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costs, i.e. must reflect the costs of providing interconnection plus a reasonable profit.
The Agency may limit the amount charged by such telecommunications operator
for interconnection.
A public telecommunications operator with significant market power shall make
available to the public information regarding the terms and conditions of
interconnection including technical specifications, network characteristics and costs.
A public telecommunications operator with significant market power shall
conclude interconnection agreements with all other operators under equal and nondiscriminatory
conditions, and shall keep separate accounts of revenues from each of
those operators so as to prevent preferential payment terms for interconnection to
certain operators.
3. Universal Service
Scope and Contents of Universal Service
Article 49
At the proposal of the Agency and taking into account the present level of
telecommunications development in the Republic of Serbia, the Ministry shall designate
the initial group of basic services, which shall be, in terms of this Law, defined as
universal service. The initial scope of universal service must include the following:
1. access to a public fixed telephone service, including the service of data transmission
using voice telephony which enables quality access to the Internet;
2. special measures to ensure equivalent access to the public voice service for the
disabled and socially disadvantaged users;
3. free access to emergency services;
4. public pay phone service; and
5. access to telephone operator and directory services.
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Rights and Obligations of Public Telecommunications Network Operators
Related to Universal Service
Article 50
The Agency shall designate the telecommunications operator of a public
telecommunications network that shall be responsible for the provision of universal
services.
The public telecommunications network operator from paragraph 1 of this
Article shall have the right to be compensated for universal service costs after it has
fulfilled the obligations stipulated under Article 49 hereof, and the Agency shall, at the
telecommunications operator’s request, confirm the fulfillment of such obligations.
The funds for compensation of costs referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article
shall be provided in the fund for compensation of universal service costs, which shall be
a special account of the Agency for payment of the funds intended for compensation of
universal service costs, which shall be decided by Agency.
This fund shall be financed from the periodical payments from other public
telecommunications operators. The Agency shall specify the amount and the timing of
such payments for each telecommunications operator in proportion to its
telecommunication market share.
The terms and conditions for exercising the right referred to in paragraph 2 of
this Article shall be established under the rules adopted by the Agency.
The public telecommunications network operator from paragraph 1 of this
Article shall provide to the Agency at six-month intervals a report on the costs of
universal service provision, and, at least once a year, a report relative on new
connections to the public telecommunications network.
Universal Service Improvement
Article 51
The Agency shall monitor the progress of universal service realization and, upon
finding that the previously prescribed requirements have been fulfilled, the Agency shall
submit a proposal to the Ministry to adopt a decision on universal service improvement,
which shall contain:
1. identification and description of the services to be provided as universal services,
provided that all reasonable requests for interconnection to the public fixed
telecommunications network at a fixed locations have been met;
2. method of selection of a public telecommunications operator which will provide
such services, with an obligation for the Agency to make the selection public;
3. method of determining maximum rates of services included in the universal service
on the basis of a cost-based principle, with an obligation for the public fixed
telecommunications operator to make the services available in and to average the
prices over all of the regions;
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