INTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONUNIONCCITTD.306RTHEINTERNATIONALTELEGRAPHANDTELEPHONECONSULTATIVECOMMITTEEGENERALTARIFFPRINCIPLESCHARGINGANDACCOUNTINGININTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONSSERVICESREMUNERATIONOFPUBLICPACKET-SWITCHEDDATATRANSMISSIONNETWORKSBETWEENTHECOUNTRIESOFEUROPEANDTHEMEDITERRANEANBASINRecommendationD.306RGeneva,1991FOREWORDTheCCITT(theInternationalTelegraphandTelephoneConsultativeCommittee)isapermanentorganoftheInternationalTelecommunicationUnion(ITU).CCITTisresponsibleforstudyingtechnical,operatingandtariffquestionsandissuingRecommendationsonthemwithaviewtostandardizingtelecommunicationsonaworldwidebasis.ThePlenaryAssemblyofCCITTwhichmeetseveryfouryears,establishesthetopicsforstudyandapprovesRecommendationspreparedbyitsStudyGroups.TheapprovalofRecommendationsbythemembersofCCITTbetweenPlenaryAssembliesiscoveredbytheprocedurelaiddowninCCITTResolutionNo.2(Melbourne,1988).RecommendationD.306RwaspreparedbyStudyGroupIIIandwasapprovedundertheResolutionNo.2procedureonthe15ofJuly1991.___________________CCITTNOTEInthisRecommendation,theexpression“Administration”isusedforconcisenesstoindicatebothatelecommunicationAdministrationandarecognizedprivateoperatingagency. ITU1991Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingandmicrofilm,withoutpermissioninwritingfromtheITU.RecommendationD.306RRecommendationD.306RREMUNERATIONOFPUBLICPACKET-SWITCHEDDATATRANSMISSIONNETWORKSBETWEENTHECOUNTRIESOFEUROPEANDTHEMEDITERRANEANBASIN(Melbourne,1988;revised,Geneva,1991)TheCCITT,considering(a)theintroductioninmanycountriesofEuropeandtheMediterraneanBasinofpacket-switcheddatatransmissionnetworks,andthesystematicestablishmentoflinksbetweenthemandoflinksconnectingthemtonetworksonothercontinents;(b)thatthesenetworksarenotonlyusedforthetransferofcomputerdata,butalsoasbearernetworksfortheprovisionoftelematicservices;(c)thatbasicfinancialdataonthetransmission,switchingoperationalandmaintenancefacilitiesinvolvedareneededinordertodeterminetheaccountingratetobeappliedtothedatatransmissionservice,whichmayalsoserveasacomponentoftheaccountingrateforatelematicserviceprovidedoverthesenetworks,recommendsthattheaccountingratesharestobeappliedonpublicpacket-switcheddatatransmissionnetworkstoremuneratetheinternationalcentre,internationaltransmissionandnationalextensionshouldbeasfollows:1TerminaltrafficTerminalshareperkilosegment1):—0.78SDRor2.39G.Fr.from1January1993,—0.66SDRor2.02G.Fr.from1January1996.2TransittrafficTransitshareperkilosegment:0.22SDRor0.67G.Fr.3TotalaccountingrateThetotalaccountingrateisestablishedbyaddingtheterminalsharesandthetransitshare(s)._______________1)Theterminalshareiscomposedofthefollowingelements:–internationalexchange:0.14SDR(specialdrawingright)–internationaltransmission:0.04SDR–nationalextension:0.60SDR(from1January1993)0.48SDR(from1January1996).4RecommendationD.306R4CollectionchargeTheestablishmentofthecollectionchargeisanationalmatter.Itishoweverrecognizedthatinthepublicpacket-switchedservicethestructureofthecollectionchargeandoftheaccountingratemaydiffer.Costelementsnotrelevantforinternationalaccountingwouldbeoneofthereasonswhyacollectionchargecomposedofvolumeanddurationcharges,independentlyofthestructureoftheaccountingrate,mightberequired.