19. 6. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 165/27 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL . COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision to leased lines . . THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and 'in particular Article 100a thereqf, . N . EE . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), In cooperation with the European Parliament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), (1)  Whereas Council Directive 90/387/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the establishment of the internal market for telecommunications services through the imple- mentation of open network provision (¥), provides that the Council shall adopt specific open network provision conditions for leased lines; (2) Whereas in this Directive the concept of leased lines covers the offer of transparent transmission capacity between network termination points as a separate service and does not include on-demand switching or offers which form part of a switched service offered to the public; (3)  Whereas, in accordance with Commission Directive 90/388/EEC of 28 June 1990 on competition in the markets for telecommunications services (), Member States which maintain special or exclusive () OJ No C 58, 7. 3. 1991, p. 10. () OJ No C 305, 25. 11. 1991, p. 61 and Decision of 13 May 1992 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No C 269, 14. 10. 1991, p. 30. () O] No L 192, 24. 7. 1990, p. 1. () OJ No L 192, 24. 7. 1990, p. 10. ) ® (6) rights for the provision and operation of public telecommunications networks shall take the neces- sary measures to make the conditions governing access to and use of the network objective and non-discriminatory and publish them ; whereas it is necessary to harmonize which specifications should be published and under which form, in order to facilitate the provision of competitive services using leased lines, within Member States and between Member States, and in particular the provision of services by companies, firms or natural persons established in a Member State other than that of the company, firm or natural person for whom the services are intended ; Whereas, in application of the principle of non- discrimination, leased lines shall be offered and provided on request without discrimination to all users ; Whereas the principle of non-discrimination as laid down in the Treaty applies to, inter alia, availabi- lity of technical access, tariffs, quality of service, provision time (delivery period), fair distribution of capacity in case of scarcity, repair time, availability of network information and customer proprietary information, subject to relevant regulatory provi- sions on data protection ; Whereas a number of technical restrictions have been applied, in particular for the interconnection of leased lines among each other or for the inter- connection of leased lines and public telecom- munications networks ; whereas such restrictions, which impede the use of leased lines for the provi- sion of competitive services, are not_justified, as they can be replaced by less restrictive regulatory measures ;