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1) A telecommunications carrier providing universal telecommunications services shall, where intending to establish or change tariffs concerning terms and conditions including charges relating to the carrier's universal telecommunications services, submit said tariffs to the Minister seven days prior to date of implementation thereof.
2) Where intending to establish or change said tariffs, the telecommunications carrier shall submit the notification in accordance with Form 13 stipulated in the Regulations for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Law, describing the date of implementation. Upon submission of the notification, draft tariffs or the comparison of tariffs before and after the change shall be attached thereto. In addition, the attached tariffs shall clearly describe the following matters specified in Article 16 item i) of the Regulations for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Law.
i) Names and contents of telecommunications services;
ii) Charges relating to telecommunications services (except the handling charges and other similar charges);
iii) Matters relating to responsibilities of the telecommunications carrier and its users;
iv) Methods for sharing costs for works including installation of telecommunications facilities;
v) When setting limitations on modes of use of telecommunications circuit facilities, matters relating thereto;
vi) Methods for handling of essential communications
vii) Technical matters necessary for smooth offering of telecommunications services;
viii) In addition to the preceding items, matters relating to terms and conditions for offering telecommunications services of importance to the rights or duties of users; and
ix) Service period where a valid service period is set forth3) The notification shall be submitted to: Tariff Division, Telecommunications Bureau, MIC
4) The Minister may, if it is deemed that the tariffs notified in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph fall under any of the following items, order said telecommunications carrier providing universal telecommunications services to change said tariffs within a reasonable time period:
i) If calculating methods of charges are not stipulated properly and clearly.
ii) If the tariffs related to the responsibilities to be assumed by a telecommunications carrier and its users, and allocation methods of costs related to installation and other works of telecommunications facilities are not properly and clearly stipulated.
iii) If the tariffs unreasonably restrict utilization conditions of the telecommunications circuit facilities.
iv) If the tariffs include the provisions that unfairly discriminate against specified persons.
v) If due consideration is not paid to the matters relating to essential communications.
vi) If the tariffs impair the users' benefit because lead to illicit competition with other telecommunications carriers, or the tariffs are extremely improper in light of socioeconomic conditions.5) In principle, a telecommunications carrier providing universal telecommunications services shall not provide universal telecommunications services unless based on tariffs notified.
| Telecommunications Business Law
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Any telecommunications carrier providing universal telecommunications services shall publish tariffs concerning the universal telecommunications services and post thereof at its business offices and other workplaces (headquarters or branches registered with the commercial registration) and on the Internet in a manner in which such tariffs and charges can easily be seen by the general public.