2003/548/EC: Commission Decision of 24 July 2003 on the minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteristics and associated standards referred to in Article 18 of the Universal Service Directive

Sole Article

The minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteristics and associated standards are set out in the Annex.

ANNEX

LIST OF STANDARDS AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES

Mandatory part

Identification of the minimum set of leased lines

1. Purpose

This publication identifies the minimum set of leased lines with harmonised characteristics and associated standards referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive).

This list forms part of the list of standards referred to in Article 17 of Directive 2002/21/EC (the Framework Directive).

This publication is in addition to the list of standards and/or specifications for electronic communications networks, services and associated facilities and services published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in December 2002 ([^E0006]).

2. Technical Standards

The standards mentioned in this publication are ETSI deliverables under the current ETSI nomenclature. According to the ‘ETSI Directives’ ([^E0007]), these deliverables are defined as follows:

European Standard (telecommunications series), EN: An ETSI deliverable containing normative provisions, approved for publication in a process involving the National Standards Organisations and/or ETSI National Delegations with implications concerning standstill and national transposition.

Harmonised Standard: An EN (telecommunications series) the drafting of which has been entrusted to ETSI by a mandate from the European Commission pursuant to Directive 98/48/EC (latest amendment to Council Directive 83/189/EEC) and has been drafted taking into account the applicable essential requirements of the ‘New Approach’ Directive and whose reference has subsequently been announced in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

The version of the standards referred to in this list is the version valid at the time that the list is published.

3. Addresses where documents referenced can be obtained

ETSI Publications Office ([^E0008])

4. References to EU legislation

The list refers to the following legislative documents which may be found at http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/telecoms/regulatory/index_en.htm

• — Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33).

• — Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on Universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51).

OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51.

OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33.

OJ L 165, 19.6.1992, p. 27.

OJ L 14, 20.1.1998, p. 27.

OJ C 331, 31.12.2002, p. 32.

[^E0006]: OJ C 331, 31.12.2002, p. 32.

[^E0007]: Available at http://portal.etsi.org/directives/.

[^E0008]: ETSI documents can be downloaded from the ETSI Publications Download Area (http://pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp).