CELEX: 51996PC0342
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-31
Title: Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a common framework for general authorizations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                               Brussels, 31.07.1996
                                               COM(96) 342 final
                                               95/0282 (COD)
                           Amended proposal for a
       EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
   on a common framework for general authorizations and individual licences
                   in the field of telecommunications services
        (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                               of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
     The Commission hereby presents a modified proposal for a European Parliament and Council
     Directive on a common framework for general authorizations and individual licences in the field of
     telecommunications services. The modified proposal incorporates those amendments proposed by
     the European Parliament at First Reading which were accepted by the Commission.
1.   Introduction
a)   Background
    The Commission adopted its proposal on 14.11.95, and it was formally transmitted to the European
    Parliament and the Council on 30.1.96*.
    The Economic and Social Committee gave a favourable Opinion on 24.4.962. The European
    Parliament adopted a favourable Resolution at its First Reading on 22.5.96, and proposed 37
    amendments to the Commission's proposal3.
b)  Purpose of the Directive
    By 1 January 1998 full competition is to be introduced in most Member States in the provision of
    telecommunications services and network infrastructures. The proposed directive will allow
   undertakings to benefit from a Union-wide market for telecommunications and as such is an
   important part of the new regulatory environment supporting telecommunications liberalization.
   While more competition is to be introduced in the telecommunications sector, authorizations
   regimes remain necessary in order to ensure that certain public interest objectives are attained,
   including the provision of universal service. At the same time, national regulatory frameworks must
   be competition-friendly, and priority must be given to light authorisations schemes. In that context,
   the proposed directive will lay down a common framework for national authorizations regimes and
   provide for mechanisms aimed at facilitating the provision of cross-border networks and services.
    1
         O.J. C 90, 27 0 3 . % , page 5
   2
         CHS/530 o f l 996
   3
         A4-142/96, PV 12905
 ---pagebreak--- 2. EP amendments accepted by the Commission
   Of the 37 amendments adopted by the European Parliament at first Reading, the Commission
   accepted 23 in full, 2 in part and 1 in principle, making a total of 26.
   Amendments accepted in full                      4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
                                                    18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
   Amendments accepted in part                      2, 20
   Amendment accepted in principle                  22
   The Commission accepted those amendments which :
                        increase the transparency of the proposed regulatory framework                 for
                        authorizations,
                        improve the clarity of the text, in particular with regard to its scope,
                        offer better guarantees to new entrants,
                        introduce flexibility in the procedures for the granting of authorizations and the
                        conditions attached to authorizations,
                        support the need to review in the future the balance between regulation at the
                        European level and at the national level, including the possibility of a European
                        Regulatory Authority for telecommunications after 1998
                        are consistent with other EU legislation.
3. Amendments not accepted by the Commission
   The Commission has not accepted 11 of the 37 amendments (and part of 2 other amendments)
   proposed by the European Parliament. The reasons are given below.
   National regulatory authorities
   (Amendments 1 and 8)
   The Commission shares the concerns of the European Parliament regarding the requirement for
   effective and independent national regulatory authorities, playing an active role in the development
   of competition and able to ensure appropriate implementation of EU legislation (and of this
   Directive) at national level. For this reason, the Commission has included a new provision on the
   independence of national regulatory authorities in the proposed Directive on the adaptation of the
   ONP Framework Directive to a competitive environment (COM (95) 543). It is therefore not
   necessary to duplicate that provision in this Directive.
 ---pagebreak--- Limitation of the facilitation of entry by new operators
(Amendment 3)
The Directive does not provide for specific interventions favouring new entrants but introduces
climate which is conducive to new entry in general.
It does not appear desirable to limit the benefit of this approach to certain categories of new
entrants ; this would introduce discrimination against certain categories of new entrants which
would be difficult to justify.
Incumbent operators are likely to remain dominant because availability of alternative networks is
far from being widespread and therefore the need for facilitation of new entry should not be
obviated.
Consistency with the proposed Directive on Interconnection
(amendments 2 [reference to number portability] and 10)
It is important to ensure consistency between the different texts which are currently elaborated and
discussed and which will form the regulatory package for the liberalisation of telecommunications
by 1998. Both amendments would be in contradiction with the proposed Directive on
Interconnection. The EP has expressed an opinion on this text during its February 1996 plenary
session. The Council has reached on it a Common Position during the Telecommunications Council
of March 1996.
As far as the reference to number portability in Amendment 2 is concerned, the European
Parliament, in its Opinion on the proposed directive on Interconnection, suggested amendments
aimed at improving the situation of consumers, and the Commission approved these amendments.
The date for number portability (1 January 2003) was supported in the European Parliament
Opinion on the proposed Directive on Interconnection. This is not the position taken through
Amendment 2 which mentions "the late moment for introduction of number portability" as one of
the major obstacles faced by new operators.
The European Parliament Opinion on the proposed Directive on Interconnection also supported the
definition of universal service, which would be changed by Amendment 10. In addition, the
substance of Amendment 10 proposed in the present report on that definition raises a problem,
because affordability cannot be defined at the present time at the same level for all Member States.
Fees not related to administrative costs
(Reference to Article 7.1 b) in Amendment 20)
Through the reference to Article 7. l b ) in this amendment Member States would be allowed to
impose fees not related to administrative costs as a counterpart for access to rights of ways.
The Commission is of the opinion that such rights of ways cannot be seen as a genuine scarce
resource, like for instance radiofrequencies can be. This reference to amendment 7.1.b) would allow
the levy, on new entrants in the local loop, of fees not related to administrative costs. It will
therefore discourage the construction of competitive infrastructure. The consultation on the Green
Paper on the liberalisation of infrastructure made it clear that there is much concern in industry
against such an approach.
Of course, the granting of rights of ways to network operators can be accompanied by Member
States of other stringent obligations, such as environmental or town and country planning
requirements, or proof of access to sufficient financial resources.
 ---pagebreak--- Anticipation of deadlines
(Amendments 25 and 29)
Both dates proposed by these amendments would result in excessively short deadlines.
As far as harmonisation is concerned (amendment 25), the review of its results needs to be done
after a sufficiently long period of time, following the liberalisation of the telecommunications
sector in 1998. Otherwise there is a risk that no valid conclusion be drawn from this review
process. It is also necessary to take into account the time needed for setting up the harmonised
general authorisations, along the procedure put forward in Article 14 of the proposed Directive.
Therefore the Commission considers that a three year period after the 1 January 1998 is
reasonable.
As far as the deadline for bringing into line existing licences is concerned (amendment 29), it does
not appear justified to advance it to 1 July 1998, instead of 1 January 1999. Member States will
need time to take the administrative steps necessary to adapt the existing authorisations to the
provisions of the proposed Directive.
Amendments linked to comitology
(Amendments 26 and 27)
Both amendments would differ from the Council decision on comitology of 13 July 1987 :
Amendment 26 on the limitation of the number of representatives in the European Union
Telecommunications Committee (EUTC) to only one per Member State and Amendment 27 on a
reference to publicity of meetings of the EUTC.
In addition, the publicity required by Amendment 27 would be difficult to implement, given the
confidential nature of data provided by undertakings. Rights of defense will be safeguarded anyway.
Research & training conditions in licences
(Amendment 35)
It is not justified, in a competitive environment, to impose on market players specific conditions in
these fields. Such conditions can result in the imposition of a significant financial burden on
networks and services providers. In addition, Member States should be responsible for research and
training policies. Finally, the amendment could also lead to the introduction of extraneous elements
in universal service, which would result in erecting new barriers to entry for services for which no
strong social and economical demand exists yet.
Individual licences for telephony services between the Community and third countries
(Amendment 36)
Individual licences for voice telephony services are normally justified because of public service
requirements (Article 7 (d)) and these should be indistinctly applicable intra and extra-EC services.
Individual licences for town and country planning or protection of environment reasons
(Amendment 39)
 ---pagebreak---    Town and country planning or the protection of environment are legitimate and important public
   interest objectives, which as such are recognised by the proposal. However, the possibility of
   allowing Member States to issue individual licences in order to deal with town and country planning
   or the protection of environment is not necessary. The proposal already provides for possibilities to
   cover such concerns, mainly through Annex I. Also, some conditions linked to town and country
   planning or to the protection of environment can be addressed by means of general authorisations.
4. Conclusion
   The Commission has accepted 26 of the 37 amendments proposed by the European Parliament
   either in whole, in part or in principle.
   In accordance with Article 189a paragraph 2 of the treaty, the Commission amends its initial
   proposal, incorporating these amendments.
 ---pagebreak---                  Amended Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive
           on a common framework for general authorizations and individual licences
                            in the field of telecommunications services
                   Original text                                        Amended text
                                               Recital 5
Whereas this Directive therefore will make a         Whereas this Directive therefore will make a
significant contribution to the entry of new         significant contribution to the entry of new
operators into the market, as part of the            operators into the market, as part of the
development of the Information Society ;             development of the Information Society, bearing
                                                     in mind that major obstacles still exist for new
                                                     operators in the sectors that have already been
                                                     open to competition, as well as in those member
                                                     countries where national schemes of liberalisation
                                                     of telecommunications have been implemented,
                                                     such as the differentiated tariff policy of the
                                                     incumbent operator, insufficient transparency and
                                                     high costs for interconnection, and the lack of an
                                                     asymmetrical treatment ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                Recital 12
 Whereas Member States should be allowed to            Whereas Member States should be
 impose specific conditions on undertakings            allowed to impose specific conditions on
 providing public telecommunications networks         undertakings          providing        public
 and telecommunications services because of their     telecommunications         networks      and
 market power; whereas the market power of an         telecommunications services because of
 undertaking depends on a number of factors           their market power» the market power of
 including its share of the relevant product market   an undertaking being defined by the
 or service market in the relevant geographical       provisions of European Parliament and
 market, its turnover relative to the size of the     Council Directive .... on interconnection to
 market, its ability to influence market conditions,  public telecommunications networks and
 its control of the means of access to end-users.     public telecommunications services in the
 its access to financial resources, and its           context of Open Network Provision
 experience in providing products and services in     (ONP) ;
 the market; whereas, for the purpose of this
Directive, an undertaking with a share of more
than 25% of a particular telecommunications
market in the geographical area in a Member
 State within which it is authorized to operate
would be presumed to enjoy significant market
power, unless its national regulatory authority
determined, in accordance with the Community
competition rules, that this was not the case;
whereas, for an undertaking falling below this
threshold market share, the national regulatory
authority may nevertheless, albeit only for the
purposes of applying the provisions of European
Parliament and Council Directive .... on
interconnection to public telecommunications
networks and public telecommunications services
in the context of Open Network Provision
(ONP). determine that the undertaking enjoyed
significant market power ;
                                               Recital 13
Whereas telecommunications services have a role       Whereas telecommunications services have a role
to play in strengthening social and economic          to play in strengthening social and economic
cohesion, inter alia by furthering the achievement    cohesion, inter alia by furthering the achievement
of universal service, in particular in remote,        of universal service, in particular in remote,
peripheral, landlocked and rural areas and            peripheral, landlocked and rural areas and
islands; whereas Member States should therefore       islands; whereas Member States should therefore
be allowed to impose universal service                be allowed to impose universal service
obligations by means of individual licence ;          obligations to provide the universal service by
                                                      means of individual licences ; whereas
                                                      obligations to contribute to the financing of
                                                      universal service are not a justification for
                                                      imposing individual licences ;
 ---pagebreak---                                               Recital 19
Whereas the functioning of this Directive should     Whereas the functioning of this Directive should
be reviewed in due course; in the light of the       be reviewed in due course; in the light of the
development of the telecommunications sector         development of the telecommunications sector
and of trans-European networks, as well as in the    and of trans-European networks, as well as in the
light    of    experience    gained    from     the  light    of experience      gained     from the
harmonization         and       one-stop-shopping    harmonization         and      one-stop-shopping
procedures set out in this Directive;                procedures set out in this Directive; whereas it
                                                     seems reasonable that, when this Directive is
                                                     reviewed, the possibility of the creation of a
                                                     European regulatory authority is considered ;
                                               Article 1
This Directive concerns the procedures               This Directive concerns the procedures
associated with the granting of authorizations       associated with the granting of authorizations
and the conditions          attached     to   such   and the conditions attached              to  such
authorizations, for the purpose of providing         authorizations, for the purpose of providing
telecommunications services.                         telecommunications services and for the
                                                     establishment     and/or    operation     of any
                                                     infrastructure     for    the     provision     of
                                                     telecommunications services.
                                          Article 2 par. 1 (e)
(e)      "Telecommunications services" means          (e)     "Telecommunications services" means
 services whose provision consists wholly or          services whose provision consists wholly or
 partly in the transmission and/or routing of         partly in the transmission and/or routing of
 signals on telecommunications networks.              signals on telecommunications networks. This
                                                      Directive does not apply to radio and television
                                                      broadcasting;
                                             Article 4 (2)
 Member States shall ensure that the conditions       Member States shall ensure that the conditions
 attached to general authorizations are published     attached to general authorizations are published
 in an appropriate manner so as to provide easy       in an appropriate manner so as to provide easy
 access to that information for interested parties.   access to that information for interested parties.
 Reference to the publication of this information     Reference to the publication of this information
 shall be made in the national official gazette of    shall be made in the national official gazette of
 the Member State concerned.                          the Member State concerned and in the Official
                                                      Journal of the European Communities.
 ---pagebreak---                                            Article 5 (4)
Member States shall ensure that information         Member States shall ensure that information
concerning the procedures relating to general       concerning the procedures relating to general
authorizations is published in an appropriate       authorizations is published in an appropriate
manner, so as to provide easy access to that        manner, so as to provide easy access to that
information. Reference to the publication of this   information. Reference to the publication of this
information shall be made in the national official  information shall be made in the national official
gazette of the Member State concerned.              gazette of the Member State concerned and in
                                                    the Official     Journal of the European
                                                    Communities.
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 ---pagebreak---                                               Article 7 (1)
Member States may, in addition to conditions          Member States may, in addition to conditions
attached to general authorizations for the            attached to general authorizations, require
telecommunications services, including those          individual licences imposing conditions as listed
services mentioned in Annex II. require               in Annex I, point 4, but only for the following
individual licences imposing conditions as listed     purposes :
in Annex I, point 4, but only for the following
purposes :
(a)    to allow the licensee access to specific       (a)    to allow the licensee access to specific
       radio frequencies or numbers;                         radio frequencies or numbers;
(b)    to give the licensee particular rights with (b)       to give the licensee particular rights with
       regard to access to public or private land;           regard to access to public or private land;
(c)    to grant the licensee rights to provide (c)           to grant the licensee rights to provide
       public telecommunications infrastructure              public telecommunications infrastructure
       between the Community and third                       between the Community and third
       countries;                                            countries;
(d)    to impose obligations on the licensee (d)             to impose obligations and requirements on
       relating to the mandatory provision of                the licensee relating to the mandatory
       public telecommunications services;                   provision of public telecommunications
                                                             services as defined in Annex I. points 4.5
                                                             and 4.8 ;
(e)    to impose specific obligations, in (e)                to impose specific obligations, in
       conformity with Community competition                 conformity with Community competition
       rules, where the licensee has significant             rules, where the licensee has significant
       market power in relation to the provision             market power as defined by the provisions
       of public telecommunications networks                 of European Parliament and Council
       and telecommunications services.                      Directive ... on interconnection to public
                                                             telecommunications networks and public
                                                             telecommunications services in the context
                                                             of Open Network Provision in relation to
                                                             the provision of public telecommunications
                                                              networks      and      telecommunications
                                                              services.
                                                    H
 ---pagebreak---                                              Article 7 (2)
Undertakings wishing to provide services which         National regulatory authorities must within two
are not yet covered by a general authorization         weeks grant a temporary individual licence to
and which cannot be provided without                   undertakings wishing to provide services which
authorization, or wishing to enjoy additional          are not yet covered by a general authorization
rights not granted by the applicable general           and which cannot be provided without
authorization, may apply for an individual             authorization, or wishing to enjoy additional
licence-                                               rights not granted by the applicable general
                                                       authorization, or prove that the service has to be
                                                       subject to an individual licence procedure for the
                                                       purposes of paragraph 1. Member States shall lay
                                                       down an appropriate procedure for appealing
                                                       against a negative decision to an institution
                                                       independent of the national regulatory authority.
                                             Article 7 (3)
In the situations addressed in paragraph 2             In the situations addressed in paragraph 2
Member States shall, as rapidly as possible, either    Member States shall, within one month, either
consent to the provision of the service concerned      consent to the provision of the service concerned
or the establishment and/or operation of               or the establishment and/or operation of
infrastructure concerned without authorization,        infrastructure concerned without authorization,
or grant the relevant general authorizations in        or grant the relevant general authorizations in
accordance with Section II.                            accordance with Section II.
                                     Article 9(3) second indent
- it shall set reasonable time limits; inter alia it   - it shall set reasonable time limits; inter alia it
shall communicate to the applicant a decision on       shall communicate to the applicant a decision on
the application as soon as possible but not later      the application as soon as possible but not later
than six weeks after it has received the               than six weeks after it has received the
application.                                           application. Extension is possible in situations
                                                       that are set out in advance, in particular to ensure
                                                       transparency and coordination with other
                                                       Member States.
                                            Article 10(1)
Member States may a priori limit the number of          Member States may a priori limit the number of
 individual licences for any category of               individual licences for any category of
telecommunications services, only to the extent        telecommunications        services,      and     for
 required to ensure the efficient use of radio         establishment        and/or       operation       of
 frequencies and in conformity with Community          telecommunications infrastructure, only to the
 competition rules.                                     extent required to ensure the efficient use of
                                                        radio frequencies and in conformity with
                                                        Community competition rules.
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 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 10 (2), introduction
Where a Member State intends to limit the Where a Member State is entitled by virtue of the
number of individual licences granted, it shall:      preceding paragraph to limit the number of
                                                      individual licences granted, it shall:
                                             Article 10 (4)
Where a Member State finds, either on its own         Member States shall periodically review whether
initiative or following a request by an               any opportunities exist to increase the availability
undertaking, either at the time of entry into force   of frequencies. Thev shall inform the
of this Directive or at a later time, that the        Commission every two years on the situation and
number of individual licences can be increased, it    any measures taken. Where a Member State
shall publish this fact and invite applications for   finds, that the number of individual licences can
additional licences.                                  be increased, it shall publish this fact and invite
                                                      applications for additional licences.
                                    Article 11, second paragraph
In addition, where resources are scarce, Member       In addition, where the resources mentioned in
States may allow their national regulatory            Article 7 ( 1 ) (a) are scarce, Member States may
authorities to impose, in a non-discriminatory        allow their national regulatory authorities to
manner, a fee for the granting of an individual       impose, in a non-discriminatory manner, a fee for
licence. This fee shall reflect the need for the      the granting of an individual licence. This fee
optimal use of this resource as well as for the       shall reflect- the need for the optimal use of this
introduction and the development of innovative        resource as well as for the introduction and the
services and competition.                             development of innovative services and
                                                      competition.
                                           Article 13, Title
Coordination of authorization procedures              Coordination of general authorization procedures
                                                      and individual licence procedures
                                                      (Article 13 to be moved and placed after Article
                                                       15)
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 ---pagebreak---                                            Article 13(1)
An undertaking intending to provide a                 Pending harmonization on the basis of Article 14.
telecommunications service or to establish a          the national regulatory authority concerned shall
telecommunications infrastructure in more than        allow derogations to their general authorizations
one Member State may request the national             at the request of an undertaking intending to
regulatory authorities concerned to coordinate        provide a telecommunications service or to
their authorizations procedures in order to issue     establish a telecommunications infrastructure in
the necessary authorizations on substantially the     more than one Member State in order to enable
same conditions.                                      the undertaking to operate in the Member States
                                                      concerned on substantially the same conditions.
                                                      The national regulatory authority concerned shall
                                                      issue the necessary individual licences oh
                                                      substantially the same conditions on the request
                                                      of an undertaking intending to provide a
                                                      telecommunications service or to establish a
                                                      telecommunications infrastructure in more than
                                                      one Member State.
                                          Article 14, Title
Harmonization                                         Harmonization of general authorizations and
                                                      procedures
                                   Article 14 (2), first paragraph
Wherever necessary, the conditions attached to        Wherever necessary, with a view to ensuring
general authorizations for the provision of the       light-handed regulation, the conditions attached
telecommunications services listed in Annex II,       to general authorizations for the provision of the
the procedures for the grant of general               telecommunications services listed in Annex II,
authorizations and individual licences, and the       the procedures for the grant of general
setting of fees shall be harmonized.                  authorizations and individual licences, and the
                                                       setting of fees shall be harmonized.
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 ---pagebreak---                                             Article 20 (3)
At the request of a Member State or on its own        At the request of a Member State or on its own
initiative the Commission shall examine any           initiative the Commission may examine at any
conditions, criteria and/or procedures set out in a   time any conditions, criteria and/or procedures
national authorization, in particular with regard     set out in a national authorization, in particular
to the justifiability of the measures and their       with regard to the justifiability of the measures
compliance with the principle of proportionality.     and their compliance with the principle of
The Commission shall, within one month of             proportionality. The Commission shall, within
receipt of a request and following the procedure      one month of receipt of a request and following
set out in Article 17, decide whether the             the procedure set out in Article 17, decide
Member State may continue to apply the                whether the Member State may continue to apply
measure. The Commission shall communicate its         the measure. The Commission shall communicate
decision to the Council and to the Member             its decision to the Council and to the Member
States.                                               States.
                                            Article 22 (2)
Before 1 January 2000 the Commission will             Before 1 January 2000 the Commission will
review whether an amendment of the provisions         review whether an amendment of the provisions
of this Directive is necessary, on the basis of a     of this Directive is necessary, on the basis of a
report to be supplied to the European Parliament      report to be supplied to the European Parliament
and Council. The report shall include an              and Council. The report shall include an
assessment, on the basis of the experience            assessment, on the basis of the experience
gained, of the need for further development of        gained, of the need for further development of
the      regulatory    structures   as     regards    the      regulatory   structures     as   regards
authorizations, in particular in relation to          authorizations, in particular in relation to
harmonization and to trans-European services          harmonization and to trans-European services
and networks.                                         and networks, the institutional arrangements, as
                                                      well as numbering plans and number portability.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                Article 24
_L Member States shall bring into force the laws,      Member States shall bring into force the laws,
regulations     and administrative       provisions    regulations    and administrative        provisions
necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July      necessary to comply with this Directive and
1997. They shall immediately inform the                publish the conditions and procedures attached
Commission thereof.                                    to authorizations by 1 July 1997. They shall
                                                       immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions,             When Member States adopt these provisions,
these shall contain a reference to this Directive or   these shall contain a reference to this Directive or
shall be accompanied by such reference at the          shall be accompanied by such reference at the
time of their official publication. The procedure      time of their official publication. The procedure
for such reference shall be adopted by Member          for such reference shall be adopted by Member
States.                                                States.
2 Member States shall notify to the Commission Deleted
a list of representatives to the European Union
Telecommunications Committee not later than
two months after publication of this Directive.
                                         Annex I (4.5a) (new)
                                                       (4.5a) Compliance with substantive obligations
                                                       concerning coverage of low population areas in
                                                       particular.
                                             Annex I (4.6.)
4.6.   Conditions applied to operators having a        4.6. Conditions applied to operators having a
       significant market position, as notified by     significant market position, as notified by
       Member States under the directive on            Member States under the directive on
       interconnection,     aiming at ensuring         interconnection,       aiming       at     ensuring
       interconnection or specific monitoring          interconnection or the control of significant
       requirements.                                   market power.
                                         Annex I (4.9a) (new)
                                                       (4.9a.) Specific conditions related to the supply
                                                       of leased lines in conformity with Directive
                                                       92/44EEC as modified by Directive 96/.. .EC
                                                       amending Council Directives 90/387/EEC and
                                                       92/44/EEC for the purpose of adaptation to a
                                                       competitive environment in telecommunications
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