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PROPOSTA DE RESOLUÇÃO N.° 74/VII

aprova, para ratificação, a convenção que institui 0 gabinete europeu de telecomunicações (eto), aberta para assinatura em copenhaga em 1 de setembro de 1996.

Nos termos da alínea d) do n." 1 do artigo 200.° da Constituição, o Governo apresenta à Assembleia da República a seguinte proposta de resolução:

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É aprovada, para ratificação, a Convenção Que Institui o Gabinete Europeu de Telecomunicações (ETO), aberta para assinatura em Copenhaga em 1 de Setembro de 1996, cujo texto original em inglês e respectiva tradução em português seguem em anexo ao presente diploma.

Visto e aprovado em Conselho de Ministros de 3 de Outubro de 1997. — O Primeiro-Ministro, António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres. — O Ministro da Presidência, António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino. — O Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Jaime José Matos da Gama. — O Ministro do Equipamento, do Planeamento e da Administração do Território, João Cardona Gomes Cravinho.

convention for the establishment of the european telecommunications office (eto)

The States Parties to this Convention, hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties, whose telecommunications administrations are members of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT):

Acknowledging the importance of the possibility for service providers to offer telecommunications services at a European level and the need to facilitate the procedures to acquire national authorizations;

Acknowledging also the desirability of co-ordination on national numbering schemes within Europe and the possiblity of service providers having access to a co-ordinated numbering scheme within Europe;

Desiring to implement a procedure for tfie coordination of applications for and issuing of national authorizations in the field of telecommunications services;

Desiring also to assist efforts to approximate

authorizations to provide telecommunications services;

Taking account of the resolution of the Council of the European Communities on the promotion of Europe-wide cooperation on numbering of telecommunications services (92/C 318/02), the resolution of the Council of the European Union on the implementation of the future regulatory framework for telecommunications (95/C 258/-01), including licensing; taking note of the possiblity in this context of undertaking studies on behalf of outside bodies, inter alia the European Commission",

Determined to establish a permanent non-profit making institution, to assist the European Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs of CEPT, hereinafter referred to as ECTRA, with its tasks relating to the development of the above;

have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Establishment of ETO

1 — A European Telecommunications Office, hereinafter referred to as the ETO, is hereby established.

2 — The headquarters of the ETO shall be in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Article 2 Functions of the ETO

The functions of the ETO shall be:

1) To provide the administrative framework for implementation of a «one-stop shopping» procedure for licensing and declaration, in force between Contracting Parties of this Convention;

2) To undertake studies on the approximation of licensing and declaration procedures and conditions, including studies on behalf of outside bodies, inter alia the European Commission, and to advise ECTRA accordingly;

3) To undertake studies in the field of numbering, including studies on behalf of outside bodies, inter alia the European Commission, and to advise ECTRA on the development of European numbering policies, the management of European numbering schemes where relevant' and the co-ordination of national numbering schemes;

4) To undertake, after approval by the Council, any other activities as ECTRA may request.

Article 3 Legal status and privileges

1 — The ETO shall have legal personality. The ETO shall enjoy full capacity necessary for the exercise of its functions and the achievement of its purposes, and may in particular:

1) Enter into contracts;

2) Acquire, lease, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property;

3) Be a party to legal proceedings;

4) Conclude agreements with States or international organizations.

2 — The director and the staff of the ETO shall have privileges and immunities in Denmark as defined in an agreement concerning the headquarters of the ETO between ECTRA and the Government of Denmark.

3 — Other countries may grant similar privileges and immunities in support of the ETO's activities in such countries, in particular with regard to immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken and written and all acts performed by the director and the staff of the ETO in their official capacity.