Translation of "Méthode d'accès à jeton " (French → English) :

The Commission anticipates that, in light of access prices in Member States observed and bearing in mind the potential for limited local cost variations, the application of the key features of the recommended costing methodology, i.e. being based on a modern efficient network, reflecting the need for stable and predictable wholesale copper access prices over time, and dealing appropriately and consistently with the impact of declining volumes, and of the methodologies used pursuant to point 40, is likely to lead to stable copper access prices and a Union average monthly rental access price for the full unbundled copper local loop within ...[+++]a band between EUR 8 and EUR 10 (net of all taxes) expressed in 2012 prices (the price band).

When imposing cost-oriented access prices, NRAs may continue to apply beyond 31 December 2016 the costing methodology that they use at the time of entry into force of this Recommendation, if it meets the objectives of the recommended costing methodology as set out in recitals 25 to 28 and satisfies the following criteria: (i) if not modelling an NGA network, it should reflect a gradual shift from a copper network to an NGA network; (ii) it should apply an asset valuation method that takes int ...[+++]o account that certain civil infrastructure assets would not be replicated in the competitive process; (iii) it should be accompanied by documented projections of copper network prices showing that they will not fluctuate significantly and therefore will remain stable over a long time period and that the alternative methodology meets the objective of regulatory transparency and predictability as well as the need to ensure price stability; and (iv) it should require only minimal modifications with respect to the costing methodology already in place in that Member State in order to meet the first three criteria.

Save in cases covered by point 40, in those Member States, where, at the time of entry into force of this Recommendation, monthly rental prices for the full unbundled copper local loop fall outside the price band, NRAs should calculate costs and resulting access prices on the basis of the recommended costing methodology as soon as possible and notify the corresponding draft measure in accordance with the consultation procedure in Article 7 of Directive 2002/21/EC in due time, to ensure full implementation of the recommended costing methodology by 31 December 2016, bearing in mind the potential need for gradual price adjustments, in parti ...[+++]cular in those Member States where access prices are currently not cost oriented.

Such a costing methodology should be based on a modern efficient network, reflect the need for stable and predictable wholesale copper access prices over time, which avoid significant fluctuations and shocks, in order to provide a clear framework for investment and be capable of generating cost-oriented wholesale copper access prices serving as an anchor for NGA services, and deal appropriately and consistently with the impact of declining volumes caused by the transition from copper to NGA networks, i.e. avoiding an artificial increase in wholesale copper access prices which would otherwise be observed as a result of customers migrating ...[+++] to the NGA network of the SMP operator.

By condemning old totalitarian crimes, we not only shame the criminals of the past, but also those who might think to apply the same criminal methods in the future.

If you look at our own history, public services have played a vital role in our economic development: they helped to end poverty and disease, and, by adopting the principle of universal access to public services, we managed to help eradicate poverty, raise living standards and create more equal societies.