Network access and special network access (Directive 97/33/EC, Directive 98/10/EC)

Producers and consumers ("load") may be charged for access to networks.

The access referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in a manner determined by the Member State in accordance with the relevant legal instruments.

Each Party shall ensure public access to information contained in its pollutant release and transfer register, without an interest having to be stated, and according to the provisions of this Protocol, primarily by ensuring that its register provides for direct electronic access through public telecommunications networks.

the Bank has been requested to grant credit to Druzba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji (DARS) d.d., a public joint-stock company fully owned by the Republic of Slovenia and incorporated under Slovene law (hereinafter called ` the Borrower` ) for the purpose of financing a project (hereinafter called ` the Project` ) comprising the construction of a 19.7 km long toll motorway section between Kozina and Srmin (giving access to the Adriatic port of Koper), a section being included in the priority corridors of the Trans-European Road Networks for Central and Eastern Europe, as more particularly described in the Technical Description set out in Schedule A of The Finance Contract defined below.

the Bank has been requested to grant credit to Druzba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji (DARS) d.d., a public joint-stock company fully owned by the Republic of Slovenia and incorporated under Slovene law (hereinafter called ` the borrower` ) for the purpose of financing a project (hereinafter called ` the Project` ) comprising the construction of a 19.7 km long toll motorway section between Kozina and Srmin (giving access to the Adriatic port of Koper), a section being included in the priority corridors of the Trans-European Road Networks for Central and Eastern Europe, as more particularly described in the Technical Description set out in Schedule A of the Finance Contract defined below.

Services may be provided by the parties involved or other parties who have access to the network.

payment of the common user charge shall give access to the network as defined by the participating Member States in accordance with Article 7(2);

Moreover, they may limit the access of users to the network, and thus restrict third undertakings' competition as to non-reserved services.

there is an appreciable risk that the participant TO, i.e. the dominant network provider, will give more favourable network access to its cooperation partners than to other service providers in competition with the partners,

a "network termination point" means all physical connections and their technical access specifications which form part of the public telecommunications network and are necessary for access to, and efficient communication through, that public network;

whereas therefore the Commission and its agents must have access to these data bases by computer transmission to carry out verification of the data;

This would be the case for example if network operators were to restrict unreasonably end-user choice for access to Internet portals and services.

'... the non-economic reasons in the general interest which may cause a Member State to restrict access to the public telecommunications network or public telecommunications services.`

Non-public networks do not have obligations under this Directive except where, in benefiting from access to public networks, they may be subject to conditions laid down by Member States.

Network operators who control access to their own customers do so on the basis of unique numbers or addresses from a published numbering or addressing range.

COMMISSION DECISION of 7 July 1999 on a common technical regulation for digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) equipment accessing the integrated services digital network (ISDN) (Version 2)

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 April 1999 on a common technical regulation for digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) equipment accessing the integrated services digital network (ISDN) (notified under document number C(1999) 999)

The general authorisation entitles undertakings providing electronic communications networks and services to the public to negotiate interconnection under the conditions of Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communication networks and associated facilities (Access Directive).

Where obligations are imposed on operators that require them to meet reasonable requests for access to and use of networks elements and associated facilities, such requests should only be refused on the basis of objective criteria such as technical feasibility or the need to maintain network integrity.

retail tariffs for the provision of access to and use of the public telephone network, imposed under Article 17 of Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment(14);

The outcome of the public consultation on the 1999 review of the regulatory framework for electronic communications, as reflected in the Commission communication of 26 April 2000, and the findings reported by the Commission in its communications on the fifth and sixth reports on the implementation of the telecommunications regulatory package, has confirmed the need for a more harmonised and less onerous market access regulation for electronic communications networks and services throughout the Community.

Where the Member State concerned can prove that the abolition of an authorisation condition regarding access to electronic communications networks, which was in force before the date of entry into force of this Directive, creates excessive difficulties for undertakings that have benefited from mandated access to another network, and where it is not possible for these undertakings to negotiate new agreements on reasonable commercial terms before the date of application referred to in Article 18(1), second subparagraph, Member States may request a temporary prolongation of the relevant condition(s).

At the request of an undertaking, national regulatory authorities shall, within one week, issue standardised declarations, confirming, where applicable, that the undertaking has submitted a notification under Article 3(2) and detailing under what circumstances any undertaking providing electronic communications networks or services under the general authorisation has the right to apply for rights to install facilities, negotiate interconnection, and/or obtain access or interconnection in order to facilitate the exercise of those rights for instance at other levels of government or in relation to other undertakings.

In particular where undertakings are deprived of access to viable alternatives because of the need to protect the environment, public health, public security or to meet town and country planning objectives, Member States may impose the sharing of facilities or property (including physical co-location) on an undertaking operating an electronic communications network or take measures to facilitate the coordination of public works only after an appropriate period of public consultation during which all interested parties must be given an opportunity to express their views.

That regulatory framework consists of this Directive and four specific Directives: Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive)(5), Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive)(6), 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)(7), Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector(8), (hereinafter referred to as "the Specific Directives").

When setting the charges for network access the following shall be taken into account:

"Network access controller" (4) means a physical interface to a distributed switching network.

2. Producers and consumers (`load') may be charged for access to networks.

access to telecommunication network;

1. Charges applied by network-operators for access to networks shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and applied in a non-discriminatory manner.

(12) A proper system of long term locational signals would be necessary, based on the principle that the level of the network access charges should reflect the balance between generation and consumption of the region concerned, on the basis of a differentiation of the network access charges on producers and/or consumers.

(vii) Non - discriminatory access to the postal network

In the event of DCE disconnection due to a network failure and a second access to the network is available, call re-establishment should be made via this second access.

4A003.g. does not control internal interconnection equipment (e.g. backplanes, buses), passive interconnection equipment, "network access controllers" or "communications channel controllers".

(11) The actual amount payable for cross-border access to the system can vary considerably, depending on the transmission system operators involved and as a result of differences in the structure of the tarification systems applied in Member States.

In accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 97/33/EC and Article 16 of Directive 98/10/EC, notified operators shall deal with reasonable requests for network access from new entrants, in particular for shared access fn to the copper line, and should seek to agree commercial and technical conditions.

- the routing and handling of those items from the postal network access point to the distribution centre,

The Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment fn, and in particular Article 16, establish conditions on special network access in order to stimulate the development of new types of telecommunication services.

All end-users should continue to enjoy access to operator assistance services whatever organisation provides access to the public telephone network.

"network termination point" (NTP) means the physical point at which a subscriber is provided with access to a public communications network;

The surveillance document may be issued by electronic means as long as the customs offices involved have access to the document via a computer network.

For as long as the level of competition in the local access network is insufficient to prevent excessive pricing of unbundled access to local loops, it is recommended that prices for unbundled access to local loops follow the principle of cost orientation.

The importance of access to and use of the public telephone network at a fixed location is such that it should be available to anyone reasonably requesting it.

Member States should monitor the access conditions to the network with a view to ensuring that there is no discrimination either in the conditions of use or in the charges payable.

a network termination point, which is a physical connection point at which a user is provided with access to public telecommunications network, and/or

ITU-T Recommendation X.32 (1993) (Rev. 1), Interface between DTE and DCE for terminals operating in the packet mode and accessing a packet switched public data through a public switched telephone network or an integrated services digital network or a circuit switched public data network.

To ensure transparency and non-discriminatory access to rail infrastructure for all railway undertakings all the necessary information required to use access rights are to be published in a network statement.