Chapters VII-XIV of Act No. 75/1981, concerning income and property taxes, as subsequently amended,
as appropriate, and the collectors shall submit the fees collected to the PTA on a monthly basis.
Each year PTA shall publish information on the calculation of cost due to universal service obligations, a
breakdown of payments by individual undertakings to the equalisation fund and an account of the
benefits which the Administration
considers electronic communications undertakings providing universal service have received.
The Minister of Communications shall, in a Regulation on universal service, lay down more detailed
instructions on financial contributions and equalisation fees in electronic communications services,
including instructions on calculation of the cost of operating public electronic communications networks or
providing public electronic communications service and on calculations of operating losses.
1) The provisions of this Article entered into force 1 January 2004 and shall not be implemented until the
year 2005 for reported turnover in 2004, cf. Article 76.
Article 23
Special electronic communications services
If the Minister of Communications requests that undertakings, operations or services are carried out for
the public good, for security reasons, or due to environmental considerations or regional interests, which
may be expected to be unprofitable and are not included under universal services, PTA shall be entrusted
with concluding a contract for such with an electronic communications undertaking following a
competitive selection procedure.
Costs which may be attributed to decisions of the Minister of Communications in accordance with the
first paragraph shall as a rule be paid by the National Treasury as provided for in the annual budget.
CHAPTER VII
Interconnection of networks and services and access to them
Article 24
Interconnection of networks
Electronic communications undertakings operating public electronic communications networks or public
electronic communications services shall have the right to and be obligated to negotiate interconnection
of networks and services.
PTA shall endeavour to ensure access and interconnection and interoperability of services in a
satisfactory and efficient manner.
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