Commission Decision
of 29 October 2007
amending Decision 2007/116/EC as regards the introduction of additional reserved numbers beginning with ‘116’
(notified under document number C(2007) 5139)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/698/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
The service description associated with the number 116000 should be updated. Moreover, two services, namely Child Helplines and Emotional Support Helplines, have been identified as services of social value that may benefit from harmonised numbers. For these reasons, Decision 2007/116/EC should be updated and additional reserved numbers introduced.
Decision 2007/116/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Communications Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2007/116/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that as from 29 February 2008 the competent National Regulatory Authority can assign those numbers added to the list by virtue of this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 October 2007.
For the Commission
Viviane Reding
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Number | Service for which this number is reserved | Specific conditions attached to the right of use for this number |
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116000 |
| Service continuously available (i.e. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-wide). |
116111 |
| Where the service is not continuously available (i.e. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-wide), the service provider must ensure that information about availability is made publicly available in an easily accessible form, and that, during periods of unavailability, callers to the service are advised when the service will next become available. |
116123 |
| Where the service is not continuously available (i.e. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-wide), the service provider must ensure that information about availability is made publicly available in an easily accessible form, and that, during periods of unavailability, callers to the service are advised when the service will next become available. |