# Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in Telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of Open Network Provision (ONP) (repealed) EU Directive 1997/33 ยท adopted 30 June 1997 Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in Telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of Open Network Provision (ONP) (repealed) ## Introductory text Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in Telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of Open Network Provision (ONP) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Scope and aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interconnection at national and Community level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Rights and obligations for interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Interconnection and universal service contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Non-discrimination and transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Principles for interconnection charges and cost accounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Accounting separation and financial reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 General responsibilities of the national regulatory authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Essential requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Collocation and facility sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Technical standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Publication of and access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Advisory Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Regulatory Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Procedure for resolving disputes between organizations operating under authorizations provided by different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Technical adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Deferment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Interconnection with third country organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I SPECIFIC PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The fixed public telephone network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The fixed public telephone service according to Directive 95/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1995 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The leased lines service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Public mobile telephone networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Public mobile telephone services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II ORGANIZATIONS WITH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO NEGOTIATE INTERCONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMMUNITY-WIDE SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III CALCULATING THE COST OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS FOR VOICE TELEPHONY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV LIST OF EXAMPLES OF ELEMENTS FOR INTERCONNECTION CHARGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS FOR INTERCONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI: THRESHOLDS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TURNOVER ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII: FRAMEWORK FOR NEGOTIATION OF INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1997/33 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1997-33 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.