Each Party shall ensure that environmental information progressively becomes available in electronic databases which are easily accessible to the public through public telecommunications networks.

"public telecommunications network" means the public telecommunications infrastructure which enables signals to be conveyed between defined network termination points by wire, by microwave, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;

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.

5. An auxiliary infrastructural works is envisaged on land that is defined by regulations on public infraworks or on public road, railway, air, shipping, and cable car transport and telecommunications traffic as a transport body, that is a constituent part of a public highway or railway, an organised ski area, an airport, a port or the energy and telecommunications networks or that is intended solely for an individual building.

Symbol of suitability for connection to the public telecommunications network

This Decision shall apply to terminal equipment intended to be connected to a public telecommunications network and falling within the scope of the harmonised standard identified in Article 2(1).

The procuring entity is defined in Article 3 §2 and §3 of Act No. 263/1999 Z. z. on Public Procurement, as amended, as a legal entity which deals in telecommunications by providing public telecommunication services, procures and administers the telecommunication equipment of the public telecommunications network (Act No. 195/2000 Z. z. as amended ).".

The procuring entity is defined in Article 3 §2 and §3 of Act No. 263/1999 Z. z. on Public Procurement, as amended, as a legal entity which deals in telecommunications by providing public telecommunication services, procures and administers the telecommunication equipment of the public telecommunications network (Act No. 195/2000 Z. z. as amended ).".

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;

Since the various national public networks compete for the installation of the telecommunication hubs of large users, market definition may accordingly vary.

This Directive shall not apply to public contracts for the principal purpose of permitting the contracting authorities to provide or exploit public telecommunications networks or to provide to the public one or more telecommunications services.

to provide information and/or distribution facilities accessible through a public telecommunications network, clearly and continuously identifying the information provider or providers as such.

'... 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.`

The convergence of the telecommunications, media and information technology sectors means all transmission networks and services should be covered by a single regulatory framework.

This recommendation recommended, inter alia, the imposition of a 30 % surcharge or an access charge where third-party traffic was carried on an international telecommunications leased circuit, or if such a circuit was interconnected to the public telecommunications network.

The information in question can only be disclosed with the agreement of the users concerned and in accordance with relevant data protection legislation (see the proposal for a Council Directive concerning the protection of personal data and privacy in the context of public digital telecommunications networks, in particular the integrated services digital network (ISDN) and public digital mobile networks) (28).

Given the competition context in the telecommunications sector, the telecommunications operators should be allowed, and encouraged, to establish the necessary cooperation mechanisms, in order to create - or ensure - Community-wide full interconnectivity between public networks, and where required between services to enable European users to benefit from a wider range of better and cheaper telecommunications services.

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.

equipment capable of being connected to a public telecommunications network even if it is not its intended purpose, including information technology equipment having a communication port;

In the context of this Agreement, the expression "Public telecommunications network" is to be interpreted for the purpose of Swiss law as "installations provided by a telecommunications services provider".

(c) 'public telecommunications services' shall mean services the provision of which consists wholly or partly in the transmission and routing of signals on the public telecommunications network by means of telecommunications processes, with the exception of radio broadcasting and television;

(b) ' public telecommunications network' shall mean the telecommunications infrastructure available to the public which enables signals to be conveyed between defined network termination points by wire, microwave, optical means or other electromagnetic means;

equipment intended for connection to the public telecommunications network in order to send, process or receive information, whether the equipment is to be connected directly to the 'termination' of the network or to interwork with such a network, being connected directly or indirectly to the termination point.

Analogue connections to the public switched telecommunications networks

'The marking of terminal equipment complying with this Directive shall consist of the CE marking consisting of the initials CE, followed by the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control stage and a symbol indicating that the equipment is intended and is suitable to be connected to the public telecommunications network.

The two Parties shall mutually recognise the administrative Decision (Art. 11(6), Directive 98/13/EC + Art. 31 of the Federal Law of 30 April 1997 on telecommunications (LTC; RO 1977 2187) and Article 8/6 of the Federal Council Order of 6.10.97 on telecommunications installations (ITU; RO 1997 2853) approving connection of the terminal equipment concerned to the public telecommunications network.( fn ).

non-harmonised analogue connection to the public switched telecommunications network

Essential facilities mean facilities of a public telecommunications transport network and service that

common technical specifications for terminal equipment connected to the public telecommunications networks, which are covered by Directive 86/361/EEC

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

It is expected that ATC applications such as OLDI shall make use of interconnected X.25 networks and/or public or private telecommunication services.

'network termination point' shall mean all physical connections and their technical access specification which form part of the public telecommunications network and are necessary for access to, and efficient communication through, that public network;

'public telecommunications network' shall mean the public telecommunications infrastructure which enables signals to be conveyed between defined network termination points by wire, by microwave, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;

In each relevant national market the telecommunications organizations hold a dominant position for the provision of transmission capacity for telecommunications services because they are the only ones with a public telecommunications network covering the whole territory of those States.

To increase service reliability, leased line, PSTN, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) cables must follow physically different paths and linked to different telecommunication operator switches (this must be specified to the telecommunication operator).

Notwithstanding the abolition of the current restrictions on the use of cable TV networks, where the provision of services is concerned, the same licensing or declaration procedures could be laid down as for the provision of the same services on the public telecommunications networks.

'Telecommunications services' shall mean services the provision of which consists wholly or partly in the transmission and routing of signals on the public telecommunications network by means of telecommunications processes, with the exception of radio-broadcasting and television;

This section applies to linking with suppliers providing public telecommunications transport networks or services in order to allow the users of one supplier to communicate with users of another supplier and to access services provided by another supplier.

I.e. the public telephone network supports the use of DTMF tones as defined in ETSI ETR 207 for end-to-end signalling throughout the network both within a Member State and between Member States.

Exclusive rights to provide public voice telephony were granted to most of the telecommunications organizations of the Community, to guarantee them the financial resources necessary for the provision and exploitation of a universal network, that is to say, one having general geographical coverage and provided to any service provider or user upon request within a reasonable period of time.

Such regulatory restrictions cannot be justified for public policy reasons or in terms of essential requirements, since the latter, and in particular the essential requirement of interworking networks wherever cable TV networks and telecommunications networks are interconnected, can be guaranteed by less restrictive measures, such as objective, non-discriminatory and transparent declaration or licensing conditions.

ensure that interconnection of cable TV networks with the public telecommunications network is authorized for such purpose, in particular interconnection with leased lines, and that the restrictions on the direct interconnection of cable TV networks by cable TV operators are abolished.`

Number portability is a key facilitator of consumer choice and effective competition in a competitive telecommunications environment such that end-users who so request should be able to retain their number(s) on the public telephone network independently of the organisation providing service.

In order to ensure connection of calls to the ETNS, undertakings operating public telephone networks should ensure that calls using "3883" are directly or indirectly interconnected to ETNS serving networks specified in the relevant European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standards.

When abolishing restrictions on the use of cable TV networks, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure accounting transparency and to prevent discriminatory behaviour, where an operator having an exclusive right to provide public telecommunications network infrastructure also provides cable TV network infrastructure;

Commission Decision of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for the general attachment requirements for mobile stations intended to be used with Phase II public digital cellular telecommunications networks operating in the GSM 1800 band (Edition 2) (notified under document number C(1998) 2721) (98/575/EC) (OJ L 278,15.10.1998, p. 35)

The current restrictions imposed by Member States on the use of cable TV networks for the provision of services other than the distribution of TV broadcasts aim to prevent the provision of public voice telephony by means of networks other than the public switched telephone network, to protect the main source of revenue of the telecommunications organizations.

The current restrictions on the use of CATV networks for the provision of such services therefore create a situation in which the mere exercise by the telecommunications organization of their exclusive right to provide transmission capacity for public telecommunications services limits, within the meaning of point (b) of the second paragraph of Article 86 of the Treaty, the emergence of, inter alia, new applications such as pay per view, interactive television and video on demand as well as multimedia-services in the Community, combining both audio-visual and telecommunications, which often cannot adequately be provided on the networks of the telecommunications organizations.

RO 1997 2853) approving connection of the terminal equipment concerned to the public telecommunications network.(1).

"public telecommunications network" means the public telecommunications infrastructure which enables signals to be conveyed between defined network termination points by wire, by microwave, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;