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If the Regulatory Board and the dominant organization cannot reach agreement, either party
may refer the matter to the court for decision. The decision of the court is final and binding on
both parties.
The Regulatory Board may require that any interconnection agreement be modified when
essential for the purposes of fair competition and interoperability of telecommunications
services. The Board must inform the dominant organization of the modifications which must
be made.
Article 41
The Regulatory Board must:
1° ensure that any differentials in charges, terms and conditions offered by a public
telecommunications operator do not result in distortion of competition;
2° ensure that all public telecommunications operators apply the same charges terms and
conditions to their own subsidiary or affiliated companies as they offer to other public
telecommunications operators;
3° ensure that all dominant organizations operate a cost accounting system to enable them to
identify the costs associated with interconnection;
4° ensure that users throughout the Republic benefit from the interconnection of networks and
the stimulation of a competitive market;
5° assist in the resolution of disputes by conciliation between public telecommunications
operators concerning actual or proposed interconnection agreements, at the request of one or
both operators;
6° ensure that when providing copies of interconnection agreements to the public, no
commercially sensitive information concerning the businesses of the public
telecommunications operators, not including interconnection charges and general terms and
other requirements, is disclosed.
If conciliation cannot be achieved by both parties, the Board will make a decision in
accordance with this law.
CHAPTER IX. TERMIAL EQUIPMET AD TYPE APPROVAL
Article 42
It is forbidden to import or attempt to import, supply, (whether by sale or rent, loan or gift),
connect, or allow to remain connected to a telecommunications network, or put into service
any item of terminal equipment which does not comply with the technical, safety, marking
and other requirements specified by the Minister in a Ministerial decree. Requirements may
be specified by the Minister by reference to terminal equipment approval standards set down
by the International Telecommunication Union.