In the event of a dispute arising in connection with existing obligations under this Directive between providers of electronic communications networks or services in a Member State, or between such undertakings and other undertakings in the Member State benefiting from obligations of access or interconnection or between providers of electronic communications networks or services in a Member State and providers of associated facilities, the national regulatory authority concerned shall, at the request of either party, and without prejudice to paragraph 2, issue a binding decision to resolve the dispute in the shortest possible time-frame on the basis of clear and efficient procedures, and in any case within four months except in exceptional circumstances.
I gcás ina dtarlaíonn díospóid maidir le hoibleagáidí atá ann cheana faoin Treoir seo idir soláthraithe líonraí nó seirbhísí cumarsáide leictreonaí i mBallstát, nó idir na gnóthais sin agus gnóthais eile sa Bhallstát a bhaineann leas as oibleagáidí rochtana nó idirnaisc, nó idir soláthraithe líonraí nó seirbhísí cumarsáide leictreonaí i mBallstát agus soláthraithe saoráidí gaolmhara, eiseoidh an t-údarás rialála náisiúnta lena mbaineann, arna iarraidh sin ag ceachtar páirtí, agus gan dochar do mhír 2, cinneadh ceangailteach chun an díospóid a réiteach sa tréimhse ama is giorra is féidir, ar bhonn nósanna imeachta atá soiléir éifeachtúil, laistigh de cheithre mhí in aon chás, ach amháin i gcásanna eisceachtúla.