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National regulatory authorities may, in accordance with Article 68, impose obligations on undertakings to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities, in situations where the national regulatory authorities consider that denial of access or unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the end-user’s interest. National regulatory authorities may require undertakings inter alia: to give third parties access to, and use of, specific physical network elements and associated facilities, as appropriate, including unbundled access to the local loop and sub-loop; to give third parties access to specific active or virtual network elements and services; to negotiate in good faith with undertakings requesting access; not to withdraw access to facilities already granted; to provide specific services on a wholesale basis for resale by third parties; to grant open access to technical interfaces, protocols or other key technologies that are indispensable for the interoperability of services or virtual network services; to provide co-location or other forms of associated facilities sharing; to provide specific services needed to ensure interoperability of end-to-end services to users, or roaming on mobile networks; to provide access to operational support systems or similar software systems necessary to ensure fair competition in the provision of services; to interconnect networks or network facilities; to provide access to associated services such as identity, location and presence service. National regulatory authorities may subject those obligations to conditions covering fairness, reasonableness and timeliness.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.