volume, provided that the customer who is at least 18 years old is informed in advance of the corresponding financial amounts. One of these limits (the default volume limit) shall have a corresponding financial amount not exceeding EUR 50 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT). For customers younger than 18 years old the limit shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 20 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT).
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
Each home provider shall also ensure that an appropriate notification is sent to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, for example by an SMS message, an e-mail or a pop-up window on the computer, when the data roaming services have reached 50% and 80 % of the agreed financial or volume limit. Customers who are at least 18 years old shall have the right to require their operators to stop sending such notifications and shall have the right at any time and free of charge to require the home provider to provide the service again.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Price comparison Any price information about retail voice, SMS and data roaming services to customers shall include VAT. The Commission shall investigate transparency and comparability of different tariffs proposed by operators to their customers, and report back to the European Parliament and the Council on further measures necessary to ensure that consumers can easily compare these tariffs, and thus make it easier to take a decision to switch from one operator to another.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Those penalties shall include an obligation of providers to provide a compensation to subscribers when they delay or hinder a subscriber's switch to an alternative roaming provider. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission no later than 30 March 2012 and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this RegIn order to bring about the necessary changes for a single market in mobile phone communications, as provided in Article 4a, the Commission, after consultation and, after a public consultationwith BEREC and other relevant stakeholders, shall preportsent a new legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 30 June 2015. The Commission shall evaluate in particular whether the objectives of this Regulation have been achieved. In so doing, the Commission shall review, inter alia:by 1 January 2013, which shall also include a proposal to update the wholesale caps for the period between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2020 taking into account the developments in wholesale charges for the provision of voice, SMS and data communication services. That proposal shall also include a proposal to create European operators and licences covering the whole Union;
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– the developments in wholesale and retail charges for the provision to roaming customers of voice, SMS and data communication services, and the corresponding development in mobile communications services at domestic level in the Member States, both for pre-paid and post-paid customers separately, and in the quality and speed of these services;deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– the availability and quality of services including those which are an alternative to roaming (voice, SMS and data), in particular in the light of technological developments;deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– the extent to which consumers have benefited through real reductions in the price of roaming services or in other ways from reductions in the costs of the provision of roaming services and the variety of tariffs and products which are available to consumers with different calling patterns;deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– the degree of competition in both the retail and wholesale markets, in particular the competitive situation of smaller, independent or newly started operators, including the competition effects of commercial agreements and the degree of interconnection between operators;deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– the extent to which the structural solutions foreseen in Articles 3 and 4 have produced results in developing competition in the roaming market.deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. If the report shows that the structural measures provided for by the present Regulation are not sufficient to promote competition in the roaming market for the benefit of European consumers, the Commission shall make appropriate proposals to the European Parliament and the Council to address this situation. The Commission shall examine, in particular, whether it is necessary to modify the structural measures or to extend the duration of any of the maximum retail charges foreseen in Articles 7, 9 and 12.deleted
2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO