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The Mobile Roaming (European Communities) Regulations 2007 

The Mobile Roaming (European Communities) Regulations 2007  (Memo)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO THE MOBILE ROAMING (EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS 2007 No. 1933

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO

THE MOBILE ROAMING (EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS 2007

2007 No. 1933

1. This explanatory memorandum has been prepared by the Department for Business, Enterprise Regulatory Reform and is laid before Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

2. Description

These Regulations implement into UK legislation the requirements of Articles 8 and 9 of the Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC ("the EU Roaming Regulation").

3. Matters of special interest to the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

3.1 None.

4. Legislative Background

4.1 The EU Roaming Regulation came into force on 30th June 2007.

4.2 Article 8 of the EU Roaming Regulation requires dispute resolution procedures to be put in place to cover disputes between different communications providers and between communications providers and their customers. Article 9 of the EU Roaming Regulation requires each Member State to enforce the EU Roaming Regulation by putting in place effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties.

4.3 The Communications Act 2003 ("the Act") provides OFCOM (The Office of Communications) with powers to regulate the activities of the telecommunications sector in the UK. It is proposed, therefore, that these Regulations provide OFCOM with additional powers which ...

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