# Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment (repealed) EU Directive 1998/10 ยท adopted 26 February 1998 Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment (repealed) ## Introductory text Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SCOPE, AIM AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Scope and Aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: PROVISION OF A DEFINED SET OF SERVICES WHICH MAY BE FUNDED IN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE ## 3 Availability of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Financing schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Provision of network connections and access to telephone services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Directory services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Public pay telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Specific measures for disabled users and users with special social needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS CONCERNING ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING FIXED AND/OR MOBILE PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORKS AND/OR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TELEPHONE SERVICES ## 9 Connection of terminal equipment and use of the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Publication of and access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Quality of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Conditions of access and use and essential requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Itemised billing, tone dialling and selective call barring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Provision of additional facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Special network access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Tariff principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Cost accounting principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Discounts and other special tariff provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Specifications for network access, including the socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Non-payment of bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Conditions for the termination of offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Variation of published conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS ## 24 Consultation with interested parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Notification and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Conciliation and resolution of national disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Deferment of certain obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Technical adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Advisory Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Regulatory Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Repeal of Directive 95/62/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 14 AND 15 ## 1 Facilities referred to in Article 14(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 List of facilities referred to in Article 15(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 List of services and facilities referred to in Article 15(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: HEADINGS FOR INFORMATION TO BE PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11 ## 1 Information to be supplied to the national regulatory authority in accordance with Article 11(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Information to be published in accordance with Article 11(3) ## 1 Name(s) and address(es) of organisation(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: Telephone services offered ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Conditions for attachment of terminal equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Restrictions on access and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV TIMESCALE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/10 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-10 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.