RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
29April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1670)
Original: English Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OFPOLAND
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Revision
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest oftheRepublic ofPoland tomembers
oftheNegotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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Inaccordance withthedecision made bytheNegotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications,
theRepublic ofPoland submits hereby asecond conditional draft revised offer onbasic
telecommunications services. TheRepublic ofPoland reserves therighttomodify, reduce orretract
theoffer asawhole orinpart, atanytime before theendofnegotiations concerning basic
telecommunications. Moreover, theRepublic ofPoland reserves therighttomake technical changes,
amendments andcorrections totheoffer.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
Page2THE REPUBLIC OFPOLAND -REVISED DRAFT OFFER
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsub-sector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
2.C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES
Allsectors andcategories Theinstallation andusage of
telecommunications equipment
andnetworks andthe
provision of
telecommunication services
requires alicence or
permission, withtheexception
ofcases specified bythe
Minister ofCommunications
inhisordinance.
Thelicences andpermissions
areavailable onlyforthe
entities registered inPoland.
Therequirement toobtain
licences andpermission does
notconcern thenational
operator: Telekomunikacja
Polska SA(TPSA).
Theentities withforeign
participation inPoland must
taketheform oflimited
liability companies andjoint
stock companies established in
Poland.When thelimitations of
foreign participation is
applied, Polish citizens
domiciliated inPoland must
have majority intheboard of
directors andsupervising
body.Asannexed.
Entities withforeign
participation arenotallowed
toowninternational networks
ortorender international
facilities based services.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
Page3Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsub-sector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
With reference tointernational
anddomestic long-distance
services andlong-distance
networks thelimitation of
foreign participation is49%.
With reference toradio-based
facilities andservices the
limitations mayresult dueto
limitation offrequencies.
a) Voice-telephone services;
b) Packet-switched data
transmission services;
c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services;
d) Telex services;
e) Telegraph services;
f) Facsimie services;
g) Private leased circuit services;
International longdistance,
local,
- Public andnon-
public;
- Facilities-based and
onresale-base,
- Wire-based and
radio-based(1) None
(2) None
(3) None, except:
a) Excluded from the
commitment:
-international public voice
telephone, telex and
telegraph services;
-long-distance domestic
public voice telephone
services andnetworks until
31December 2002;
-domestic telex and
telegraph services and
networks until 31December
1999;
b) territorial duopoly inlocal
public voice telephone
services andnetworks.(1) None
(2) None
(3) NoneS/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
Page4Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsub-sector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
4) Unbound, except asinthe
horizontal limitations.4) Unbound, except asinthe
horizontal limitations.
o. others
-Cable television and
radio networks services(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound
(3) Foreign capital participation
andforeign percentage of
shareholder votes arelimited
to49%.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal limitations.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal limitations.
-Public digital cellular
mobile services and
networks, typeGSM 900(1) Only through useofthe
international network ofTP
SA
(2) Only through useofthe
international network ofTP
SAandaccording tothe
international GSM
agreements.(1) None
(2) NoneS/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
Page5Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsub-sector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
(3) Countrywide duopoly. Foreign
capital participation and
foreign percentage of
shareholder votes arelimited
to49%.
Only through theuseofTP
SAinfrastructure, except
microwave connections inthe
caseifTPSAisnotableto
establish such connections in
thelimited period oftime.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal limitations.(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal limitations.
-Paging 1)& Unbound, except pan-
2) european paging systems
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal limitations.1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal limitations.
Note 1: Theoperators authorised totakepartintheactivity inthescope ofallpublic fixed telephone networks andother non-public telephone networks exceeding the
geographic area(voivodship) areobliged toapply intheir networks switching devices andinterexchange teletransmission equipment belonging tothree
telecommunications systems selected bymeans ofdecision ofthePolish Government. Theabove obligation concerns alsoother non-telephone telecommunication
network exceeding thegeographic area(voivodship) inthescope ofinterexchange teletransmission equipment. Theabove limitation willexpire notlaterthan
in1999.
Note 2: Theproject ofanewTelecommunications Actwillbeprepared bytheendofyear1997.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
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THE REPUBLIC OFPOLAND
ANNEX
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS
DRAFT SCHEDULE ONBASIC TELECOM SERVICES
Scope
Thefollowingaredefinitionsandprinciplesontheregulatoryframeworkforthebasictelecommunications
services.
Definitions
Users mean service consumers andservice suppliers.
Essential facilities mean facilities ofapublic telecommunications transport network orservice that
(a) areexclusively orpredominantly provided byasingle orlimited number ofsuppliers;
and
(b) cannot feasibly beeconomically ortechnically substituted inorder toprovide aservice.
Amajor supplier isasupplier which hastheability tomaterially affect theterms ofparticipation (having
regard toprice andsupply) intherelevant market forbasic telecommunications services asaresult
of:
(a) control overessential facilities; or
(b) useofitsposition inthemarket.
1. Competitive safeguards
1.1 Prevention ofanti-competitive practices intelecommunications
Appropriate measures shallbemaintained forthepurpose ofpreventing suppliers who, alone
ortogether, areamajor supplier from engaging inorcontinuing anti-competitive practices.
1.2 Safeguards
Theanti-competitive practices referred toabove shallinclude inparticular:
(a) engaging inanti-competitive cross-subsidization;
(b) using information obtained from competitors withanti-competitive results; and
(c) notmaking available toother services suppliers onatimely basistechnical information
about essential facilities andcommercially relevant information which arenecessary
forthem toprovide services.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
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2. Interconnection
2.1 Thissection applies tolinking withsuppliers providing public telecommunications transport
networks orservices inorder toallow theusers ofonesupplier tocommunicate withusers ofanother
supplier and toaccess services provided byanother supplier, where specific commitments are
undertaken.
2.2 Interconnection tobeensured
Interconnection withamajor supplier willbeensured atanytechnically feasible point inthe
network. Such interconnection isprovided.
(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and
specifications) andratesandofaquality nolessfavourable thanthatprovided forits
ownlikeservices orforlikeservices ofnon-affiliated service suppliers orforits
subsidiaries orother affiliates;
(b) inatimely fashion, onterms, conditions (including technical standards and
specifications) andcost-oriented ratesthataretransparent, reasonable, having regard
toeconomic feasibility, andsufficiently unbundled sothatthesupplier neednotpay
fornetwork components orfacilities thatitdoesnotrequire fortheservice tobe
provided; and
(c) upon request, atpoints inaddition tothenetwork termination points offered tothe
majority ofusers, subject tocharges thatreflect thecostofconstruction ofnecessary
additional facilities.
2.3 Public availability oftheprocedures forinterconnection negotiations
Theproceduresapplicableforinterconnectiontoamajorsupplierwillbemadepubliclyavailable.
2.4 Transparency ofinterconnection arrangements
Itisensured thatamajor supplier willmake publicly available either itsinterconnection
agreements orareference interconnection offer.
2.5 Interconnection: dispute settlement
Aservice supplier requesting interconnection withamajor supplier willhaverecourse, either:
(a) atanytimeor
(b) afterareasonable period oftimewhich hasbeenmade publicly known
toanindependent domestic body, which maybearegulatory bodyasreferred toinparagraph 5below,
toresolve disputes regarding appropriate terms, conditions andrates forinterconnection within a
reasonable period oftime, totheextent thatthese havenotbeenestablished previously.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.22/Rev.2
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3. Universal service
AnyMemberhastherighttodefinethekindofuniversalserviceobligationitwishestomaintain.
Such obligations willnotberegarded asanti-competitive perse,provided theyareadministered in
atransparent, non-discriminatory andcompetitively neutral manner andarenotmore burdensome than
necessary forthekindofuniversal service defined bytheMember.
4. Public availability oflicensing criteria
Where alicence isrequired, thefollowing willbemade publicly available:
(a) allthelicensing criteria andtheperiod oftimenormally required toreach adecision
concerning anapplication foralicence and
(b) theterms andconditions ofindividual licences.
Thereasons forthedenial ofalicence willbemade known totheapplicant upon request.
5. Independent regulators
Theregulatory body isseparate from, andnotaccountable to,anysupplier ofbasic
telecommunications services. Thedecisions ofandtheprocedures usedbyregulators shallbeimpartial
withrespect toallmarket participants.
6. Allocation anduseofscarce resources
Anyprocedures fortheallocation anduseofscarce resources, including frequencies, numbers
andrightsofway,willbecarriedoutinanobjective,timely,transparentandnon-discriminatorymanner.
Thecurrent stateofallocated frequency bands willbemade publicly available, butdetailed identification
offrequencies allocated isnotrequired.