§ 62. Freedom to enter into access or interconnection agreement and its form
Communications undertakings have the right to agree on the technical and commercial conditions for access
and interconnection, taking account of the provisions of §§ 63–632of this Act and the possible obligations
imposed on the communications undertakings pursuant to §§ 50–53 of this Act. The agreement specified in this
section is entered into in writing or in a form reproducible in writing.
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§ 63. Imposition of access and interconnection obligations
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(1) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may impose on a communications
undertaking providing network services and controlling access by end-users obligations necessary for ensuring
end-to-end connectivity, including for the interconnection of networks or the ensuring of interoperability of
communications services.
(2) In justified cases, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may impose obligations
on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services which reach a significant level
of coverage and user uptake in order to make the interpersonal communications services interoperable and to
ensure end-to-end connectivity between end-users.
(3) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may impose the obligations specified in
subsection 2 of this section if the European Commission has established implementing measures specifying the
nature and scope of the obligations. The obligations may include the obligation of the service provider to publish
and allow the use, modification and redistribution of relevant information by the state or local government or
other service providers, or to use or implement standards or specifications.
(4) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may impose on a communications
undertaking providing network services the obligation to ensure access to the application program interfaces
(API) and electronic programme guides (EPG) on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions if this is
necessary to ensure accessibility for end-users to digital radio and television programmes.
(5) If a communications undertaking providing network services is entitled, pursuant to the legislation,
to install facilities on, above or below public or private property, the Consumer Protection and Technical
Regulatory Authority may impose on a communications undertaking providing network services the obligations
for shared use or co-location of network equipment or other assets installed on such basis and used for the
provision of network services, including line facilities and cabling inside or outside of buildings, up to the
intermediate distribution point, pursuant to the provisions of clauses 1 and 2 of subsection 2 of § 60 of this Act.
The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may impose the obligations provided in this
subsection particularly if other communications undertakings do not have alternative possibilities for access due
to environmental, health protection, building or planning requirements or public security.
(6) The obligation specified in subsection 5 of this section may mean that a communications undertaking
providing network services must cover a proportional share of the costs related to sharing or co-location or
tolerate that line facilities, equipment or other assets are used by another communications undertaking.
(7) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority may impose obligations specified in this
section on a communications undertaking providing network services regardless of whether the undertaking has
been designated as having significant market power.
(8) Before imposing the obligations provided in this section and in §§ 631and 632of this Act, it is consulted
pursuant to the procedure provided in §§ 47–481.
(9) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority informs a communications undertaking of a
decision specified in this section or in §§ 631and 632of this Act within five working days by post or electronic
means and publishes the decision on its website within seven working days after the decision is made.
(10) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority is required to provide information about the
type, availability and geographical location of the facilities specified in clauses 1 and 2 of subsection 2 of § 60
of this Act to an interested person on the basis of an application from such person. The specified facilities and
conditions for access thereto are not deemed to be a business secret.
(11) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority reviews the obligations imposed on the
basis of subsections 1–4 of this section, subsections 1 and 2 of § 631and subsections 1, 3 and 5 of § 632of this
Act when five years have passed from their imposition and decides on the need to modify or withdraw the
specified obligations.
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