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A copy of each interconnection agreement is submitted to the Regulatory Board as soon as the
agreement has been signed by both public telecommunications operators. The Regulatory
Board notifies such agreements to the public. Copies may be supplied upon payment of the
fee determined by the Regulatory Board.
Discrimination by public telecommunications operators in matters of interconnection is
forbidden. A public telecommunications operator shall apply similar conditions in similar
circumstances to organizations with which it is interconnected and which are providing
similar services.
A public telecommunications operator is required by law to provide all necessary information
and technical specifications to other telecommunications operators requesting interconnection
with that operator’s network including all proposed changes which relate to the
interconnection requested.
Article 40
Each dominant organization must provide to the Regulatory Board details of standard
reference interconnection offers which will be made to public telecommunications operators.
These shall itemize each interconnection facility offered together with the associated terms
and conditions within agreement including tariffs.
Charges for interconnection cover the effective cost of using the network and is sufficiently
unbundled so that the applicant is not required to take or pay for any facility not strictly
related to the service requested.
Each standard interconnection offer specified in paragraph (1) of this Article is approved and
published by the Regulatory Board.
Public telecommunications operators requiring interconnection with dominant organizations
are entitled to rely solely upon the reference interconnection offer and related requirements.
Other facilities and services may be negotiated with the dominant organization on an
individual basis.
Dominant organizations must modify their standard of interconnection offers to take into
account commercial and technological changes and the introduction of new facilities and
services.
If the dominant organization does not make available the standard interconnection offer to the
Regulatory Board, the Board must issue an enforcement notice.
Failure by the dominant organization to comply with such notice by the date specified is
published results in a daily fine assessed in accordance with Article 64 of this law.
If the Regulatory Board is unable to approve any standard interconnection offer, then the
Board will give a written notice of this to the dominant organization together with written
reasons.
In that case, the dominant organization shall have the right to present its views to the
Regulatory Board or to adjust its standard interconnection offer.