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CRC adopted a final Decision on definition, analysis and assessment of the wholesale market for local access provided at a fixed location

On 18 June 2019 the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) adopted a final decision on definition, analysis and assessment of the wholesale market for local access provided at a fixed location in the Republic of Bulgaria in line with the EU regulatory framework (market 3a of Recommendation 2014/710/EU of 9 October 2014).

The results from the conducted public consultation with stakeholders and the opinions of the Commission for Protection of Competition and the recommendations made by the European Commission (EC) following the notification of the market have been reflected in the CRC’s final decision.

The results from the conducted market analysis have shown that there are no preconditions for preventing effective competition since no undertaking has a significant power on the relevant market. On the ground of the provisions of Art. 155, para. 1 and para. 2 of the Electronic Communications Act, all specific obligations imposed on the undertaking with significant power in the previous round of market analysis should be revoked.

A transitional period until the revocation of the specific obligations imposed on Bulgarian Telecommunications Company EAD by Decision No 372/13.08.2015 has been established by CRC. Within 12 months from the public announcement of general terms under art. 15, para. 2 of the Law on Electronic Communications Networks and Physical Infrastructure for providing access to and/or sharing of passive infrastructure (underground duct network) on its website, Bulgarian Telecommunications Company EAD shall not terminate and/or amend the terms of the contracts concluded under the conditions of the specific obligations imposed. Until the public announcement of the general terms, Bulgarian Telecommunications Company EAD provides access to and/or shared use of passive infrastructure (underground duct network) under the terms of the obligations stipulated in the Communications Regulation Commission’s Decision No 372/13.08.2015.

The final decision, the market analysis together with the summarized results from the conducted public consultation and the consultations with the Commission for Protection of Competition and EC were published on 21.06.2019 under „Wholesale market for local access provided at a fixed location  (marketof Recommendation 2014/710/EU of 9 october 2014”, subsection „Final decisions adopted by CRC as a result of the third round of definition, analysis and assessment of the relevant electronic communications markets“ of section “Market regulation – electronic communications”.