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Interconnection legislation and policies worldwide
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Country	Law /Regulation	Year	Description
Argentina	Resolución 49/91 Condiciones Económicas de Interconexión Definitivas Resolución 61/97 Reglamento General de Interconexión	1997 1997 2000	Reglamento General de Interconexión
Argentina		1997 1997 2000	Reglamento General de Interconexión
Australia	Telecommunications Act 1997	1997	Division 5 (Technical Standards about the interconnection facilities) Division 6 (Connection Permits and connection rules)
Austria	Federal Law Relating to Telecommunications	1997	Articles 37 and 38 relate to interconnection
Belgium	Telecommunications law Arrêté royal 20/04/99	1991 1999	As revised in 1997 Art. 109 ter Fixes the details and general principles applicable to commercial negotiations that aim to conclude interconnection agreements
Belgium	Telecommunications law Arrêté royal 20/04/99	1991 1999
Bolivia	Ley No. 1632 - Ley de Telecomunicaciones	1995	Title IV on interconnection
Botswana	Telecommunications Act	1996	Article 47 on network interconnection
Bulgaria	Telecommunications Law	1998	Article 84
Cameroon	Loi n°98/014 Décret n°99/369/PM	1998 1999	Chapter III Establishing the interconnection regime between telecommunication networks open to the public.
Cameroon	Loi n°98/014 Décret n°99/369/PM	1998 1999
Canada	Telecom Decision CRTC 98-17	1998	VII (Interconnection, Resale and Sharing, and Related Matters)
Colombia	Resolución No. 001-98-PD/OSIPTEL	1998	Approves the interconnection regulation
Denmark	Act on Competitive Conditions and Interconnection in the Telecommunications Sector	1998	Act No. 860 of 4 December 1998
	Act amending the Act on Competitive Conditions and Interconnection in the Telecommunications Sector	1999	Act No. 327 of 31 May 1999
	Executive Order on Interconnection Agreements in the Telecommunications Sector	1998	No. 861 of 4 December 1998
	Executive Order on Basic Bearer Services, Services and Facilities Subject to Interconnection Obligations	1999	No. 45 of 22 January 1999
	Executive Order on the Activities of the Telecommunications Complaints Board	1999	No. 574 of 6 July 1999
	Executive Order Amending the Executive Order on Interconnection Agreements in the Telecommunications Sector etc.	1999	No. 747 of 6 September 1999
	Executive Order on Standard Offers in the Interconnection Field	1999	No. 844 of 12 November 1999
Dominican Rep.	Ley General de Telecomunicaciones N°153-98	1998	Chapter VIII
Ecuador	Reglamento Interconexión y Conexión de Redes y Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones	1996
El Salvador	Ley de Telecomunicaciones	1996	Art. 20 (obligation to give access), 22 (free negotiation), 91 (interconnection dispute resolution), 109 (interconnection charges)
Ethiopia	Regulations N°47	1999	Part Seven
Finland	Telecommunications Market Act	1997	Chapter 3 (Interconnection of telecommunications networks and telecommunications services)
France	New Ground Rules for Telecommunications	1995	IV (The Principles and Practicalities of Interconnection)
Germany	Telecommunications Act Ordinance concerning Special Network Access	1996 1996	Part IV (Open Network Provision and Interconnection)
Guatemala	Ley General de Telecomunicaciones	1996	Chapter III (Network Interconnection)
India	The Register of Interconnect Agreements Regulations	1999
Ireland	Decision Notice D4/ 00 Decision Notice D12/99 Decision Notice 8/99 Decision Notice D6/99	2000 1999 1999 1999	Interconnect for calls destined for Internet services and Number Translation Codes Telecom Eireann’s RIO Costing Methodologies for use in Accounting Separation The development of Long Run Incremental Costing for Interconnection
Ireland		2000 1999 1999 1999
Italy	Decree of 23 April 1998 Presidential Decree N. 318	1998 1997	Provisions for the interconnection in the telecommunications sector. Implementation of Directive 97/33/EC
Japan	Telecommunications Business Law Basic Rules for Interconnection	1998 1996
Korea (Rep.)	The Telecommunications Business Law	1983	Art. 34 (Interconnection Telecommunications Facilities)
Liechtenstein	Telecommunications Law	1996	Art. 13 (a)
Luxembourg	Loi du 21 mars sur les Télécommunications	1997	Title IV
Mexico	Reglamento de Telecommunicaciones		Chapter 7
Mauritania	Loi 99-019/ relative aux télécommunications	1999	Section 3
Morocco	Décret n°2-97-1025	1998	Interconnection
Netherlands	Telecommunications Act	1998	Chapter 6 (Interconnection and Special Access)
New Zealand	Interconnection contracts		Interconnection agreements or amendments to interconnect agreements entered into after 1 January 2000 between Telecom and the named parties.
Nicaragua	Ley General de Telecomunicaciones y Servicios Postales Reglamento General de Interconexión y Acceso	1995 1999	Art. 18, 36, 37
Norway	The Telecommunications Act	1999	Sections. 1-4 and 3-4-K
Pakistan	Interconnexion Guidelines	2001
Panama	Ley No. 31	1996	Art. 42.2
Peru	Decreto Supremo N 020-98-MTC		Art. 37-49
Portugal	Decree Law N 415/98	1998
Singapore	The Telecommunications Act 1999	1999	Provides for the licensing and regulatory powers of the IDA in respect of telecommunication matters.
Slovak Republic	Telecommunications Law	1964	Basic standards - as amended by Act No. 150/1992 Coll. and Act No. 96/1993 of the Legal Code.
Slovenia	Telecommunications Act Draft 3	1999	Art. 72
South Africa	Telecommunications Act No 103 Interconnection guidelines	1996 1999	Art. 43
Spain	Consulta pública Ley 12/1997 Oferta de Interconexión de Referencia 2000	1997 2000	Consultation on interconnection pricing Telecommunication liberalization Reference Interconnection Offer from Telefónica de España
Spain		1997 2000
Sweden	Telecommunications Act	1993	Section 32-36
Switzerland	Loi sur les télécommunications (LTC) OST Decree of 6.10.1997 RS 784.101.112/1 RS 784.101.112/2 ORAT Decree of 6.10.1997 Decree of Communications Commission of 17.11.1997	1997 1997	Art. 11 Concerning telecommunications services Number portability between service providers The free choice of service provider national and international Addressing resources in the telecommunications sector Concerning the LTC
Switzerland		1997 1997
Togo	Décret n°98-089	1998	On interconnection of telecommunication networks.
United Kingdom	Guidelines on Interconnection and Interoperability	1999
United States	Telecommunications Act of 1996	1996	Sec.251
Venezuela	Reglamento de interconexión N.3 275	1999

European Parliament	Directive 97/33/EC	1997	Interconnection in Telecommunications with regard to Ensuring Universal Service and Interoperability through Application of the Principles of Open Network Provision
Commission of the European Communities	Commission Recommendation 98/195/EC	1998	Commission Recommendation on Interconnection in a liberalized telecommunications market Part 1- Interconnection Pricing
Commission of the European Communities	Commission Recommendation 98/511/EC	1998	Commission Recommendation of amending Recommendation 98/195/EC on interconnection in a liberalized telecommunications market Part 1- Interconnection Pricing
Commission of the European Communities	Commission Recommendation 98/322/EC	1998	Commission Recommendation on interconnection in a liberalized telecommunications market Part 2 – Accounting separation and cost accounting
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission	PCC.I/RES 77 (XI-99) CITEL Guidelines and practices for interconnection regulation	1999	COM/CITEL /doc. 462/99

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