Translation of "charging operation " (English → French) :

The practice by some mobile network operators of billing for the provision of wholesale roaming calls on the basis of minimum charging periods of up to 60 seconds, as opposed to the per-second basis normally applied for other wholesale interconnection charges, creates a distortion of competition between those operators and those applying different billing methods, and undermines the consistent application of the maximum wholesale charges introduced by this Regulation.

"toll" means a specified amount payable for a vehicle based on the distance travelled on a given infrastructure and comprising an infrastructure charge and/or an external cost charge; (ba) "infrastructure charge" means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs related to infrastructure incurred by a Member State or more than one Member State if the infrastructure project has been jointly undertaken ; (bb) "external cost charge" means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution and traffic-based noise pollution ; (b ...[+++]c) "cost of traffic-based air pollution" means the cost of the damage caused by the release of certain harmful air emissions in the course of the operation of a vehicle; (bd) "cost of traffic-based noise pollution" means the cost of the damage caused by the noise emitted by a vehicle or created by the interaction of a vehicle and the road surface; (be) "weighted average infrastructure charge" means the total revenue of an infrastructure charge over a given period divided by the number of vehicle kilometres travelled on the road sections subject to the charge during that period; (bf) "weighted average external cost charge" means the total revenue of an external cost charge over a given period divided by the number of vehicle kilometres travelled on the road sections subject to the charge during that period;

"toll" means a specified amount payable for a vehicle based on the distance travelled on a given infrastructure and comprising an infrastructure charge and/or an external cost charge; (ba) "infrastructure charge" means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs related to infrastructure incurred by a Member State or more than one Member State if the infrastructure project has been jointly undertaken ; (bb) "external cost charge" means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution and traffic-based noise pollution ; (b ...[+++]c) "cost of traffic-based air pollution" means the cost of the damage caused by the release of certain harmful air emissions in the course of the operation of a vehicle; (bd) "cost of traffic-based noise pollution" means the cost of the damage caused by the noise emitted by a vehicle or created by the interaction of a vehicle and the road surface; (be) "weighted average infrastructure charge" means the total revenue of an infrastructure charge over a given period divided by the number of vehicle kilometres travelled on the road sections subject to the charge during that period; (bf) "weighted average external cost charge" means the total revenue of an external cost charge over a given period divided by the number of vehicle kilometres travelled on the road sections subject to the charge during that period;

The excessive retail charges are resulting from high wholesale charges levied by the foreign host network operator and also, in many cases, from high retail mark-ups charged by the customer's own network operator.

The European Regulators Group noted at its plenary meeting in May 2005 (inter alia) that retail charges were very high without clear justification; that this appeared to result both from high wholesale charges levied by the foreign host network operator and also, in many cases, from high retail mark-ups charged by the customer’s own network operator; that reductions in wholesale charges were often not passed through to the retail customer; and that there were strong linkages between the markets in the different Member States.

The European Regulators Group5 noted at its plenary meeting in May 2005 (inter alia) that retail charges were very high without clear justification; that this appeared to result both from high wholesale charges levied by the foreign host network operator and also, in many cases, from high retail mark-ups charged by the customer’s own network operator; that reductions in wholesale charges were often not passed through to the retail customer; and that there were strong linkages between the markets in the different Member States.