Common use of Universal service Clause in Contracts

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations it wishes to maintain and to decide on their scope and implementation. 2. Each Party shall administer the universal service obligations in a proportionate, transparent, objective and non-discriminatory way, which is neutral with respect to competition and not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Party. 3. Each Party shall ensure that procedures for the designation of universal service suppliers are open to all suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services. The designation shall be made through an efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory mechanism. 4. Where a Party decides to compensate the universal service suppliers, it shall ensure that such compensation does not exceed the net cost caused by the universal service obligation.

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations it wishes to maintain and to decide on their scope and implementationmaintain. 2. Each Party shall administer the ensure that any measure on universal service obligations that it adopts or maintains is administered in a proportionate, transparent, objective and objective, non-discriminatory way, which and competitively neutral manner. Each Party shall also ensure that any universal service obligation it imposes is neutral with respect to competition and not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by that the PartyParty has defined. 3. Each all suppliers should be eligible to ensure universal service. If a supplier is to be designated as the supplier of a universal service, a Party shall ensure that procedures for the designation of universal service suppliers are open to all suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services. The designation shall be selection is made through an efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory discriminat­ ory mechanism. 4. Where a Party decides to compensate the universal service suppliers, it shall ensure that such compensation does not exceed the net cost caused by the universal service obligation.

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations it wishes to maintain and to decide on their scope and implementation. 2. Each Party shall administer the universal service obligations in a proportionate, transparent, objective and non-discriminatory way, which is neutral with respect to competition and not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Party. 3. Each If a Party shall ensure that procedures for the designation of designates a universal service suppliers are supplier, it shall do so in a manner that is efficient, transparent, non-discriminatory and open to all suppliers of public telecommunications telecommunication networks or services. The designation shall be made through an efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory mechanism. 4. Where If a Party decides to compensate the a universal service supplierssupplier, it shall ensure that such compensation does not exceed the net cost caused by the universal service obligation.