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Other national laws, regulatory decisions and guidelines
Law No. 12.965, 23 April 2014 by the Presidency of the Republic, Civil House Legal Affairs Subsection
Decreto No. 8.771, de 11 de maio de 2016 de Regulamenta a Lei no. 12.965, de 23 de abril de 2014, para tratar das hipóteses admitidas de discriminação de pacotes de dados na internet e de degradação de tráfego, indicar procedimentos para guarda e proteção de dados por provedores de conexão e de aplicações, apontar medidas de transparência na requisição de dados cadastrais pela administração pública e estabelecer parâmetros para fiscalização e apuração de infrações
Canada
Railways Act 1906 R. S. C. (1906)
Telecommunications Act S.C. 1993, c. 38 Assented to 1993-06-23
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
CRTC 2008–108 Telecom Decision: The Canadian Association of Internet Providers’ application regarding Bell Canada’s traffic shaping of its wholesale Gateway Access Service, File no. 8622-C51-200805153, Ottawa, 20 November 2008
CRTC 2009–657 Review of the Internet traffic management practices of Internet service providers, Telecom Regulatory Policy, File No. 8646-C12-200815400, Ottawa, 21 October 2009
CRTC 2011–703, Withdrawal of ITMP Letter: Billing practices for wholesale residential high-speed access services, leading to abandonment of explicit P2P traffic throttling
Statement from Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman of the CRTC, on monetary penalties and paper bill fees, 17 December 2014
Unlimited Music Service 8661-P8-201510199 Telecom Commission Letter addressed to David Watt (Rogers Communications Inc) and Dennis Béland (Québécor Média), 2016
Chile
Decree 368 of 15 December 2010
Ley 20.453 de 18 de agosto que consagra el principio de neutralidad en la red para los consumidores y usuarios de Internet 2010
Costa Rica
Andrés Oviedo Guzmán, Fabio Isaac Masís Fallas y Juan Manuel Campos Ávila, v. Ministerio De Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones, Ministerio De La Presidencia Sala Constitucional De La Corte Suprema De Justicia. San José, 13 July 2010
Finland
Information Society Code (917/2014) Part I, Ministry of Transport and Communications, 2014
France
Conseil d’Etat Decision No. 360397/360398 of 10 July 2013
India
Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations No. 2 of 2016
Telegraphy Act 1885
Israel
Ministry of Communications, Internet (over-the-top) services and challenges to regulation, 2015
The Netherlands
Aanhangsel Handelingen II (Appendix Official Report), 2008/09.
Netherlands Department of Economic Affairs, Net Neutrality Guidelines, 15 May 2015,, for the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) for the enforcement by ACM of Article 7.4a of the Netherlands Telecommunications Act 2012 (official translation)
Telecommunications Act 2012, official translation by the Dutch government available at www.government.nl/documents/policy-notes/2012/06/07/dutch-telecommunications-act (Accessed 15 September 2016)
Norway
Act No. 54 of of 14 June 2013 amending Act No. 83 of 4 July 2003 relating to electronic communications (The Electronic Communications Act)
Norwegian Communications Authority, BEREC and net neutrality, 2012
Norwegian Communications Authority, Net neutrality guidelines, 2013
Singapore
Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore, ‘IDA’s Decision and Explanatory Memorandum for the public consultation on Net Neutrality’, 2011, available at www.ida.gov.sg/Policies-and-Regulations/Consultation-Papers-and-Decisions/Store/Consultation-on-Policy-Framework-for-Net-Neutrality (Accessed 15 September 2016)
Slovenia
Law on Electronic Communications (ZEKOM), No. 003-02-10/2012-32, 20 December 2012