Translation of "price regulation " (English → French) :

In view of the benefits of pricing flexibility in these circumstances, under the recommended approach, wholesale access prices for passive NGA wholesale inputs or non-physical or virtual NGA wholesale inputs offering equivalent functionalities are deemed to be sufficiently constrained (i.e. price-related competition problems are considered to be effectively addressed) when: (i) there is a demonstrable retail price constraint resulting from the infrastructure competition or a price anchor stemming from cost oriented wholesale copper access prices; and (ii) the ex-ante economic replicability test is in place in those cases where wholesale price regulation should no ...[+++]t be imposed; and (iii) there is an obligation of providing wholesale access services on the basis of EoI.

With regard to the continuation of temporary price regulation, regulatory obligations should be imposed at both retail and wholesale levels to protect the interests of roaming customers, since experience has shown that reductions in wholesale prices for Union-wide roaming services may not be reflected in lower retail prices for roaming owing to the absence of incentives for this to happen.

With regard to the continuation of temporary price regulation, regulatory obligations should be imposed at both retail and wholesale levels to protect the interests of roaming customers, since experience has shown that reductions in wholesale prices for Union-wide roaming services may not be reflected in lower retail prices for roaming owing to the absence of incentives for this to happen.

According to the submissions of the Hungarian authorities (22), the annex to the PPAs concerning price definition was drawn up using the formulae and definitions of the above-mentioned Government Decree 1074/1995 on electricity price regulation (According to the submission, ‘the agreements copied in the formulae and definitions contained in the decree’.) Consequently, the price-fixing principles of the PPAs are based, similarly to the mechanism used for setting regulated prices, on the justified cost categories.

The contact numbers for consumers' complaints should be widely advertised among the general public; The voluntary commitment of the subscribers of the 'Ethical Code' to respect the rules of the changeover should be further promoted by the authorities and signatories themselves in order to increase consumers' confidence; It is crucial to ensure that the control bodies have sufficient resources to check on the implementation of the changeover rules throughout the whole country. Particular attention should be paid to price developments at the end of the dual display of prices and after the expiry of the 'Ethical Code', as well as in the sectors were irregularities were frequently discovered during the previous changeovers; Delaying normal p ...[+++]rice adjustments driven by changing production costs by administrative measures should be avoided. Distorted price signals resulting from administrative price regulation would unavoidably lead to larger price adjustments in the future.

For most Members States with price regulation, regulation is not limited to small customers — all customer segments can be supplied at regulated prices.[20]