Authority intends to designate as having significant market power has the right to submit objections to the draft
decision within one month after the receipt thereof.
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(3) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority prepares a draft decision to designate an
undertaking as having significant market power or a draft decision not to designate an undertaking as having
significant market power, taking account of the opinions submitted concerning the draft decision specified in
subsection 2 of § 441or subsection 1 of § 46 of this Act. If the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory
Authority does not take account of the submitted opinions, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory
Authority must justify it in the draft decision.
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(4) The draft decision specified in subsection 3 of this section must contain the information specified in
subsection 2 of § 441or subsection 1 of § 46 of this Act.
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§ 48. Consultations with European Commission, BEREC and regulators of Member States of European
Union
(1) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority must inform the European Commission,
BEREC and the communications market regulators of Member States of the European Union of a draft decision
to designate an undertaking as having significant market power or not to designate an undertaking as having
significant market power prepared pursuant to subsection 3 of § 47 of this Act.
(2) If performance of an act or application of a measure provided in the draft decision prepared pursuant
to subsection 3 of § 47 of this Act may affect trade between Member States of the European Union, the
Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority must grant the European Commission, BEREC and
the communications market regulators of Member States of the European Union the possibility to submit their
opinions regarding the draft decision within one month. Upon making the decision provided in subsection 1
of § 49, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority takes account of the opinions submitted
concerning the draft decision to the greatest extent possible and sends the decision to the European Commission.
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(3) Acts or measures that may have an influence, direct or indirect, actual or potential, on trade between
Member States of the European Union in a manner which may hinder the implementation of the principles
of the single market are deemed to be acts or measures which affect trade between Member States of the
European Union. Such acts or measures may affect prices charged from subscribers of services in other Member
States, the ability of undertakings operating in other Member States to provide communications services, the
ability to offer services on a transnational basis as well as market structure or access, which may in turn lead to
repercussions for communications undertakings in other Member States.
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(4) If the European Commission notifies the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority that
definition of the communications market planned by the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory
Authority differs from the recommendation of the European Commission or that designation of an undertaking
as an undertaking with significant market power or not designating an undertaking with significant market
power hinders the development of the European single market and is contrary to the European Union law, the
Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority shall, if required by the European Commission,
suspend the making of the planned decision for two months.
(5) If the European Commission decides within the term of two months specified in subsection 4 of this
section that the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority must withdraw the draft decision, the
Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority shall withdraw the draft decision or amend it within
six months as of the date of the decision of the European Commission. In the case of amendment of the draft
decision, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority shall proceed from the provisions of § 47
of this Act and subsections 1, 2 and 4 of this section.
(6) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may, in exceptional circumstances,
in accordance with this Act, impose provisional and proportionate measures, by way of derogation from
the procedure provided for in subsections 1, 2 and 4 of this section, if it considers that the performance of
corresponding acts or the application of corresponding measures is necessary in order to safeguard competition
and protect the interests of end-users. In such case the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority
must promptly notify the European Commission, BEREC and the communications market regulators of
Member States of the European Union of the applied measures and of reasons for the application thereof. If the
Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority wishes to make such provisional measures permanent
or if it wishes to extend the period of application of such measures, it must follow the procedure provided for in
subsections 1, 2 and 4.
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