17 Amendments of Krišjānis KARIŅŠ related to 2016/0288(COD)
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The requirements concerning the capabilities of electronic communications networks are constantly increasing. While in the past the focus was mainly on growing bandwidth available overall and to each individual user, other parameters like latency, availability and reliability are becoming increasingly important. The current response towards this demand is bringing optical fibre closer and closer to the user and future 'very high capacity networks' will require performance parameters which are equivalent to what a network based on optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location can deliver. This corresponds in the fixed-line connection case to network performance equivalent to what is achievable by an optical fibre installation up to a multi-dwelling buildingthe premises, considered as the serving location, and in the mobile connection case to network performance similar to what is achievable based on an optical fibre installation up to the base station, considered as the serving location. Variations in end-users' experience which are due to the different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point should not be taken into account for the purposes of establishing whether or not a wireless network could be considered as providing similar network performance. In accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, other technologies and transmission media should not be excluded, where they compare with this baseline scenario in terms of their capabilities. The roll-out of suchfixed 'very high capacity networks' will further increase the capabilities of networks and pave the way forin a fibre to the home configuration and their backhaul capabilities will be a prerequisite for the success of the roll-out of future mobile network generations (5G) based on enhanced air interfaces and a more densified network architecture.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or any network which is capable of delivering under usual peak- time conditions similarat least equally consistent and reliable network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error- related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similarshall be assessed on the basis of technical parameters, regardless of whether the end- user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing electronic communications networks and services associated facilities, or associated services provide all the information, including financial information, necessary for national regulatory authorities, other competent authorities and BEREC to ensure conformity with the provisions of, or decisions made in accordance with, this Directive. In particular, national regulatory authorities shall have the power to require those undertakings to submit information concerning future network or service developments that could have an impact on the wholesale services that they make available to competitors. They may also require information on electronic communications networks and associated facilities which is disaggregated at local level and sufficiently detailed for the national regulatory authority to be able to conduct the geographical survey and to designate digital exclusion areas in accordance with Article 22. In accordance with Article 29, national regulatory authorities may sanction undertakings deliberately providing misleading, erroneous or incomplete informationSuch information shall facilitate the forecasting of future investments in network deployment and development.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b – paragraph 2
This forecast shall reflect the economic prospects of the electronic communications networks sector and investment intentions of operators at the time when the data is gathered, in order to allow the identification of available connectivity in different areas. This forecast shall include information on planned deployments by any undertaking or public authority, in particular to include very high capacity networks and significant upgrades or extensions of legacy broadband networks to at least the performance of next- generation access networks. For this purpose, national regulatory authorities shall requesgather relevant uandertakings to provide relevant reasonably available information regarding planned deployments of such networks.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. National regulatory authorities may designate a "digital exclusion area" corresponding to an area with clear territorial boundaries where, on the basis of the information gathered pursuant to paragraph 1, it is determinedforeseen that for the duration of the relevant forecast period, no undertaking or public authority has deployed or is planning to deploy a very high capacity network or has significantly upgraded or extended its network to a pverformance of at least 100 Mbps download speedsy high capacity network, or is planning to do so. National regulatory authorities shall publish the designated digital exclusion areas.
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Within a designated digital exclusion area, national regulatory authorities may issue a call open to any undertaking to declare their intention to deploy very high capacity networks over the duration of the relevant forecast period. The national regulatory authority shall specify the information to be included in such submissions, in order to ensure at least a similar level of detail as that taken into consideration in the forecast envisaged in paragraph 1(b). It shall also inform any undertaking expressing its interest whether the designated digital exclusion area is covered or likely to be covered by an NGA network offering download speeds below 100 Mbpsa very high capacity network on the basis of the information gathered pursuant to paragraph 1(b).
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. When national regulatory authorities take measures pursuant to paragraph 3, they shall do so according to an efficient, objective, transparent and non- discriminatory procedure, whereby no undertaking is a priori excluded. Failure to provide information pursuant to paragraph 1(b) or to respond to the call for interest pursuant to paragraph 3 may be considered as misleading information pursuant to Articles 20 or 21.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 33 – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely whe where the reach, coverage and user uptake corresponds to that of number-based services and where strictly necessary in order to ensure access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivitymmunication between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services, obligations on providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable.
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
National regulatory authorities shallmay impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the first concentration or distribution point where that point is located outside the building, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non- discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors.
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 3
Article 59 – paragraph 3
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of transnational markets identified in accordance with paragraph 1, the national regulatory authorities concerned shall jointly conduct the market analysis taking the utmost account of the SMP Guidelines and, in a concerted fashion, shall decide on any imposition, maintenance, amendment or withdrawal of regulatory obligations referred to in Article 65(4). The national regulatory authorities concerned shall jointly notify to the Commission with their draft measures regarding the market analysis and any regulatory obligations pursuant to Articles 32 and 33.
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. A national regulatory authority may, in accordance with Article 66, impose obligations on operators to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, civil engineering including, without limitation, buildings or entries to buildings, building cables including wiring, antennae, towers and other supporting constructions, poles, masts, ducts, conduits, inspection chambers, manholes, and cabinets, if they are owned by the operator with significant market power, in situations where the market analysis indicates that denial of access or access given under unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level and would not be in the end-user's interest.
Amendment 994 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Article 73 – paragraph 4
4. In applying paragraph 2, the Commission shall ensure that the single voice call termination rate in mobile networks shall not exceed 1.230.94 €cent per minute and the single voice call termination rate in fixed networks shall not exceed 0.14 €cent per minute. The Commission shall take into account the weighted average of maximum termination rates in fixed and mobile networks established in accordance with the principles provided in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 applied across the Union when setting the single maximum termination rate for the first time.
Amendment 1079 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 95
Article 95