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Article 2 of the Law of 15 March 2010 provides: ‘1. Article 30 of the Law of 13 June 2005 … is amended as follows: (1) Between paragraphs 1 and 2, the following paragraphs 1/1, 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 are inserted: “1/1. For the purpose referred to in paragraph 1, operators authorised to hold rights of use for radio frequencies in order to operate a network and to provide mobile electronic communications services to the public shall pay, at the beginning of the period of validity of the rights of use, a one-off fee. The one-off fee shall be determined when frequencies are assigned. The one-off fee shall be: (1) EUR 51 644 per MHz per month for frequency bands 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz. Acquisition of the rights of use for frequency bands 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz also implies acquisition of rights of use for frequency bands 1710-1785 and 1805-1880 MHz: the amount of radio spectrum allocated in bands 1710-1785 and 1805-1880 MHz shall be equal to twice the amount of radio spectrum allocated in bands 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz, rounded off to a multiple of 5 MHz higher. By way of derogation from the foregoing, until 26 November 2015, the one-off fee for the amount of radio spectrum allocated as at 1 January 2010 in bands 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz shall also apply to the maximum amount of radio spectrum which could be allocated on 1 January 2010 in bands 1710-1785 and 1805-1880 MHz; (2) EUR 20 833 per MHz per month for frequency bands 1920-1980 MHz and 2110-2170 MHz, except where the total quantity of spectrum held by the operator in those frequency bands does not exceed 2 x 5 MHz. In that case, the one-off fee is EUR 32 000 per MHz per month; (3) EUR 2 778 per MHz per month for frequency bands 2500-2690 MHz. Where frequencies are assigned by auction, the minimum amount of the one-off fee referred to in this paragraph shall constitute the candidates’ opening bid. 1/2. In respect of each period of renewal of an authorisation, operators shall pay a one-off fee. The amount of the one-off fee shall correspond to the one-off fee referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/1. In calculating the amount of the one-off fee, account shall be taken of the particular rights of use which the operator wishes to retain following renewal. If an operator wishes to assign spectrum, it must be in a continuous block. 1/3. The payment of the one-off fee shall be made, as the case may be, within 15 days following the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/1 and within 15 days following the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/2. By way of derogation from the preceding subparagraph, the operator shall be allowed to make the payment as follows: (a) the operator shall pay on a pro rata basis the number of months remaining until the following calendar year, as the case may be, within 15 days following the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/1 and within 15 days following the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/2; (b) moreover, the operator shall pay by 15 December at the latest all of the one-off fee for the coming year. If the authorisation expires during the coming year, the operator shall pay on a pro rata basis the number of months remaining until the expiration of the rights of use; (c) the legal interest rate, calculated in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Law of 5 May 1865 on interest-bearing loans, shall be applicable, as the case may be, from the 16th day following the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/1 or from the 16th day following the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/2; (d) simultaneously with the payment of the one-off fee, the operator shall pay the interest on the outstanding amount payable. The operator shall inform the [IBPT] of its choice within two working days following, as the case may be, the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/1 or the start of the validity period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1/2. In no case shall the one-off fee be reimbursed in whole or in part. 1/4. If an operator does not pay the one-off fee in whole or in part for the respective frequency bands as provided for in paragraph 1/1 (1), (2) or (3), it shall lose all rights of use for the respective frequency bands. 2. The words ‘except as provided for in paragraphs 1/1, 1/2, and 1/3’ shall be added to paragraph 2.”