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(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1203/2012
of 14 December 2012
on the separate sale of regulated retail roaming services within the Union
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
of implementing acts, detailed rules on the information
obligations about the possibility for roaming customers
to opt for an alternative roaming provider and on a
technical solution for the implementation of the
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
separate sale of regulated retail roaming services.
Union,
(3) In
accordance
with
Article
5(4)
of
Regulation
(EU)
No
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the
531/2012, the technical solution to implement the
European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on
separate sale of regulated retail roaming services may
roaming on public mobile communications networks within the
combine one or more technical modalities for the
Union ( 1 ), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
purposes of meeting all the criteria set out in Article 5(3)
of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012. Several technical
modalities should therefore need to be implemented, if
not all of these criteria can be met by only one technical
After consulting the Body of European Regulators for Electronic
modality. This Regulation should lay down detailed rules
Communications,
on this technical solution comprising the requirements
for domestic providers to deploy network elements and
to provide related services concerning each technical
modality, in order to ensure access to these facilities
Whereas:
necessary to allow alternative roaming providers to
offer separate roaming services and to provide for the
switching process between donor and recipient roaming
providers.
(1) Regulation
(EU)
No
531/2012
introduces
the
concept
of
separate sale of regulated retail roaming services. Firstly,
Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 imposes an
obligation on domestic providers to enable their
(4)
At the same time, the technical solution should make it
customers to access regulated voice, SMS and data
possible to give effect to the obligations referred to in
roaming services, provided as a bundle, by any alternative
Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012. Therefore
roaming provider. Furthermore, the provisions on
the technical solution should ensure both the possibility
separate sale of regulated retail roaming services as laid
for customers to access regulated voice, SMS and data
down in Article 4(1) include the requirement for
roaming services, provided as a bundle by any alternative
domestic providers and roaming providers not to
roaming provider and that domestic providers and
prevent roaming customers from accessing regulated
roaming providers comply with the obligation not to
data roaming services provided directly on a visited
prevent customers from accessing regulated data
network by an alternative roaming provider.
roaming services provided directly on a visited network
by an alternative roaming provider.
(2) In
order
to
ensure
consistent
and
simultaneous
imple
mentation across the Union of the separate sale of
(5) Currently
all
retail
roaming
services
are
provided
together
regulated retail roaming services, Regulation (EU) No
with domestic mobile communication services by the
531/2012 requires the Commission to adopt, by means
domestic provider. Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
enables the roaming customer to select an alternative
( 1 ) OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 10.
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provided as a bundle and to acquire those roaming
to include dual-IMSI functionality, the dual-IMSI technical
services separately from the domestic mobile services.
modality fails to provide a cost-effective and consumer-
In this regard, the roaming customer concludes a
friendly option for the separate sale of regulated retail
contract with an alternative roaming provider for the
roaming services.
provision of those services.
(9) In
contrast,
the
single
IMSI
technical
modality
appears
(6) There
are
several
technical
modalities
to
implement
the
more appropriate in the light of the criteria set out in
separate sale of roaming services as a bundle, including
Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012. Firstly, in
dual International Mobile Subscriber Identity (dual-IMSI)
relation to criteria (h), (i), (j), (k) of Article 5(3) all
(two separate IMSI on the same SIM card) and single
identified technical modalities including the single IMSI
IMSI (the sharing of one IMSI between the domestic
technical modality can be implemented in a way that
and roaming providers). The dual IMSI technical
meets these criteria. Secondly, the single IMSI is
modality is based on a second profile on the roaming
consumer and user-friendly given that the roaming
customer’s SIM card that can be used by the alternative
service is technically provided in the same way as it
roaming provider for the sale of regulated roaming
has been so far and therefore the same seamless user
services, while the first profile is still used by the
experience can be expected. Thirdly, the implementation
domestic provider for the sale of domestic services and
costs of single IMSI are lower than for dual IMSI and no
possibly non-regulated roaming services. Under the single
major standardisation activities are needed to enable it.
IMSI technical modality the separate roaming services are
BEREC also considers that there are no implementation
technically still provided by the domestic provider, which
bottlenecks for implementing single IMSI.
serves as the host mobile network operator to the alter
native roaming provider. The separate roaming services
are provided on a wholesale basis to the alternative
roaming provider, which resells the services to the
roaming customer at retail level. The most basic
(10) The
efficiency
of
the
single
IMSI
technical
modality
in
version is a pure resale option. Furthermore, there are
terms of competition effects could be enhanced if the
a number of potential enhancements to the pure resale
alternative roaming providers could steer the roaming
technical modality that enable the alternative roaming
traffic to a visited network of their preference.
provider to control which visited networks are to be
However, the implementation of traffic steering
used preferably and to recover discounts on the
arrangements for an enhanced single IMSI technical
wholesale roaming services purchased from the host
modality would be justified only if the implementation
mobile network operator (MNO) based on wholesale
costs were proportionate to the expected competition
agreements with visited network operators or wholesale
benefits. So far, there is no evidence that the necessary
aggregators.
traffic steering arrangements for an enhanced single IMSI

technical modality could be implemented at reasonable
cost by 1 July 2014. Therefore, at this stage, the single-
IMSI technical modality in the form of roaming resale is
considered as being sufficient to meet all criteria provided
(7) In
accordance
with
Article
5(1)
of
Regulation
(EU)
No
in Article 5(3) except criteria (b) and (e), which are only
531/2012, access to the network elements and services
partly met.
necessary for the separate sale of regulated retail roaming
services should be provided free of charge. Consequently,
pricing of any additional services which go beyond what
is necessary for the separate sale of regulated retail
(11) Neither the dual IMSI technical modality nor the single
roaming services is not covered by Article 5(1). Access
IMSI technical modality nor its enhancements meet all
to facilities and support services for the separate sale of
the criteria as provided of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU)
regulated retail roaming services includes the facilities
No 531/2012. In particular, none of them make it
and services needed in the process of switching a
possible to give effect to the obligation imposed on
customer.
domestic providers and roaming providers not to
prevent customers from accessing regulated data
roaming services provided directly on a visited network
by an alternative roaming provider. However, at least one
of the technical modalities of the technical solution needs
(8) The
Body
of
European
Regulators
for
Electronic
Communications (‘BEREC’) has carried out its expert
to provide for the ability to give effect to this obligation
assessment on the solutions to implement separate
as one of the obligations imposed in Article 4(1) of that
roaming services (
Regulation.

1 ). BEREC considers that the implemen
tation of dual-IMSI requires significant development and
standardisation activity and estimates that the implemen
tation costs would impose a significant overhead on
retail prices. Given that this technical modality would
(12) In the current implementation and configuration of
also require upgrading of the currently used SIM cards
home networks such local data roaming services are
prevented. A second technical modality is therefore
( 1 ) BoR (12) 68 and BoR (12) 109.
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(EU) No 531/2012. In order to separate local data
should allow the development of different business
roaming services from the domestic bundle, visited
models for providing local data roaming services, either
network operators should not be prevented not only
on temporary or permanent basis.
from technically processing the roaming customer’s
data traffic, but also from providing the service at retail
level.
(16) In
the
case
of
temporary
local
data
roaming
services,
the
roaming customer can choose a local mobile network
operator in that country for the provision of retail data
(13) On
the
other
hand,
the
single
IMSI
technical
modality
roaming services directly if the service is offered in the
does not make it possible to serve all categories of
visited country and if there is a roaming agreement
consumer demand on competitive terms, such as the
between the visited network operator and the domestic
intensive usage of data services. Since wholesale caps
network operator. The temporary nature of this service
for data roaming services are not strictly cost-oriented
means that there is no permanent configuration of the
and will not decrease after 2014 despite an expected
network or the terminal equipment, therefore the original
decrease in wholesale cost, it seems unrealistic that alter
roaming behaviour is restored once local data roaming
native roaming providers that have to rely on wholesale
service is not used anymore. This kind of service would
data roaming services would be able to offer retail data
provide a similar customer experience to that of wireless
roaming services for heavy data users at attractive prices
local area networks such as WiFi currently used by many
compared to price levels for domestic mobile data
laptop, smart phone or tablet users abroad. Voice, SMS
services. However, a technical modality that gives effect
and other associated roaming services would be provided
to the obligation on domestic providers and roaming
by the home network operator as usual, except where the
providers not to prevent customers from accessing
roaming provider in the visited network offers these
regulated data roaming services provided directly on a
services as well.
visited network by an alternative roaming provider puts
alternative data roaming providers in a position to
provide local data roaming services, i.e. data roaming
services without relying on a wholesale data roaming
service.
(17) In
the
case
of
permanent
local
data
roaming
services
the
roaming customer concludes a contract with a provider
of local data roaming services instead of the roaming
provider using a home network. In this case, an alter
(14) Retail
data
roaming
services
are
currently
provided
by
native roaming provider, e.g. a mobile network operator
domestic providers based on wholesale agreements with
or reseller, would provide local data roaming services and
the visited network operators. Data roaming traffic is sent
the necessary technical support (in the form of specific
and received over the radio access network of the visited
applications or similar) in one or more countries to
network operator, and routed between visited network
roaming customers on a permanent basis based on its
and home network. The home network operator
own network footprint and/or the network footprints
provides the connection to the internet service and
operated by MNOs to which it concluded resale
charges the roaming customer for the data roaming
agreements in each country.
service. The current GSM/GPRS, EDGE and UMTS
standards already enable the visited network operator
to technically handle data roaming traffic and to
provide the connection to the internet service without
the necessity of routing between home and visited
(18) Whereas
the
most
simplistic
commercial
offers
may
not
network. However, according to the current industry
best meet the requirement for user-friendliness by
practice, the home network operator still charges the
requiring, e.g. the roaming customer to change terminal
customer for the data roaming service and the visited
settings or to send a code by SMS to allow for the service
network operator provides the processing of the traffic
and to select the visited network, it can be expected that
as a wholesale service for the home operator.
depending on the popularity of the service, local data

roaming services providers, terminals and applications
suppliers or other actors will develop market-based
solutions for enhanced user-friendliness. Consumer-
friendliness of local data roaming services is considered
(15) There
are
several
ways
to
implement
the
requirement
not
good due to the flexibility to opt for and disconnect
to prevent local data roaming services. Basic
from local data roaming services providers instan
requirements are the implementation and activation of
taneously. Local data roaming services allow alternative
the processing of data roaming traffic in the visited
roaming providers to exploit own infrastructure assets
network and the requirement not to prevent the
and commercial agreements for data roaming, e.g.
manual or automatic selection of a visited network.
through resale arrangements or permanent multi-
Possible enhancements include the modification of
country local data roaming services. According to
traffic steering elements in order not to interrupt an
BEREC, local data roaming services can be implemented
ongoing local data roaming session and the implemen
rather quickly and are cost-effective as most of the costs
tation of specific facilities to assist roaming customers in
are incurred by the alternative providers in proportion to
selecting a visited network or to support automatic
the actual roll-out of local data roaming services. There is
selection of visited networks. Such basic requirements
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implementation of traffic processing in the visited
(22) Cooperation
and
coordination
among
market
players,
network already exist. Therefore, the technical modality
BEREC and the Commission are necessary to enable a
allowing for access to local data roaming services meets
coordinated technical implementation of separate
all the criteria provided in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU)
roaming services. In particular, a coordinated approach
No 531/2012, except criteria (b) and (e), which are only
should be developed in order to identify relevant
partly met.
technical interfaces and to ensure sound implementation
of those interfaces, to allow consistent and simultaneous
implementation across the Union of the separate sale of
regulated retail roaming services. An industry platform,
open to all market participants, should provide a useful
(19) The
technical
modality
allowing
for
access
to
local
data
forum for such coordination.
roaming services only ensures access to data roaming
services. Therefore, it does not fully meet criterion (e)
of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012.
Furthermore, this technical modality does not fully
meet criterion (b), because only data users are expected
(23) In
order
to
allow
timely
implementation
of
the
separate
to be attracted by access to local data roaming services.
sale of regulated retail roaming services, undertakings
should not refuse testing of technical interfaces before
the commercial roll-out of retail roaming services
provided by alternative roaming providers prior to
1 July 2014.
(20) The technical
solution combining the two technical
modalities, namely the single IMSI technical modality,
implemented as a roaming resale service, and the
technical modality allowing access to local data
roaming services on a visited network, meets all the
(24) In
accordance
with
recital
38
of
Regulation
(EU)
No
criteria of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No
531/2012 BEREC, in collaboration with the relevant
531/2012. Whereas neither the single IMSI technical
stakeholders, should develop guidance on technical
modality nor the technical modality allowing access to
elements necessary to enable the separate sale of
local data roaming services alone fully meet criteria (b)
roaming services.
and (e), they are complementary and meet criteria (b) and
(e) only in combination.
(25) Article
4(4)
of
Regulation
(EU)
No
531/2012
includes
general provisions as to how and when customers are
(21) In
accordance
with
Article
4(2)
of
Regulation
(EU)
No
to be informed about the possibility to choose an alter
531/2012, the switch between roaming providers is to
native roaming provider. The content of the information
be carried out without undue delay, and in any case
and the possible ways of communicating it to a
within the shortest possible period of time depending
consumer need further specification in order to make it
on the technical solution chosen for the implementation
easier for the consumer to make an informed choice.
of the separate sale of regulated retail roaming services.
Improving consumer awareness of the roaming market
In the case of the single IMSI technical modality, like the
requires a combination of all available means to help
change of provider for domestic services, no further
consumers benefit from open markets.
interaction with the user is necessary after the conclusion
of the contract with the alternative roaming provider.
This technical modality allow for the switching to be
implemented within a similar period of time as the one
for switching for domestic services, which is of one
working day. Therefore, in the case of the single IMSI
(26) In
order
to
ensure
that
all
customers
could
benefit
from
technical modality, any switching time period to and
alternative offers, domestic providers should ensure that
from an alternative roaming provider that exceeds the
contracts concluded or renewed after 1 July 2014, allow
time period established for switching in case of
the customer to switch the roaming provider at any time
domestic services should be considered as an undue
and free of any charges applied by the donor roaming
delay as there are no underlying technical reasons to
provider.
delay such switch any further than for a comparable
switch between domestic services. In the case of the
technical modality allowing for access to local data
roaming services, the roaming customers are expected
to select the alternative roaming provider for local data
(27) Roaming providers, including alternative roaming
roaming services just before their intention to use the
providers offering local data roaming services, should
local data roaming service. The technical modality
implement transparency and safeguard mechanisms for
allows for the switch to or between providers of local
the data services provided by them, in accordance with
data roaming services to be carried out instantaneously
Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012. In order to
after the conclusion of the contract with the recipient
ensure transparency, roaming providers should also
roaming provider.
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services that may not be available when using local data
(f) ‘durable medium’ means any instrument which enables the
roaming services, such as proprietary services supported
customer to store information addressed personally to him
by the domestic network.
in a way which ensures accessibility for future use for an
appropriate period of time, taking into account the
purposes in which that information can be used and
(28) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
which allows the unchanged reproduction of the
accordance with the opinion of the Communications
information stored;
Committee,
(g) ‘recipient roaming provider’ means a roaming provider, that
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
will provide roaming services instead of roaming services
currently provided by the donor roaming provider after
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the change of roaming provider;
Subject matter and scope
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the separate sale of
(h) ‘donor roaming provider’ means the roaming provider, that
regulated retail roaming services across the Union.
is currently providing roaming services to a customer.
It lays down detailed rules on a technical solution for the
Article 3
implementation of the separate sale of regulated retail
roaming services. It also lays down detailed rules on the
Technical modality for the implementation of the separate
information obligations of domestic providers towards their
sale of regulated retail roaming services provided as a
roaming customers concerning the possibility to opt for
bundle
roaming services provided by any alternative roaming provider.
1. For
the
purpose
of
enabling
roaming
customers
to
access
regulated voice, SMS and data roaming services, provided as a
bundle by any alternative roaming provider, domestic providers
Article 2
operating a terrestrial public mobile communication network
Definitions
shall provide the necessary network elements and the relevant
services that allow for the resale of retail roaming services, to
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions
the domestic provider’s customers by the alternative roaming
shall apply:
provider in parallel to domestic mobile communication services
without the need for the roaming customers to change their
SIM card or mobile device.
(a) ‘resale of retail roaming services’ means a provision of
regulated roaming services, provided as a bundle, and
associated services, such as voice mailbox services, that are
usually available to roaming customers, without the need
2. The
network
elements
and
relevant
services
provided
in
for roaming customers to change their SIM card or mobile
paragraph 1 shall cover inter alia:
device, in accordance with a wholesale agreement concluded
between an alternative roaming provider and a domestic
provider;
(a) facilities necessary for the procedure to change the roaming
provider in accordance with paragraph 5;
(b) ‘local data roaming service’ means a regulated data roaming
service provided, temporarily or permanently, to roaming
(b) facilities related to customer information, such as location
customers directly on a visited network, by an alternative
data of the customer and customer data records for billing
roaming provider without the need for roaming customers
support, that are necessary for the provision of retail
to change their SIM card or mobile device;
roaming services;
(c) ‘EU-Internet access point name (APN)’ means a common
(c) facilities necessary to support the implementation of the
identifier set, manually or automatically, in the roaming
financial limits for the specified period of use of data
customer’s mobile device and recognised by the home
roaming services in accordance with Article 15 of Regu
network and visited network to indicate the roaming
lation (EU) No 531/2012.
customer’s choice to use local data roaming services;
(d) ‘traffic steering’ means a control function used by the home
3. Domestic providers operating a terrestrial public mobile
network operator aimed at the selection of visited networks
communication network shall meet all reasonable requests for
for its roaming customers based on a priority list of
access to network elements and services in accordance with
preferred visited networks;
paragraphs 1 and 2.
(e) ‘network barring’ means a control function used by the
4. Domestic providers
shall ensure that the roaming
home network operator aimed at avoiding the selection of
customers of the alternative roaming providers may continue
certain visited networks for its roaming customers;
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5. The
donor
roaming
provider
shall
collaborate
with
the 4. The
donor
roaming
provider
shall
collaborate
with
the
recipient roaming provider in order to ensure that roaming
recipient roaming provider in order to ensure that roaming
customers who have concluded a contract with a recipient
customers who have concluded a contract with a recipient
roaming provider are able to use the services provided by this
roaming provider for the provision of local data roaming
provider within one working day.
services are able to use the services provided by this provider
instantaneously from the moment a recipient roaming provider
sends a request to a donor roaming provider.
Article 4
Technical modality for the implementation of accessing
local data roaming services on a visited network
The donor provider and the alternative roaming provider have
to ensure that, when implementing the technical modality, any
1. For
the
purpose
of
not
preventing
roaming
customers roaming customer using local data roaming services has the
from accessing regulated data roaming services provided
possibility to cease using local data roaming services and to
directly on a visited network by an alternative roaming
return to the default roaming services provided by the donor
provider, domestic providers operating a terrestrial public
roaming provider at any time. The alternative roaming provider
mobile communication network shall meet reasonable
providing local data roaming services shall not prevent the
requests for access to the necessary network elements and the
automatic restoration of these default roaming services instan
relevant services that allow for the processing of data roaming
taneously from the moment a donor roaming provider sends a
traffic in the visited network and for the retail provisioning of
request to the alternative roaming provider.
local data roaming services by alternative roaming providers.
2. The
network
elements
and
relevant
services
provided
in
Article 5
paragraph 1 shall cover inter alia:
Technical solution to implement the separate sale of
regulated retail roaming services
(a) facilities necessary for the roaming customer to switch
The domestic providers operating a terrestrial public mobile
between a roaming provider using a home network and
communication network shall implement cumulatively the
an alternative roaming provider of local data roaming
technical modality for the implementation of the separate sale
services for the purpose of using data roaming services in
of regulated retail roaming services provided as a bundle and
accordance with paragraph 4;
the technical modality for implementing access to local data
roaming services on a visited network.
(b) facilities allowing for the establishment of user access
profiles for the EU-internet APN in the home network
Roaming providers shall cooperate in order to ensure the inter
and for a mechanism in the home network that enables
operability of interfaces for the technical solution to implement
the processing of data roaming traffic in the visited
the separate sale of regulated retail roaming services, on the
network, routing of data roaming traffic to the selected
basis of common agreed standards. Reference documents and
alternative roaming provider and the retail provision of
database procedures applied by network operators for roaming
the data roaming service by the visited network operator
purposes may be applied, provided that they are publicly
for these user’s access profiles;
available and are in conformity with Regulation (EU) No
531/2012 and the present Regulation.
(c) facilities ensuring that traffic steering, network barring, or
other mechanisms applied in the home network do not
prevent the users from selecting the visited network for
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local data roaming services of their choice;
Customer information on separate sale of regulated retail
roaming services
(d) facilities ensuring that the user is not disconnected from the
1. From
1
July
2014,
domestic
providers
shall
inform
their
visited network for local data roaming services of its choice
existing roaming customers and shall provide information to
due to traffic steering or other mechanisms applied in the
new customers before the conclusion of the contract about
home network.
the possibility to opt for separate roaming services provided
by alternative roaming providers. In particular, they shall
provide the following information:
3. If
an
alternative
roaming
provider
intends
to
offer
local
data roaming services, domestic providers operating a terrestrial
public mobile communication network shall, for this purpose,
(a) details on the necessary steps to be taken by roaming
meet reasonable requests for wholesale roaming access from an
customers to switch to or between alternative roaming
alternative roaming provider and allow the provision of local
providers;
data roaming services by the alternative roaming provider and
the provision of the remaining roaming services (voice and
SMS) by the roaming provider using a home network to the
roaming customers concerned during the usage of local data
(b) the possibility to switch to or between alternative roaming
roaming services.
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(c) the changes which will be brought to the existing
Roaming customers shall have the right to request and receive,
contractual conditions, which have to ensure that no
free of charge, more detailed information on the possibility to
charges are applied to the customer by the donor
switch roaming providers at any time.
roaming provider in relation to the switch;
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(d) the period in which the switch to or between alternative
Review
roaming providers will be effected;
The Commission, when carrying out the review in accordance
with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012, shall also
(e) a reminder, that in case of the change of the domestic
assess, in consultation with BEREC, the effectiveness of the
provider, the new domestic provider does not have the
chosen technical solution to implement the separate sale of
obligation to support the roaming services provided by a
regulated retail roaming services and whether it requires to be
specific alternative roaming provider;
updated in the light of technological or market developments.
The review shall in particular evaluate whether the technical
(f) At the time of concluding a new contract or renewing an
solution still meets the criteria set in Article 5(3) of Regulation
existing contract, customers shall confirm explicitly that
(EU) No 531/2012 in the most efficient manner.
they have been informed about the possibility to opt for
an alternative roaming provider.
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Entry into force
2. Information
referred
to
by
paragraph
1
shall
be
provided
on a durable medium in a clear and comprehensible manner
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
and in an easily accessible form. In case of pre-paid customers,
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
whose contact information is not known to domestic providers,
European Union.
domestic providers should inform them via SMS or any other
suitable mean.
It shall apply from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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