Regulations Governing the Equal Access Service Article 24

The selection service providers are not allowed to collect related expenses from subscribers for the provision of the pre-selection service, but they may considerately collect necessary operational cost from the operators of long-distance or international telecommunications service.The necessary operational cost in the preceding paragraph includes the following items:1. The administrative operational cost for application reception.2. The administrative operational cost for operation setting.The tariff of the preceding items shall be calculated according to the actual increased cost, and shall not be higher than the tariff of like services applied by subscribers, and shall be decided through negotiation between both parties on the principle of equality.If no agreement is reached concerning the tariffs in Paragraph 2 after three months of negotiation, or the negotiations have not begun after the negotiating request application has been made within one-month period, either party may request the NCC to mediate.Operators are not allowed to refuse or delay offering the pre-selection service with the cause that the negotiation on the charge of Paragraph 2 is not successful.Operators offering long-distance or international network telecommunications service shall collect application fee, setting fee, and related expenses from subscribers who apply for service in accordance with Article 26 of this Act and the Regulations Governing Tariffs of Type I Telecommunications Enterprises.