2003/548/EC: Commission Decision of 24 July 2003 on the minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteristics and associated standards referred to in Article 18 of the Universal Service Directive
Date: 2003-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ETSI, European standard, electronic mail, harmonisation of standards, technical specification, transmission network, universal service

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 July 2003

on the minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteristics and associated standards
referred to in Article 18 of the Universal Service Directive

(2003/548/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service
and users'
communications
networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (1) and in
particular Article 18(3) thereof,

relating to electronic

rights

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 18(3) of the Universal Service Directive provides
for the publication of the minimum set of leased lines
with harmonised characteristics and associated standards
to be published in the Official Journal of the European
Union as part of the list of standards referred to in
Article 17 of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a
common regulatory framework for electronic communi-
cations networks and services (Framework Directive) (2).

The minimum set of leased lines was defined in Annex II
to Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the
application of open network provision (ONP) to leased
lines (3), as last amended by Commission Decision 98/
80/EC (4). That Directive was repealed with effect from
25 July 2003 by the Framework Directive.

This Decision provides continuity of the legal basis for
the minimum set of leased lines, for the purpose of
implementation of the relevant provisions in the Frame-
work Directive and the Universal Service Directive. The
minimum set of leased lines in this Decision is the same
as that in Directive 92/44/EEC, except that the references
to European Telecommunications Standards (ETSs) have
been replaced by references to European Standards (EN),
European Telecommunications
as

agreed

the

by

(4)

Standards Institute in 2001. However, leased lines that
comply with the previous ETS standards should continue
to be deemed in accordance with the requirements for
the minimum set of leased lines.

This Decision identifies the minimum set of leased lines
with harmonised characteristics and associated standards
and forms an integral part of
the list of standards
published in accordance with Article 17 of the Frame-
work Directive 2002/21/EC. The current version of the
list of standards, only containing voluntary provisions,
was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
in December 2002 (5). For reasons of differences in
procedure and in legal effect, it is appropriate to distin-
guish the chapters of the list of standards that include
mandatory provisions in this Decision from those chap-
ters that only include voluntary provisions.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
the Communications
dance with the opinion of
Committee,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteris-
tics and associated standards are set out in the Annex.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51.
(2) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33.
(3) OJ L 165, 19.6.1992, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 14, 20.1.1998, p. 27.

(5) OJ C 331, 31.12.2002, p. 32.

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LIST OF STANDARDS AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS,
SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES

ANNEX

Mandatory part

Identification of the minimum set of leased lines

1. Purpose

This publication identifies the minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteristics and associated standards
referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive).

This list forms part of the list of standards referred to in Article 17 of Directive 2002/21/EC (the Framework Direc-
tive).

This publication is in addition to the list of standards and/or specifications for electronic communications networks,
services and associated facilities and services published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in December
2002 (1).

2. Technical Standards

The standards mentioned in this publication are ETSI deliverables under the current ETSI nomenclature. According to
the ‘ETSI Directives’ (2), these deliverables are defined as follows:

European Standard (telecommunications series), EN: An ETSI deliverable containing normative provisions, approved
for publication in a process involving the National Standards Organisations and/or ETSI National Delegations with
implications concerning standstill and national transposition.

Harmonised Standard: An EN (telecommunications series) the drafting of which has been entrusted to ETSI by a
mandate from the European Commission pursuant to Directive 98/48/EC (latest amendment to Council Directive 83/
189/EEC) and has been drafted taking into account the applicable essential requirements of the ‘New Approach’
Directive and whose reference has subsequently been announced in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

The version of the standards referred to in this list is the version valid at the time that the list is published.

3. Addresses where documents referenced can be obtained

ETSI Publications Office (3)

Postal address:

F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex France

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

(0033) 4 9294 4241
(0033) 4 9294 4258

(0033) 4 9395 8133

publications@etsi.fr

Web site:

http://www.etsi.fr

4. References to EU legislation

The list refers to the following legislative documents which may be found at http://europa.eu.int/information_society/
topics/telecoms/regulatory/index_en.htm

— Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory
framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p.
33).

— Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on Universal service and
users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108,
24.4.2002, p. 51).

(1) OJ C 331, 31.12.2002, p. 32.
(2) Available at http://portal.etsi.org/directives/.
(3) ETSI documents can be downloaded from the ETSI Publications Download Area (http://pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp).

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ANALOGUE LEASED LINES

Leased line type

Reference

Notes

Ordinary quality voice bandwidth (a)

— 2 wire: ETSI EN 300 448

or

— 4 wire: ETSI EN 300 451

Special quality voice bandwidth (b)

— 2 wire: ETSI EN 300 449

or

— 4 wire: ETSI EN 300 452

characteristics
Connection
network interface presentation

Connection
characteristics
network interface presentation

and

and

(a) Leased lines meeting the requirements of ETS 300 448 (2 wire) or ETS 300 451 (4 wire) are deemed to comply with the requirements

for this type of leased line.

(b) Leased lines meeting the requirements of ETS 300 449 (2 wire) or ETS 300 452 (4 wire) are deemed to comply with the requirements

for this type of leased line.

DIGITAL LEASED LINES

Leased line type

Reference

Notes

64 kbit/s (c)

2 048 kbit/s — E1 (unstructured) (d)

2 048 kbit/s — E1 (structured) (e)

— ETSI EN 300 288
— ETSI EN 300 289

— ETSI EN 300 418
— ETSI EN 300 247

— ETSI EN 300 418
— ETSI EN 300 419

Network interface presentation
Connection characteristics

Network interface presentation
Connection characteristics

Network interface presentation
Connection characteristics

(c) Leased lines meeting the requirements of ETS 300 288, ETS 300 288/A1 and ETS 300 289 are deemed to comply with the require-

ments for this type of leased line.

(d) Leased lines meeting the requirements of ETS 300 418, ETS 300 247 and ETS 300 247/A1 are deemed to comply with the require-

ments for this type of leased line.

(e) Leased lines meeting the requirements of ETS 300 418 and ETS 300 419 are deemed to comply with the requirements for this type

of leased line.