Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Sample Clauses

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. 1. Each Party shall ensure that its telecommunications regulatory authority is legally distinct and functionally independent from any supplier of telecommunications networks, telecommunications services or telecommunications equipment, and that the decisions of and the procedures used by the telecommunications regulatory authority are impartial with respect to all market participants. A Party that retains ownership or control of suppliers of telecommunications networks or services shall ensure effective structural separation of the regulatory function from activities associated with ownership or control. 2. The telecommunications regulatory authority shall act independently and shall not seek or take instructions from any other body in relation to the exercise of the tasks assigned to it under national law to enforce the obligations set out in Articles TS.5, TS.6, TS.7, TS.9 and TS.10 of this [chapter/section/sub-section]. 3. Each Party shall ensure that the telecommunications regulatory authority has the regulatory power, as well as adequate financial and human resources, to carry out the tasks assigned to it to enforce the obligations set out in this [chapter/section/sub-section]. Such power shall be exercised transparently and in a timely manner. The tasks to be undertaken by a regulatory authority shall be made public in an easily accessible and clear form, in particular where those tasks are assigned to more than one body. 4. Each Party shall provide its telecommunications regulatory authority with the power to ensure that suppliers of telecommunications networks or services provide it, promptly upon request, with all the information, including financial information, which is necessary to enable the telecommunications regulatory authority to carry out its tasks in accordance with this [chapter/section/sub-section]. Information requested shall be treated in accordance with the requirements of confidentiality. 5. Each Party shall ensure that a user or supplier of telecommunications networks or services affected by a decision of the telecommunications regulatory authority has the right to appeal against that decision to an appeal body that is independent of the telecommunications regulatory authority and of the parties affected by the decision. Pending the outcome of the appeal, the decision of the telecommunications regulatory authority shall stand, unless interim measures are granted in accordance with national law.

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. 1. Each Party shall establish or maintain a telecommunications regulatory authority that: (a) is legally distinct and functionally independent from any supplier of telecommunications networks, telecommunications services or telecommunications equipment; (b) uses procedures and issues decisions that are impartial with respect to all market participants; (c) acts independently and does not seek or take instructions from any other body in relation to the exercise of the tasks assigned to it by law to enforce the obligations set out in Articles 10.51 (Interconnection), 10.52 (Access and use), 10.53 (Resolution of telecommunications disputes), 10.55 (Interconnection with major suppliers) and 10.56 (Access to major suppliers' essential facilities); (d) is sufficiently empowered to carry out the tasks referred to in point (c); (e) has the power to ensure that suppliers of telecommunications networks or telecommunications services provide it, promptly upon request, with all the information (1), including financial information, necessary to carry out the tasks referred to in point (c); and (f) exercises its powers transparently and in a timely manner. 2. Each Party shall ensure that the tasks to be undertaken by its telecommunications regulatory authority are made public in an easily accessible and clear form, in particular where those tasks are assigned to more than one body. 3. A Party that retains ownership or control of suppliers of telecommunications networks or telecommunications services shall ensure effective structural separation of the regulatory function from activities associated with ownership or control. 4. Each Party shall ensure that a user or supplier of telecommunications networks or telecommunications services affected by a decision of its telecommunications regulatory authority has a right of appeal before an appeal body that is independent of both the regulatory authority and other affected parties. Pending the outcome of the appeal, the decision shall stand, unless interim measures are granted in accordance with the law of the Party concerned. (1) Each Party shall ensure that its telecommunications regulatory authority treats information requested in accordance with the requirements of confidentiality.

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. Each Party shall establish or maintain a telecommunications regulatory authority that: (a) is separate from, and not accountable to, any supplier of telecommunications networks, telecommunications services or telecommunications equipment; (b) does not hold a financial interest or maintain an operating or management role in any such supplier; (c) uses procedures and issues decisions that are impartial with respect to all market participants; (d) acts independently and does not seek or take instructions from any other body in relation to the exercise of the tasks assigned to it by law to enforce the obligations set out in Articles 6.10, 6.11, 6.13, and 6.14; (e) has the regulatory power, as well as adequate financial and human resources, to carry out those tasks; (f) has the power to ensure that suppliers of telecommunications networks or services provide it, promptly upon request, with all the information31, including financial information, necessary to carry out those tasks; and (g) exercises its powers transparently and in a timely manner.