8 Amendments of Damien ABAD related to 2011/0187(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Consumers should have the right to opt for the separate sale of roaming services from their domestic mobile package in the Union. Basic principles should be laid down with regard to the provision of a separate sale of roaming services which should be introduced in a coordinated manner across the Union. Consumers should be able to choose a different provider for roaming services without changing their number, and in a manner which ensures interoperability of services, with roaming services being provided anywhere in the Union and with the same level of quality.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Since this Regulation provides that the Directives making up the 2002 regulatory framework for electronic communications are without prejudice to any specific measure adopted for the regulation of Union-wide roaming charges for mobile voice telephony calls, and since providers of Union-wide roaming services may be required by this Regulation to make changes to their retail roaming tariffs in order to comply with the requirements of this Regulation, such changes should not trigger for mobile customers any right under national laws transposing the 2002 regulatory framework for electronic communications to withdraw from their contracts. Similarly, the freedom to change roaming service providers is without prejudice to the rights and obligations applicable to national services pursuant to regulatory and contractual obligations
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘home provider’ means an undertakingoperator that provides a roaming customer with Union-wide roaming services either via its own network or as a mobile virtual network operator or reseller, or any other kind of roaming service providers;
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) ‘regulated data roaming service’ means a roaming service enabling the use of packet switched data communications by a roaming customer by means of his mobile telephone or other mobile device while it is connected to a visited network. A regulated data roaming service does not include the transmission or receipt of regulated roaming calls or SMS messages, but does include the transmission and receiptor machine to machine type services ofr MMS messages;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. When a customer is offered by his home provider roaming tariffs significantly close to the tariffs for domestic voice, SMS and data services he benefits from, the obligation for this operator to enable his customer to access voice, SMS and data roaming services of any alternative roaming operator who has been granted access in order to provide separate roaming services, as provided paragraphs (1) to (6) of this Article and Article 5, shall not apply. The 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 the definition of roaming tariffs significantly close to domestic tariffs.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
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 0,32 per minute for any call made or EUR 0,11 per minute for any call received as of 1 July 2012. The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0,28 and EUR 0,2418 on 1 July 2013 and on 1 July 2014 respectively, and for calls received to EUR 0,10 on 1 July 2013 and EUR 0,08 on 1 July 2014. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19 these regulated maximum retail charges for the Eurotariff shall remain valid until 30 June 20167.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
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 0,10shall decrease to EUR 0,09 on 1 July 2013 and 0,06 on 1 July 2014. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19, the regulated maximum retail charge for the Euro-SMS tariff shall remain at EUR 0,106 until 30 June 20167.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
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 0,90 per megabyte. The price ceiling for data used shall decrease to EUR 0,70 and EUR 0,530, per megabyte used on 1 July 2013 and on 1 July 2014 respectively. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19, the regulated maximum retail charge shall remain at EUR 0,530, per megabyte used until 30 June 20167.