Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications No. 108 / 1982 Coll.

Q: Is Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications No. 108 / 1982 Coll. still valid?

Yes, Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications No. 108 / 1982 Coll. is still valid and effective.

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DECLARATION

Federal Ministry of Communications

of 8 July 1982

issuing the Telephone Regulations

The Federal Ministry of Communications, in agreement with the competent central authorities pursuant to § 3 (5) and § 22 of Act No. 110 / 1964 Coll., on Telecommunications, provides:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

General provisions

§ 1

Initial provisions and scope

(1) The conditions for the establishment and use of telephone equipment and the provision of telephone services by the administration are laid down in the Telephone Regulations. The establishment of telephone facilities for citizens, socialist organisations and other organisations, the provision of telephone calls and other telephone services belongs to the Department of the Federal Ministry of Communications, which provides them through its communication organisations (hereinafter referred to as "the administration ').

(2) Anyone who fulfils the conditions laid down shall be entitled to the services provided for in the Telephone Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) to the extent and in a manner appropriate to the technical and operational possibilities of administration. Requests for which satisfaction requires an urgent general interest shall prevail over those less important.

(3) The rates for the establishment and use of telephone equipment and other telephone services of the administration for which the conditions laid down in these Regulations are laid down in the Telephone Tariff. 1)

(4) The provisions of the Rules on conditions for telephone contact apply only to the territory of the Czechoslovak Socialist republity.2)

§ 2

Telephone network as part of a single telecommunications network

A summary of all facilities set up to make telephone calls and to provide special services by telephone for citizens, socialist and other organisations is a telephone network which is part of a single telecommunications network. The telephone network may be used by citizens, socialist organisations and other organisations on the basis of administrative authorisation for services other than telephone calls. The use of a telephone network for data transmission is regulated by a separate regulation. 3)

§ 3

Arrangement of the telephone network

(1) The telephone network is organised to achieve its best and most economical use. The management shall decide on the arrangements for the telephone network.

(2) From the point of view of the territorial arrangement, the different stages of the telephone network are:

- local telephone circuit

- node telephone circuit

- transit telephone circuit

- intertransit telephone network

- an international telephone network.

(3) The local telephone circuit (MTO) is the basic territorial element of the telephone network. Local telephone calls are made within its borders. Telephone contact between different MTO is intercity telephone contact. The MTO includes the area ideally shaped hexagon with a inscribed circle of radius 5 km. The real shape of the MTO and its borders are created with regard to local demographic and topographical conditions. The actual MTO limits are set by the administration, taking into account the comments made by the relevant national committees.

The local telephone circuit consists of:

(a) local telephone switchboards

(b) public telephone calls

(c) public telephone machines

(d) main and secondary telephone stations including secondary telephone devices

(e) connection telephone lines

(f) connecting telephone lines

(g) the intermediary telephone line.

(4) The node telephone circuit (UTO) consists of several local telephone circuits. A central MTO with a node telephone exchange is located in the centre of the UTO. The MTO is connected to the node telephone exchange by node circuits. In exceptional cases, both node circuits and MTO may be connected within one UTO.

(5) The transit telephone circuit (TTO) brings together several node telephone circuits. In the middle of the TTO is a central UTO with a transit telephone exchange. The node switchboards are connected to the transit switchboard by means of transit circuits. Nozzles within one TTO and between different TTO can be connected by internode partitions.

(6) The intertransit telephone network consists of intertransit circuits connecting the transit switchboards to each other. The intertransit telephone network also includes intercity links connecting a node exchange to a transit exchange other than the actual TTO.

(7) The international telephone network consists of international telephone exchanges and international telephone circuits. International telephone circuits may also be connected to non-international telephone switchboards when they are circuits intended for close international contact of two adjacent telephone circuits located at the national border.

§ 4

Local and interurban telephone switchboards

(1) Local telephone switchboards provide links between telephone devices (telephone stations, public telephone stations, etc.) of the same MTO and, in cooperation with intercity telephone centres, intercity connections. There may be one or more local telephone exchanges in one MTO as appropriate. The switchboard on which telephone devices are connected shall be a switchboard for such devices.

(2) According to the mode of operation specified by the technical equipment, local telephone exchanges are distinguished from:

- automatic and

- manual (hand operated).

Among the manual switchboards are those for which the operator is transferred by means of a semi-automatic switchboard to another manual switchboard.

(3) Interurban telephone exchanges provide interurban connections, i.e. links between different MTO. The intercity switchboards are node and transit switchboards.

(4) International telephone calls shall be made via international telephone exchanges in cooperation with other Member States' telephone exchanges.

§ 5

Public telephone calls

(1) Public telephone calls are telephone services to the public accessible to the public. They're always part of the MTO.

(2) Local, interurban and international calls may be made from public telephone calls. The operation of public telephone calls is governed by Section 67 of the Regulations.

(3) For public telephone calls set up for a transitional period during exhibitions, conferences, sports events etc., the applicant shall pay the costs associated with it.

§ 6

Public telephone machines

(1) Public telephone machines are devices which enable the public to make telephone connections after a specified coin has been thrown into the device's recovery device. They shall be placed in agreement with the competent authorities in places of a wider range of candidates or in places generally accessible.

(2) Public telephone machines, including interurban calls, are equipped with appropriate marking and instruction (Section 60 of the Regulations).

§ 7

Telephone stations

(1) The telephone station is a summary of technical equipment connected to the local telephone centre either directly (main telephone station) or indirectly (secondary telephone station). The telephone station shall be, as appropriate, participating, service or handling. Service and handling stations shall establish administration only for their own use.

(2) Telephone subscriber stations are telephone stations set up for citizens, socialist or other organisations on the basis of their phone application. A telephone station may also be a public telephone station, which is a station the administration of which provides a discount on certain ordinary subscriber fees for allowing the use of the station to the wider public under the conditions laid down by the administration.

(3) The main telephone station is connected to the local telephone centre by a separate and, where appropriate, joint connection. In justified cases, the main telephone station may be connected to the inter-city telephone centre, if it is in the technical and operational possibilities of the administration.

(4) Side telephone stations are connected to the main telephone stations by connection lines either directly or indirectly (via another by-phone station equipped with switching or connecting devices). Additional telephone stations may be connected via the main telephone station to the local telephone centre.

(5) The main or secondary telephone stations may also be equipped with devices intended for services other than telephone services on the basis of administrative authorisation. The possibility of installing telephone stations for data transmission is regulated by a special regulation. 3)

§ 8

Telephone lines and circuits

(1) Telephone calls serve:

(a) connection telephone lines,

(b) connecting telephone lines,

(c) brokerage telephone lines,

(d) interurban telephone circuits;

(e) international telephone circuits.

(2) Connecting telephone lines

(a) connect the main telephone stations, public telephone stations and public telephone machines to the telephone centre;

(b) connect the secondary telephone stations to the main or other secondary telephone stations or devices;

(c) form a direct link between the participating facilities of the same local network;

(d) connect subscribers to the inter-urban telephone centre (direct links to the intercity central office).

(3) The connection lines connect local telephone exchanges of the same MTO.

(4) Interurban telephone lines connect the intercity switchboard to the local telephone switchboard in the same local telephone circuit.

(5) Interurban telephone circuits connect intercity telephone exchanges to each other, connect non-central MTO to intercity telephone exchanges and, exceptionally, connect MTO to each other.

(6) International telephone lines combine the exchange points for international contact between different states.

§ 9

Use of telephone management devices

(1) Telephone management equipment may be used in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

(2) Persons who have misused or damaged the telephone equipment of the administration, persons who are in a gross breach of normal decency and persons affected by a contagious disease - if there is a risk of the disease being transmitted using a telephone device - may be excluded from the use of the telephone equipment of the administration, in particular public telephone calls or public telephone stations.

(3) The provisions laid down in the management guidelines for such devices apply to the use of public telephone machines.

(4) Everyone for whom they are established or who uses telephone equipment or administration services is obliged to pay the remuneration set for telephone subscribers and other users of telephone and telephone management services in the Telephone Tariff (hereinafter referred to as the "tariff list"). When using such facilities and services in contact with a foreign country, it is obliged to maintain the greatest economy.

(5) Any person who uses telephone equipment illegally shall be obliged to pay the administration all the charges by tariff for the period of unauthorised use.

(6) The administration may restrict telephone traffic on a single telecommunications network or stop it completely at a time of emergency measures, for urgent operational reasons, in order to satisfy the necessary needs of the public authorities or for other important public interest.

§ 10

Management obligations

(1) The administration is obliged to provide telephone services in such a way that the socially justified requirements of citizens, socialist and other organisations are properly met within the technical and operational possibilities of administration.

(2) The administration is required to maintain its telephone equipment intended for service according to its technical and operational capabilities in a state of good use. It shall also make any changes to the equipment if it considers it necessary and admissible.

(3) The administration is obliged to inform citizens and organisations at their request about telephone services. In addition, the administration shall, where possible, notify the users of telephone services in advance and in due time either directly or by other appropriate means of limitation, interruption, modification or other irregularities in the provision of telephone services. This obligation shall not apply to periods of emergency measures.

(4) The administration is obliged to promptly remove the defects, regardless of whether they consist of the performance of the service or the telephone network and, in the cases referred to in the Regulations or in the Tariff, to return the amounts already paid. The administration is not liable for any damage caused by the failure or failure to provide the requested service. 4)

§ 11

Administrative management and complaint handling

(1) The rights, rights and obligations of citizens, socialist organisations and other organisations under the Regulations and Tariff are decided by the association organisations under the general rules on administrative procedures. 5)

(2) The appeal shall be decided by the administrative authority closest to the highest level by the superior authority which issued the contested decision. The appeal authority is: 6)

(a) Regional Communications Directorate, (a)

(b) Telecommunications Directorate Prague, and

Telecommunications Directorate Bratislava, (b)

c) Central Directorate of Communications Prague (in ČSR),

Central Directorate of Bratislava Communications (SSR), (c)

(d) Federal Ministry of Communications, (d)

if an appeal is made against the decision of the authority directly subordinate to it.

(3) Citizens, socialist and other organisations have the right to complain about defects in the provision of telephone services to administrations and the conduct of their workers. The authorities are obliged to deal with complaints in accordance with the general rules on complaints. 7)

§ 12

Telecommunications secrets

The administration and its staff, as well as the users of telephone equipment and administration services, are obliged to maintain telecommunications secrets. 8)

§ 13

Clock for the public in telephone traffic

(1) Where continuous telephone traffic is not provided for by telephone operators, the administration of the clock shall provide for the public in telephone exchanges and public telephone calls, according to the actual, operational, justified need, taking into account public and service interests.

(2) The clocks for the public at manual telephone switchboards must be set at least to the extent specified in the following table, unless the management of the connections has otherwise agreed with the relevant national committee.

Při počtu hlavních účastnických stanic	Hodiny pro veřejnost
Při počtu hlavních účastnických stanic	v pracovních dnech	v sobotu	v ostatní dny pracovního klidu
nejvýše 20	09.00–12.00
nejvýše 20	15.00–18.00
21 – 50	08.00–12.00	07.00–10.00
21 – 50	14.00–18.00	07.00–10.00
51 – 100	07.00–19.00	07.00–11.00	07.00–09.00
s více než 100	stanoví ředitelství spojů nejméně v rozsahu stanoveném při počtu 51–100 stanic

(3) Telephone switchboards and public telephone calls are required to extend the service beyond the time limit for the public by a maximum of 12 minutes in order to complete calls already started or make calls for which a connection has already been prepared.

(4) Telephone workers who are present at, or present in, the telephone exchange or public telephone service and who have access to, telephone calls are obliged to allow telephone calls to the public outside the prescribed hours, if they are to call medical assistance, fire or other protection authorities, safety authorities, or if they are to report disturbances on important telecommunications equipment.

(5) The administration will extend the service over the range of hours to the public in cases of particular urgency, if no other solution is possible. Administrative expenditure relating to the extension of the service shall be paid by the applicant.

ČÁST DRUHÁ

Telephone subscriptions

§ 14

Telephone participant and its management ratio

(1) A telephone participant means a summary of the rights and obligations of a telephone subscriber to whom a telephone station has been set up on the basis of his telephone application to the administration.

(2) Telephone participation is created by the involvement of the station in the operation and, where appropriate, by a transfer pursuant to § 35 of the Regulations.

(3) A citizen, socialist or other organisation may be a telephone participant.

(4) Both the administration and the telephone participant (hereinafter referred to as the "participant") are obliged to comply with the provisions of the Regulations and Tariff. The obligations and responsibilities of the participant are set out in Section 17 of the Regulations.

§ 15

Telephone application

(1) The application for a participating telephone station (hereinafter referred to as the "telephone application") shall be made by interested parties on a form issued by the administration. The application can only sound like one applicant. It shall be signed by the applicant himself or by his authorised representative. The administration shall not be obliged to examine or verify the authenticity of the signature on the telephone application and to authorise the representative to sign the application. The application shall also be deemed to be a participant in the station if the application is subsequently accepted as a telephone participant, in particular using the station and paying the bills, on whose behalf the application is not signed by him or his authorised representative.

(2) A separate application must be submitted for each requested main subscriber station, for direct connection to the intercity central office (Section 21 of the Regulations), for external intervening station (§ 19 of the Regulations) and for external direct connection (Section 20 of the Regulations). If several external side stations or direct connections are set up at the same place, one phone application is sufficient. It is possible to submit a telephone application for a permanent or temporary station.

(3) In the event that it is not possible to identify within 30 days of receipt of the application and the interested parties to notify the result of the technical feasibility investigation of the required station, the administration shall confirm receipt of the telephone application.

(4) The administration will reject a telephone application if the interested party does not wish to accept all the conditions of the telephone participation or if it can reasonably be considered that some of them will not be respected (e.g. by the conduct referred to in Paragraph 38 (1) of the Rules). The refusal of a telephone application shall be justified.

(5) The administration shall establish a telephone station in accordance with the chronological order in which the telephone applications have run out, unless a general interest in the establishment of a station or an economic aspect requires a different solution.

(6) Until the station is set up and is involved in the operation, the applicant may withdraw from the phone application. If they do so for reasons which have not been done on the part of the administration, they shall replace the management with expenditure already incurred on the work already carried out and on their preparation, unless the administration can otherwise use their result.

§ 16

Use of real estate to set up a participating station

(1) Prior to the establishment of a participating station or before its transfer, the owner or user of the building in which the station is to be set up or to which it is to be transferred shall make a written declaration that it will allow the administration of its building, inside the building or on the site with a continuous building to place and retain all the equipment needed to establish or transfer the participating station as well as the construction, maintenance and extension of the telephone network. The declaration of the owner or user of the property is not necessary if the telecommunications equipment of the administration is already located on the property.

(2) The consent of the owner or user of the property to the location of the installation on its building or plot and to the free access of the management authorities to the installation shall be given to interested parties. If the owner or user of the property does not agree, the administration shall initiate the necessary procedure with the relevant building office.

(3) If the interested party does not have the right to dispose freely of the room in which the participating station is to be set up, he shall also submit written permission to the beneficiary.

§ 17

Liability of the participant and its obligations

(1) The participant is liable under generally binding legislation for damage caused to the administration by the participating installation and for other damage caused to it as a participant.

(2) The participant is required to specify precisely the management of the stealth-guided devices with strong current, gas, water and others if it knows or may know about them.

(3) The participant must not change (connect or disconnect) anything on the technical equipment of the participating station without the knowledge and approval of the administration. It is not permitted to open or disassemble devices.

(4) The participant shall be obliged to pay the fees by tariff as well as to reimburse the administration of the amount by which it has been reduced by the unauthorised use of the participating station.

(5) If a failure occurs on the device, the participant must report them immediately to the relevant fault reporting centre. The participant shall also report to the administration the loss or damage of the installation without delay.

(6) The participant is obliged to provide its subscriber telephone station for making a telephone call in cases where this is urgently necessary to fulfil the obligation under the law (e.g. to call for assistance to a person who is at risk of death or shows serious health disturbances, to prevent or control fire or other natural disasters or accidents).

(7) The participant shall be obliged to allow access to the participating installation and to allow for additional reimbursement of the expenses associated with its use to the management staff who need telephone connections in the performance of the telecommunications service and are duly demonstrated.

(8) Except in the cases referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7, third parties may use the participating stations only with the consent of the participant.

(9) The participant shall be obliged to act in a language from his station in such a way that the possibility of using the telephone networks for the purpose for which he is intended is not limited to the necessary level (he shall, for example, report to the call without undue delay, present himself or her name or station number when calling, select the number of the call station immediately after picking up the microphone).

(10) A subscriber to a telephone station with a connecting device shall ensure that the equipment is operated by a sufficient number of professionally trained forces (couplings) which have received the administrative certificate. Connectors are required to report to 80% of calls within 5 seconds, for the remaining number of calls within 20 seconds after calling.

(11) Calls and calls in telephone contact will convince each other of their identity. Workers of the handling telephone service shall not be allowed to notify the caller or caller of their name. In contact with telephone users, handlers are required to represent the workplace number.

(12) The subscriber shall also be responsible for the absence of a microphone at his telephone station, the absence of a telephone device disconnected from the socket, the misuse of the station and the presence of the subscriber in a moist, dusty or otherwise inappropriate environment, unless specifically designed for such an environment. If two telephone devices are connected in parallel to their telephone station, the participant shall be responsible for not using both telephone devices at the same time.

§ 18

Main Participating Station

(1) The main participating stations are connected to the telephone exchange in whose area they belong, as determined by the administration, as being responsible for them. The management shall be entitled to transfer the participating station to another, new, relevant telephone exchange in connection with the modifications made to the telephone network. Under the conditions laid down by the administration, the main participating station may be equipped with a secondary telephone device (Section 25 of the Regulations). If it is equipped with a connecting device (a branch central) or a switching device (in particular secretarial kits), several side stations can be connected to it.

(2) For operational or technical reasons, the Administration may, in exceptional cases, connect the main participating station to a central office other than the relevant central office of the same MTO or to a central office of another MTO. Connection to the central office of another MTO will be discussed with the participant in advance.

In exceptional and justified cases, the main subscriber station may be connected to an incompetent central office at the request of the subscriber, provided that technical and operational management options permit. When connected to an incompetent exchange office at the request of a participant, tariff rates shall be charged (Section 3 of the Tariff if they are connected to an incompetent central office of the same MTO, Section 5 of the Tariff, if they are connected to an incompetent central office of another MTO).

(3) Where appropriate, the administration shall set up, in addition to the main participating stations with a separate connection, the main telephone stations with a common connection. In doing so, the administration shall, within the limits of its technical and operational possibilities, ensure the applicant's wishes. The assembly facilities (concentrates) are parts of the telephone switchboard and the telephone stations connected to them are therefore stations with separate connection lines.

(4) The stations with common connection lines are:

(a) double connections which connect to a central two stations with one connection line; or

(b) group connections connecting to a central group of up to ten stations also by one connection line. In existing groups, stations that have been cancelled are not renewed. New telephone stations with group connections are no longer set up.

Such connected stations shall be connected by short sections of separate lines to the equipment from which the joint lines start to the central line. In the case of double or group engagement, participants may use their stations for calls alternately, without interference or listening to each other, but do not have the possibility of speaking to each other.

(5) The method of construction and operation of the external and internal connection lines is determined by the administration when the station is set up or later changes. When considering the special wishes of a participant in the construction, the participant shall pay the higher costs resulting therefrom.

(6) The associated management set up by the administration remains its property, even if the participant paid the specified remuneration when the station was set up.

(7) Each main participating station shall receive a connection number as indicated in the telephone book. If more than one main participating station is involved in the series, only the first number of the series shall be included in the phone book. The main participating stations connected to the large series have a common connection number.

The full designation of the main subscriber station shall consist of the number or name of the UTO in which the station is connected and its connection number, or where the main subscriber station in the telephone book is indicated at a switchboard whose name is not named UTO, the name of the switchboard and the connection number.

The connection number and full designation of the main participating station shall be determined by the administration and may change them if necessary. A change shall be made by the administration of the participant in advance. The participant shall not be entitled to compensation for damage caused by the change.

(8) At the request of a participant, the administration may change the number if there are serious reasons for doing so for a tariff-based remuneration (Section 11 (2)).

(9) Rates for the establishment and use of major participating stations are shown in the schedule (Sections 1, 3 and 5).

§ 19

By-station

(1) The intervening unit may be established as internal or external to the station to which it is connected. The internal secondary station is either in the same building as the one to which it is connected or located outside that building, but on the property of the same owner, on which the main station is situated, provided that its connection line does not deviate from the borders of the same land or the land is divided only by communication. Every other side station is an external station.

(2) The communication referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be understood as infrastructure, runway and waterways. The secondary station shall retain the character of the inner station if its connection lines exceed only one communication or more communication throughout its entire operation if they are simultaneous.

(3) The subscriber station to which the secondary stations are connected is the connection station of these secondary stations. The secondary participating station cannot be connected to the main stations connected with the group connections.

(4) The external intervener station shall be administered only exceptionally if this is justified by the public interest or the serious reasons of the participant and if its need cannot be met by the establishment of the main subscriber station.

(5) The requirement to establish an external intervening station within a local telephone circuit other than that to which its connecting station belongs can only be met exceptionally if there are therefore serious reasons. From the point of view of the remuneration, such stations are considered as interurban telephone lines (Section 29 of the Tariff).

(6) The participant shall not leave the external side telephone station to third parties for permanent use and shall not use the station to mediate messages to third parties.

(7) The method of construction of the connection line of the external intervener station is subject to the same provisions as for the installation of the connection line of the main subscriber station (Section 18 (5) of the Regulations). The external link is the property of the administration, even if the participant has paid the installation costs, the internal link is the property of the participant.

(8) The rates for the establishment and use of the secondary station are in the tariff (Sections 1 (8) and 4).

§ 20

Direct connection

(1) The direct connection connects two participating switching or connecting devices and is either internal or external.

The internal direct link connects two devices in the same building or on a continuous parcel of the same owner; the external direct connection is the connection of which the trailer crosses a foreign land or a public road. Paragraph 19 (1) and (2) of the Regulations apply to assess whether a direct link is internal or external.

(2) The external direct connection connecting two participating switching or connecting devices in different local telephone circuits shall be considered as a rented intercity circuit according to § 43 of the Regulations.

(3) For the method of construction of the external direct connection trailer line the same provisions apply as for the installation of the connection line of the main subscriber station (Section 18 (5) of the Regulations). The external connection is the property of the administration, the internal line is the property of the participant.

(4) The rates for setting up and using a direct link are in the tariff (Sections 1 (8) and 4).

§ 21

Direct connection with the intercity central office

(1) In order to make interurban calls and make connections for such calls and, as appropriate, for other contact between the participant and the intercity telephone exchange (query, etc.), the administration shall establish, where justified, and, where possible in the technical and operational possibilities of the administration, the main subscriber stations connected directly to the interurban telephone exchange.

(2) The indication of the direct connection with the intercity exchange in the telephone book is provided for in Section 41 of the Regulations.

(3) The rates for the establishment and use of direct links with the inter-city central office are in the tariff (for the establishment of Article 1 (3), for the use of Article 3 (7), for direct links with the intercity central office within the same MTO and Article 29 (7), (8) and (9), for direct links with the intercity central office in another MTO).

§ 22

Temporary unit

(1) A temporary subscriber's telephone station shall establish an administration for a pre-arranged period which may not exceed six months from the date of establishment of the station. After the agreed period, the station shall be cancelled.

(2) The applicant for a temporary station will pay for the establishment and cancellation of the station and for its use by tariff (§ 1 (7), § 3 (6)). The administration may collect an advance on these payments.

Citation	Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications No. 108 / 1982 Coll.
Regulation Type	-
Author	-
Collection	Code of Laws

Date of Promulgation	22.09.1982
Effective from	01.01.1983
Effective until	-
Status	Valid

Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications issuing the Telephone Regulations

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