On 11 August 2016 the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) adopted its final decision on the analysis of the wholesale market for high-quality access provided at a fixed location in the Republic of Bulgaria in accordance with the EU regulatory framework.

 

The results of public consultations carried out with the stakeholders and the opinion of the Commission for Protection of Competition have been taken into account in CRC’s final decision. The European Commission has no comments on the notified market analysis.

 

The results of the analysis showed that there are no preconditions that would impede the effective competition, since there is no undertaking with significant power on the relevant market. Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 155, para. 1 and para. 2 of the Law on Electronic Communications all specific obligations imposed on the undertaking with significant market power in the previous round of market analysis[i] should be withdrawn. CRC determines a transitional period for implementation of the repealed specific obligations on the wholesale market for terminating segments of wholesale leased lines. The specific obligations imposed by Decision № 1954/27.09.2012 shall continue to apply for a period of six months from the adoption of the final decision to allow the participants to adapt to the new market conditions after withdrawal of the obligations imposed.

 

The final decision, the market analysis and the summary of the results from the public consultations and the consultations with Commission for Protection of Competition and EC were published on 25.08.2016 under the “Market regulation – electronic communications” section.