98/80/EC: Commission Decision of 7 January 1998 on amendment of Annex II to Council Directive 92/44/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, harmonisation of standards, peripheral, telecommunications

20. 1. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 14/27

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 January 1998

on amendment of Annex II to Council Directive 92/44/EEC

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/80/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June
1992 on the application of open network provision
(ONP) to leased lines (1), as last amended by Directive
97/51/EC of
the
Council (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

the European Parliament and of

Whereas Article 7(3) of Directive 92/44/EEC provides for
the modification of its Annex II in order to adapt it to
new technical developments and to changes in market
demand, taking into account the state of development of
national networks;

Whereas, following a standardisation mandate issued by
the Commission,
the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI) has adopted European Tele-
communications Standards (ETSs) for leased lines, devel-
oped on the basis of the relevant recommendations of the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU);

Whereas there is no requirement for telecommunications
organisations to withdraw any existing leased lines offer-
ings;

in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive
Whereas,
92/44/EEC,
the Commission has submitted the draft
Decision for an opinion of the ONP Committee, under
the procedure provided for in Article 10 of Council
Directive 90/387/EEC (3);

Whereas the amendment of Annex II to Directive 92/
44/EEC adopted in this Decision is in accordance with
the opinion of the ONP Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Directive 92/44/EEC is replaced by the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Member States shall
take the necessary measures to
comply with this Decision within two months of the date
of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Communities.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 165, 19. 6. 1992, p. 27.
(2) OJ L 295, 29. 10. 1997, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 192, 24. 7. 1990, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Definition of a minimum set of leased lines with harmonised technical characteristics,

in

accordance with Article 7

Leased line type

Interface presentation
specifications

Connection characteristics and
performance specifications

Technical characteristics

Ordinary quality voice bandwith
analogue

Special quality voice bandwith
analogue

64 kbit/s digital (7)

2048 kbit/s digital
unstructured (9)

2048 kbit/s digital
structured (10)

2 wire (1) - ETS 300 448 (3)
or
4 wire (2) - ETS 300 451 (4)

2 wire (1) - ETS 300 449 (5)
or
4 wire (2) - ETS 300 452 (6)

ETS 300 288
ETS 300 288/A1 (8)

ETS 300 418

2 wire - ETS 300 448 (3)
4 wire - ETS 300 451 (4)

2 wire - ETS 300 449 (5)
4 wire - ETS 300 452 (6)

ETS 300 289

ETS 300 247
ETS 300 247/A1

ETS 300 418 (11)

ETS 300 419 (12)

(1) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common

Technical Regulation 15 (CTR 15).

(2) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common

Technical Regulation 17 (CTR 17).

(3) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendation M.1040 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 448.
(4) Previoulsy provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendation M.1040 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 451.
(5) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendations M.1020/M.1025 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 449.
(6) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendations M.1020/M.1025 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 452.
(7) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common

Technical Regulation 14 (CTR 14).

(8) For an interim period extending beyond 31 December 1997, these leased lines may be provided using other interfaces,

based on X.21 or X.21 bis, instead of ETS 300 288.

(9) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common

Technical Regulation 12 (CTR 12).

(10) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common

Technical Regulation 13 (CTR 13).

(11) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendations G.703, G.704 (excluding section 5) and G.706 (cyclic

redundancy checking)

(1988 version) instead of ETS 300 418.

(12) Previously provided in accordance with relevant G.800 series CCITT Recommendations (1988 version) instead of ETS

300 419.

For the types of leased lines listed above, the specifications referred to also define the network termination
points (NTPs), in accordance with the definition given in Article 2 of Directive 90/387/EEC.'