RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
13February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0586)
Original: English Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM ROMANIA
Revised Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest ofRomania tomembers oftheGroup
onBasic Telecommunications.
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Romania hereby submits theattached revised draftoffer onbasic telecommunications. This
offerisconditional andRomania reserves therighttomodify, reduce orwithdraw thisoffer, inwhole
orinpart,atanytimeprior totheconclusion ofthenegotiations onBasic Telecommunications.
Thisofferhastaken intoaccount theChairman ‘snotes of16January 1997(S/GBT/W/2/rev.1)
onScheduling Basic Telecom Services Commitments and3February 1997 (S/GBT/W/3) onMarket
Access Limitations onSpectrum Availability.
Romania reserves therighttoreinstate thelimitation onspectrum availability depending on
whether thereisaconsensus onthestatus oftheChairman ‘snoteonthisissue, andwhether other offers
alsoexclude thislimitation.
Romania further reserves therighttomake technical changes totheofferandtocorrect any
errors, omissions andinaccuracies.S/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
Page2ROMANIA -REVISED DRAFT OFFER ONBASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
2.C. Telecommunication
services
(Excluding broadcast
distribution tothegeneral
public ofradio or
television programming)
Allsubsectors Licenses andpermissions aregranted onlyto
entities withRomanian juridical personality
established according totheRomanian
legislation.
Only Romanian Signatories have theright to
links withInternational Satellite
Organizations.Asattached.
Network operations and
services supply require
licences orpermissions issued
bytheregulatory authority.
Licensing conditions, forall
subsectors, mayprovide the
application oftheuniversal
service principles asdefined
bytheregulatory authority.
(a) Voice telephone services
Local/Long-distance/
International
-forpublic use
-facilities-based
-resale based
-wirebased
-fixed radio based(1) Bypass ofRomtelecom network isnot
allowed until 31.12.2002. None asof
01.01.2003.
(2) None
(3) Reserved toRomtelecom forexclusive
supply until 31.12.2002. None asof
01.01.2003.
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.S/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
Page3Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
(a) Voice telephone services
-fornon-public use(1) None
(2) None
(3) None except connection tothepublic
telephone network isnotallowed until
31.12.2002.
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.
(b) Packed-switched data
transmission services
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services
d) Telex services
e) Telegraph services(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.
(1) Bypass ofRomtelecom network isnot
allowed until 31.12.2002. None asof
01.01.2003.
(2) None
(3) Reserved toRomtelecom forexclusive
supply until 31.12.2002. None asof
01.01.2003.
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.
(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.S/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
Page4Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
f) Facsimile services
(g) Leased circuit services(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.
(1) None asof01.01.2003
(2) None
(3) None asof01.01.2003
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.
(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.
o) Other services
- Analog cellular mobile
telephony
(450 MHz/NMT)(1) None except bypass ofRomtelecom
international public telephone network
isnotallowed until 31.12.2002.
(2) None
(3) None except:
-exclusive supply reserved to
Telefonica Romania until
01.04.2002, and
-wirebased infrastructure reserved
toRomtelecom forexclusive
supply until 31.12.2002
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal sectionS/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
Page5Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
- Digital cellular mobile
telephony
(900 MHz/GSM)(1) None except bypass ofRomtelecom
international public telephone network
isnotallowed until 31.12.2002.
(2) None
(3) None except wirebased infrastructure
reserved toRomtelecom forexclusive
supply until 31.12.2002
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section
- Paging services (1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section
- VSAT services for
non-public use(1) None
(2) None
(3) None except connection tothepublic
network isnotallowed until 31.12.2002
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal section(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated inthe
horizontal sectionS/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
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Annex
Romania: Additional Commitments onBasic Telecommunications
Scope
Thefollowingaredefinitionsandprinciplesontheregulatoryframeworkforthebasictelecommunications
services.
Definitions
Users mean service consumers andservice suppliers.
Essential facilities mean facilities ofapublic telecommunications transport network orservice that
(a) areexclusively orpredominantly provided byasingle orlimited number ofsuppliers; and;
(b) cannot feasibly beeconomically ortechnically substituted inorder toprovide aservice.
Amajor supplier isasupplier which hastheability tomaterially affect theterms ofparticipation
(having regard toprice andsupply) intherelevant market forbasic telecommunications services
asaresult of:
(a) control overessential facilities; or
(a) useofitsposition inthemarket.
1. Competitive safeguards
1.1 Prevention ofanti-competitive practices intelecommunications
Appropriate measures shallbemaintained forthepurpose ofpreventing suppliers who, alone or
together, areamajor supplier from engaging inorcontinuing anti-competitive practices.
1.2 Safeguards
Theanti-competitive practices referred toabove shallinclude inparticular:
(a) engaging inanti-competitive cross-subsidization;
(b) using information obtained from competitors withanti-competitive results; and
(c) notmaking available toother services suppliers onatimely basistechnical information about
essential facilities andcommercially relevant information which arenecessary forthem to
provide services.
2. Interconnection
2.1 Thissection applies tolinking withsuppliers providing public telecommunications transport
networks orservices inorder toallow theusers ofonesupplier tocommunicate withusers ofanother
supplierandtoaccessservicesprovidedbyanothersupplier,wherespecificcommitmentsareundertaken.S/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
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2.2 Interconnection tobeensured
Interconnection withamajor supplier willbeensured atanytechnically feasible point inthenetwork.
Such interconnection isprovided:
(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standard andspecifications)
andratesandofaquality nolessfavourable thanthatprovided foritsown likeservices
orforlikeservices ofnon-affiliated service suppliers orforitssubsidiaries orotheraffiliates;
(b) inatimely fashion, onterms, conditions (including technical standards andspecifications)
andcost-oriented ratesthataretransparent, reasonable, having regard toeconomic feasibility,
andsufficiently unbundled sothatthesupplier neednotpayfornetwork components or
facilities thatitdoesnotrequire fortheservice tobeprovided; and
(c) upon request, atpoints inaddition tothenetwork termination points offered tothe
majority ofusers, subject tocharges thatreflect thecostofconstruction ofnecessary
additional facilities.
2.3 Public availability oftheprocedures forinterconnection negotiations
Theprocedures applicable forinterconnection toamajor supplier willbemade publicly available.
2.4 Transparency ofinterconnection arrangements
Itisensured that amajor supplier willmake publicly available either itsinterconnection
agreements orareference interconnection offer.
2.5 Interconnection: dispute settlement
Aservice supplier requesting interconnection withamajor supplier willhaverecourse, either:
(a) atanytime; or
(b) afterareasonable period oftimewhich hasbeen made publicly known toanindependent
domestic body, which maybearegulatory bodyasreferred toinparagraph 5below, toresolve
disputes regarding terms, conditions andratesforinterconnection within areasonable period
oftime, totheextent thatthese havenotbeenestablished previously.
3. Universal service
AnyMember hastherighttodefine thekindofuniversal service obligation itwishes tomaintain.Such
obligations willnotberegarded asanti-competitive perse,provided theyareadministered ina
transparent, non-discriminatory andcompetitively neutral manner andarenotmore burdensome than
necessary forthekindofuniversal service defined bytheMember.
4. Public availability oflicensing criteria
Where alicence isrequired, thefollowing willbemade publicly available:
(a) allthelicensingcriteriaandtheperiodoftimenormallyrequiredtoreachadecisionconcerning
anapplication foralicence and
(b) theterms andconditions ofindividual licences.
Thereasons forthedenial ofalicence willbemade known totheapplicant upon request.S/GBT/W/1/Add.14/Rev.1
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5. Independent regulators
Theregulatory bodyisseparate from, andnotaccountable to,anysupplier ofbasictelecommunications
services. Thedecisions ofandtheprocedures usedbyregulators shallbeimpartial withrespect toall
market participants.
6. Allocation anduseofscarce resources
Anyprocedures fortheallocation anduseofscarce resources, including frequencies, numbers and
rights ofway,willbecarried outinanobjective, timely, transparent andnon-discriminatory manner.
Thecurrent stateofallocated frequency bands willbemade publicly available, butdetailed identification
offrequencies allocated forspecific government usesisnotrequired.