By its Decision No105 of 15 March 2018 the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) launched a public consultation procedure on a draft Decision on amendment to the Rules on the terms and conditions for transferring authorizations for use of individually assigned scarce resource.
The full text of the draft has been published on CRC's website www.crc.bg under the section Public consultations.
 

CRC’s opinion on the content of the messages that are sent to roaming customers using open data bundles

 At its session held on 15.02.2018, the Communications Regulation Commission adopted an opinion on the content of the messages sent to roaming customers using open data bundles when they enter Member States of the European Economic Area. The statement has been published on the CRC`s website under the section “Areas of regulation”, subsection “International roaming”.

POSITION

on the content of the additional agreements to the contracts for electronic communications services

At its session held on 15.02.2018, the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) adopted the following position on the content of the additional agreements to the contracts for electronic communications services:

Under the Bulgarian legislation, all bilateral deals are contracts. Both are contracts - the agreement aimed at establishing rights and obligations and the additional contractual agreement amending the contractual relationship.

In relation to the above, the additional agreements to the contracts for electronic communications services are also individual contracts within the meaning of Chapter XIV of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA). The rules of drafting of contracts (Art. 228, para 1 and Art. 231, para 1 of the ECA) also apply to the additional agreements, including the cases when only the time period of the contractual relationship is extended with the agreement. The reference to old contracts concluded between the same parties does not fulfill the mandatory rules in Chapter XIV of ECA establishing requirements for the contracts` content.

Considering the above-mentioned, the additional agreements should contain the relevant contractual requisites to the agreed service. A list of the TV programs included in the bundle shall be attached to the additional agreements for TV service.

 CRC’s opinion on the application of Art 5, para 4 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2286

At its session held on 15.02.2018, the Communications Regulation Commission adopted an opinion on the application of Art. 5, para 4 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2286 laying down detailed rules on the application of fair use policy and on the methodology for assessing the sustainability of the abolition of retail roaming surcharges and on the application to be submitted by a roaming provider for the purposes of that assessment. The opinion is published on the CRC’s website under the section “Areas of regulation”, subsection “International roaming”.

National Code of Good Commercial Practices in the area of Electronic Communications Services

A letter has been received by the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC/ the commission) from a consumer suggesting the adoption of a code that should be applied by the service providers.

The suggestion was assessed at a CRC`s session held on 15.02.2018 and the commission decided to initiate a discussion on the suggestion and to provide stakeholders with the opportunity to express their views on the introduction of a national code of good practices and standards that should be applied by the providers of public electronic communications services in the Republic of Bulgaria.