S.L. 399.48 чл. 80Numbering resources.

(1) The Authority shall establish and manage the national numbering plan for electronic communications services and shall control the granting of rights of use for all national numbering resources. In doing so the Authority shall ensure that adequate numbering resources are provided for the provision of publicly available electronic communications services:

Provided that in granting rights of use for national numbering resources, the Authority shall establish procedures that are objective, transparent and non-discriminatory.

(2) No undertaking shall assign to locations, terminals, persons or functions on public electronic communications networks, right of use of numbers that have not specifically been allocated to that undertaking by the Authority for the purpose of providing publicly available electronic communications services.

(3) The Authority may also, in exceptional circumstances and at its discretion, grant rights of use for numbering resources from the national numbering plan for the provision of specific services to entities other than providers of electronic communications networks or services, provided that adequate numbering resources are made available to satisfy current and foreseeable future demand. In doing so, such undertakings shall demonstrate to the Authority their ability to manage the numbering resources and to comply with any relevant requirements set out pursuant to regulation 81:

Provided that the Authority may suspend the further granting of rights of use for numbering resources to such undertakings if the Authority considers that there is a risk of exhaustion of AND SERVICES (GENERAL)

numbering resources.

(4) The Authority shall ensure that the national numbering plan and procedures are applied in a manner that gives equal treatment to all providers of publicly available electronic communications services, and at its discretion to the entities eligible in accordance with sub-regulation (3). In particular, the Authority shall ensure that an entity to which the right of use for numbering resources has been granted does not discriminate against providers of electronic communications services as regards the numbering resources used to give access to their services.

(5) The Authority shall make available a range of non-geographic numbers which may be used for the provision of electronic communications services other than interpersonal communications services, throughout the European Union, without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 and to regulation 83(2):

Provided that without prejudice to the requirements of this regulation, the Authority may allow the use of such numbers in other non-European Union Member States:

Provided further that where rights of use for numbering resources have been granted in accordance with sub-regulation (3) to entities other than providers of electronic communications networks or services, this sub-regulation shall apply to the specific services for the provision of which the rights of use have been granted.

(6) The Authority shall ensure that the conditions listed in Part E of the First Schedule that may be attached to the rights of use for numbering resources used for the provision of services outside Malta, and their enforcement, are as stringent as the conditions and enforcement applicable to services provided within Malta, in accordance with these regulations.

(7) The Authority shall also ensure in accordance with regulation 81(7) that providers using Maltese numbering resources in other Member States or non-European Union Member States comply with consumer protection and other national rules related to the use of numbering resources applicable in those countries where the numbering resources are used. This obligation is without prejudice to the enforcement powers of the competent authorities of those countries:

Provided that the Authority may, where it considers necessary, seek the assistance of BEREC in coordinating its activities and those of competent authorities of other Member States in coordinating their activities to ensure the efficient management of numbering resources with a right of extraterritorial use within the European Union.

(8) In accordance with Article 93(4) of the Electronic Communications Code, where BEREC establishes and maintains a database on the numbering resources with a right of extraterritorial use within the European Union, the Authority shall as necessary transmit the relevant information to BEREC.

(9) The Authority shall ensure that the ‘00’ code is the standard international access code.

(10) The Authority shall, subject to any limitations that may be specified by the Minister after consultation with the Minister responsible for national security, on the grounds of national security, ensure that the national numbering plans, and all subsequent additions or amendments thereto, are published on its website and such other means of public media as it may consider appropriate.

(11) The Authority shall support the harmonisation of specific numbers or numbering ranges within the European Union where it promotes both the functioning of the internal market and the development of pan-European services.