Official Gazette-Issue 41- Addendum - 23/7/2002 4) The TRA may protect fair competition or impose conditions on Public Telecommunications Services Providers through a number of measures, including: a) amendment of licensing conditions; b) suspension of approval of any request to transfer control of a License pursuant to provisions of Article 24 of the present Law; and c) taking of decisions applicable to all Public Telecommunications Service Providers. 5) The TRA may take any necessary measure to ensure competition including, but not limited to, measures dealing with: a) anti-competitive cross-subsidies; b) use of information obtained from competitors that will result in unfair competition; and c) failure to supply other Service Providers, on a timely basis, with the technical information relating to essential facilities and the commercial information necessary to provide their services. 6) The TRA may take all possible measures to raise the level of competitiveness of the Lebanese telecommunications market rather than imposing restrictions on the behavior or activities of Public Telecommunications Service Providers with Significant Market Power. The TRA shall immediately reconsider such measures as soon as it becomes clear that the evolution of market competition requires their revocation or amendment. 7) In exercising the duties determined in this Article, the TRA shall take into consideration the provisions of the present Law and the competition principles adopted by countries with competitive telecommunications markets. Article 31: Numbering Management 1) The TRA shall be responsible for managing the numbering needed for Customers and Users of Public Telecommunications Services. 2) The TRA shall manage the numbering plan in a non-discriminatory manner, making the details of the numbering plan available to the public. The TRA shall ensure that Service Providers obtain numbers without any unjustified delay; that changes in numbering do not cause unusual disturbance to 21

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