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BIPT Decision of 25 November 2014 regarding the conformity of the system of accounting separation of Belgacom for the year 2011

Judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal of 12 November 2014 regarding Telenet's appeal for annulment of the decision of the Conference of regulators in the electronic communications sector (CRC) of 1 July 2011 on the analysis of the television broadcasting market on the territory of the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region

The deadline for replying is 10 January 2015, included. Answers shall be sent by e-mail exclusively to consult02@bipt.be; the subject of the e-mail shall at least mention the reference "consult-2014-H2". The contact person is Gino Ducheyne (02 226 88 18). Please make use of the “Form to be used as the first page when answering to a public consultation organised by BIPT”.

The deadline for replying is 24 November 2014, included. The contact person is Michaël Vandroogenbroek (02 226 88 11). Address: consult03@bipt.be.

Like all radio transmitting stations that apply for a licence to BIPT, amateur radio stations receive, along with their licence, a call sign to identify themselves on the waves. This call sign takes the form “ON” followed by a digit and two or three letters. For special events, the recognised radio amateur associations can ask, for all the Belgian radio amateurs, a licence to use a prefix other than ON. This prefix must be chosen among those assigned to Belgium, i.e. between ON and OT. To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the 1st World War, the UBA (Belgian Amateur Radio Society) asks that all radio amateurs can use the OP prefix (P for Poppies) during the month of November, from 2014 to 2018. The duration of this licence is limited in time so that special prefixes stay attractive.

Judgement of 24 September 2014 of the Brussels Court of Appeal on the appeals against the Decision of the Council of 29 June 2010 regarding the market definition, the competitiveness analysis, the identification of SMP operators and the determination of appropriate obligations for market 7 - Voice call termination

This decision aims at monitoring the compliance with the rules regarding the calculations of the tariff increases for bpost's individual full tariffs for 2015. Full tariffs are tariffs for products destined for private users (or business users who would not benefit from discount rates for the deposit of bulk products). Full tariffs do not vary according to the volume deposited or the preparation of postal items. This monitoring takes place by virtue of Article 144ter of the Act of 21 March 1991 on the reform of certain economic public companies (hereafter "the Act of 21 March 1991) as well as Articles 29, 31 and 32 of the Royal Decree of 11 January 2006 implementing Title IV (Reform of the Postal Authorities) of the Act of 21 March 1991 on the reform of certain economic public companies (hereafter "the RD of 11 January 2006"). Following analysis it appears that the increases of full tariffs, suggested by bpost for the year 2015, comply with Article 144ter, § 1, 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of the Act of 21 March 1991. BIPT therefore does not see any reason to reject the request for a tariff increase, lodged by bpost on 29 August 2014.

The presentdecision is set within the framework of Article 7, § 2, subsection four, of the Annex to the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications. The goal of the present decision is twofold: the definition of the cases in which the fix times for defects on the access lines are not taken into account for the monitoring of the compliance with the quality requirements as mentioned in Article 7, § 2, of the annex to the ECA, as this regards cases the provider has no control over and that cannot be attributed to an error on his behalf; the definition of the terms and conditions for communication and approval of the causes justifying his non-compliance with his obligations as stated by the universal service provider.

BIPT launched an inspection campaign among a number of telecom operators regarding compliance with important consumer protection rules in the general terms and conditions of sale and other contractual documents.