Traduction de «Common TDMA terminal equipment » (Anglais → Français) :

Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 30 June 1988 on the development of the common market for telecommunications services and equipment up to 1992(6), considers as a major goal in the telecommunications policy the full mutual recognition of type approval for terminal equipment on the basis of the rapid development of common European conformity specifications;

9. The market in terminal equipment is still as a rule governed by a system which allows competition in the common market to be distorted; this situation continues to produce infringements of the competition rules laid down by the Treaty and to affect adversely the development of trade to such an extent as would be contrary to the interests of the Community. Stronger competition in the terminal equipment market requires the introduction of transparent technical specifications and type-approva ...[+++]l procedures which meet the essential requirements mentioned in Council Directive 86/361/EEC (1) and allow the free movement of terminal equipment. In turn, such transparency necessarily entails the publication of technical specifications and typeapproval procedures. To ensure that the latter are applied transparently, objectively and without discrimination, the drawing-up and application of such rules should be entrusted to bodies independent of competitors in the market in question. It is essential that the specifications and type-approval procedures are published simultaneously and in an orderly fashion. Simultaneous publication will also ensure that behaviour contrary to the Treaty is avoided. Such simultaneous, orderly publication can be achieved only by means of a legal instrument that is binding on all the Member States. The most appropriate instrument to this end is a directive.

The main lines of action proposed are as follows : - phase complete opening of the terminal equipment market to competition ; - substantial opening of the telecommunications services market to competition with the exception, at this stage, of a limited number of basic services considered essential to satisfy current public service goals ; - the right to cross-frontier provision of services in the Community ; - continuation of exclusive or special rights for the telecommunications administrations (public or private carriers) regarding provision and operation of the network infrastructure, and recognition of the cen ...[+++]tral role of telecommunications administrations (public or private carriers) in the establishment of future generations of infrastructures ; - clear separation of the regulatory and operational functions of publics or private undertakings managing networks ; - opening-up of the market in satellite ground stations in so far as such equipement should be assimilated with telecommunications terminals rather than infrastructure ; - recognition of the fact that telecommunications tariffs should follow cost trends ; - development of a consensus by both sides of industry to smooth the transitions and take maximum advantage of the development of networks and services to create new jobs ; - fastening of economic development and reduction of the isolation of the outlying regions of the Community through telecommunications ; - establishment of common positions in the various international bodies (GATT, ITU, etc) ; - finally, as regards standardization, the Commission recommends the creation of a European Standards Institute : a small core team bringing together experts from public and private network operators and experts seconded by the industry would substantially accelerate the elaboration of the standards and technical specifications indispensable for an open and competitive market environment and the development of "made in Europe" Information Technolog ...

The Twelve have adopted a common position on a directive whose aim is to establish an open Community market in telecommunications equipment; to be more precise, a directive designed to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to telecommunications terminal equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity.

The restrictive barriers separating the markets will thus be removed and a common market for terminal equipment created by 1992.

The planned harmonization is intended to prevent any diverging trends within the Community that might jeopardize the common market in telecommunications services and terminal equipment.