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    Pursuant to Article 17 paragraph 1, item h), and in relation to Article 47 of the Law on Electronic

    Communications (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia no. 13/2005, 14/2007, 55/2007,

    98/2008 and 83/2010), the Director of the Agency for Electronic Communications on 18.03.2011adopted the

    RULEBOOKon the manner of keeping accounting separation for activities related to interconnection and/or access

    and the manner of submission of accounting records

    I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Article 1 SubjectThis rulebook shall regulate the manner of keeping accounting separation for activities related to

    interconnection and/or access by an operator with significant market power on the relevant markets

    susceptible to pre-regulation (hereinafter: Operator) and the manner of submitting accounting records.

    Article 2 PurposeThe purpose of imposing an obligation to keep accounting separation is to provide a higher level of

    detailed information that arise from the legal financial statements of the designated operator, to show as

    precise as possible the operations of the business units of the designated operator, equally as if they

    work as separate business units, in cases of vertically integrated enterprise to prevent discrimination by

    giving preference to its own activities and prevent subsidies.

    Article 3

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    subscribers of the same or other operators or to ensure access to services offered by another operator.

    These services include transfer of calls, leased lines and data transfer. In addition, the activities on the

    core network may provide other services to the operators such as engineering services related to thedevelopment and ongoing maintenance of private networks and development of the competition

    (number portability services and services with selection and pre-selection of operators). The accounts

    for the activities on the core network include costs, revenue and the invested capital related to

    providing these services. The revenue on the core network will result mainly from the sale of

    interconnection services for its own retail businesses and for the other operators.

    b) Business activities on the access network (hereinafter: activities on the access network) is

    providing connection to the core network and they include activities through which connection of end

    users to the core network on a wholesale market is provided, both internally and with other operators.

    The accounts for the activities of the access network include costs, revenue and the invested capital

    related to providing and maintaining a connection with the core network. The activities on the access

    network include all network elements intended for end users, such as line cards and ports located on

    concentrators or telephone exchanges. All other network components shall be included in the business

    activities of the core network. The revenue generated from services from unbundled access to local

    loops and (wholesale lease of subscriber lines), offered to other participants on the market should be

    allocated to the business activities of the access network. The revenue generated from monthly feesfrom the service network access for end users shall be recorded in the retail business activities. The

    costs for providing subscriber lines shall initially be allocated to the business activities of the access

    network, subsequently transferring them as costs of the retail business activities, in order to pair income

    to their related costs. The costs transferred to the retail business activities should be expressed as net

    costs from any revenue generated from the business activities of the access network, such as wholesale

    lease of subscriber lines to other market participants.

    c) Retail business activities (hereinafter retail activities) shall include all activities associated with

    the sale of telephone ser ices to end sers incl ding installing of s bscriber lines monthl fees for

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    For regulated services offered on a retail level, the obliged operators shall prepare separate accounts

    for each regulated service individually.

    d) Other business activities (hereinafter other activities) are all other activities not specified in items a,

    b and c of this article of the rulebook. Other services include services provided by the operators, whichinclude rental, repair and maintenance of the equipment for end users. They can also provide services

    from non-telecommunication activities (such as broadcasting TV content or activities unrelated to

    provision of electronic communications networks and services). In order to fulfill the obligation for

    accounting separation, the costs the revenue and the invested capital associated with the provision of

    these activities shall be indicated in separate accounts .

    Article 4

    Clarification and definitionsIn this rulebook, in addition to the definitions from the Law on Electronic Communications, definitions

    and clarifications are being used with the following meaning:

    a) Activities for interconnection are all activities related to interconnection for starting and ending

    calls in within the network and transit of calls across the network of the operator. The costs for

    interconnection to the electronic communication networks of other operators for ending calls started in

    the Operators network shall be written on the accounts for the interconnection activities. The accounts

    for these interconnection activities shall include costs, revenue and the invested capital related to theinterconnection activities.

    b) Activities for leased lines are all activities related to the provision of leased lines connected to the

    core network (including the terminated segments of leased lines on the level of the core network). The

    accounts for the activities for the leased lines should include the costs revenue and the invested capital

    related to the activities for the leased lines.

    c)Transfer of costs the System for transfer of costs is applicable to the services and the products

    provided by one business unit (such as access network, core network and retail) and are intended for

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    f) Indirectly allocable costsare costs incurred by provision of two or more products/services and they

    are mutual. Fair methodology of allocation shall be applied at the allocation of these costs to the

    products and services based on a measurable non-arbitrary basis, considering the relation of these costs

    to directly allocable costsg)Non-allocable costs (Corporate general costs) are costs that do not arise from the provision of a

    specific product or service of the operator but are related to the provision of a specific product or

    service, i.e. current operations. These costs are allocated on an arbitrary basis.

    h)Wholesale services are public communication services provided by the operator both to its own

    retail unit and other operators of public communications networks and/or providers of public

    communications services.

    i) Retail services are public communication services provided by the operator through its own retail

    unit for its end users.

    j) LRIC (Long Run Incremental Costs) is a methodology for calculating costs.

    k)Increment is a specified additional volume/type of products or services provided by the operator

    l) Incremental cost is the cost caused by the additional provision of a defined increment for

    products/services or the saved cost when the defined increment of products/services is no longer

    provided. The incremental cost is calculated by adding or subtracting the increment of services and by

    identifying the effect over the categories of costs, using costs /volume ratio.

    II OBLIGATIONS OF THE OPERATOR

    Article 5Accounting principlesThe operator shall conduct the accounting separation and prepare the reports on the accounting

    separation according to the following accounting principles

    a) Priority - preserving the hierarchical structure of the order of documents in the preparation of

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    material changes of the accounting principles have occurred, the methods of allocation or the

    accounting policies that have a material effect over the information expressed in the financial

    statements of the business activities, parts of the financial statements from previous years wherever

    there are changes, shall be reformulated again.

    d) Transparencythe used methods of allocation of revenues, costs and the invested capital shall be

    transparent.

    Article 6

    Principles for allocation of expensesThe accounting separation shall be based on the principle of causes - the costs and the revenue shall be

    allocated to those services or products that are the cause those costs or revenues emerged. This shallenable for:

    Review of each separate cost, invested capital and revenue, Determining the driver that causes the occurrence of each separate cost, invested capital andrevenue,

    Use of the driver for allocation of each separate cost, invested capital and revenue to individualbusiness activities.

    Article 7

    Illegal subsidiesThe operator shall not use the revenue derived from providing products and services to a relevant

    market on which it was specified as a operator with a significant market power to cover costs incurred

    in providing products and services at prices lower than the costs of another potentially competitive

    market.

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    - Statement of the temporary accounting policies in the preparation of the mentioned

    statements

    - Accounting separation reports shall be prepared and submitted according to the International

    Accounting standards for the activities on the core network, access network, retail and other activities.3) The revenues, costs and the invested capital that are relevant for the services of the activities on

    the core network, access network, retail and other activities shall be represented in the accounting

    separation statements given in Appendix 1, which is an integral part of this rulebook. In addition, all

    reports shall clearly present any transfer of costs. If the amount of the corporate general costs exceeds

    10% of the total costs, the Agency may ask the operator to additionally submit a detailed structure of

    the corporate general costs.

    4) The operator shall explain the amount of the return of the invested assets applied in the

    calculation of the capital costs and the manner of its calculation in the accounting separation reports.

    (5) The accounting separation reports shall also contain:

    a) Explanation of the accounting policies used for the preparation of the accounting separation

    reports on the activities on the core network, access network, retail and other activities.

    b) Statement of reconciliation of costs and revenues expressed in the accounting separation

    reports with the audited annual account by an independent auditor.

    c) A matrix summarizing the total transfer of costs.

    d) Information on the methodology for allocation of costs used by the operator for the purposes

    of accounting separation. This information shall be detailed enough to clearly show the relations, for

    example, between the interconnection costs and interconnection prices.

    e) Report on the average costs of network elements.

    f) Report on the manner of allocation of the corporate general costs on the business activities on the

    core network, access network, retail and other activities

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    7) The period for which the accounting separation is kept and the accounting separation reports aresubmitted shall apply on an annual basis, i.e. from 01.01.20xx to 31.12.20xx.

    8) The operator who has an obligation to keep accounting separation as of May 31st shall beobliged to start to keep accounting separation for the current year, and the operator that has theobligation to keep accounting separation after May 31st shall be obliged to start to keep accounting

    separation from the next calendar year.

    9) The accounting separation reports shall be audited by an independent auditor, selected by apreviously formed committee of representatives of the Agency and the operator. The operatorshall pay

    the expenses for the work of the independent auditor.

    10) The agency may publish the information obtained from the operator that are not confidential,according to the provisions of the Law on Electronic Communications, the drafted regulations based on

    it and another law in order to contribute to an open and competitive market.

    III ALLOCATION OF REVENUES

    Article 9

    Allocation of revenuesThe operator shall allocate revenues from the provision of products and services from the business

    activities of products and services to which they relate, based on accounting records and data from thebilling system. In cases where direct allocation based on accounting records or data from the billing

    system is impossible, the revenues shall be allocated on the basis of causation.

    Article 10

    Revenues from initial connectionThe operator shall allocate revenues from the initial connection on the public fixed/mobile network

    (except for the interconnection revenues) to the retail business activities.

    Article 11

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    Article 12

    Revenues from leased linesThe operator shall allocate revenues from leased lines to the retail business activities.

    Article 13Revenues from unbundled access to a local loop and wholesale lease of Subscriber lines

    The operator shall allocate revenues from unbundled access to a local loop and wholesale lease of

    subscriber lines to the business activities of the access network.

    Article 14

    Interconnection revenuesThe operator shall allocate interconnection revenues, including one-time fees to establish an

    interconnection point and the revenues from the aspect of volume of services for interconnection to the

    business activities of the core network.

    Article 15

    Revenues from callsThe operator shall allocate revenues from calls respectively to the relevant services within the retail

    business activities.

    Article 16

    Revenues from other activities

    (1)The operator shall allocate revenues from other activities to the relevant services allocated within"other activities.

    (2)Operators may generate revenue from other services in accordance with the principle of basis for

    causation and they shall be allocated to the activities they belong to. The revenues from lease/selling of

    equipment (for using electronic communications services and other) shall be allocated to other

    activities.

    (3)The revenues from investing in fixed assets shall be allocated to the fixed assets the investment is

    intended for. Other revenues from investing in activities that do not belong to the core network, access

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    If the operator is a provider of a universal fee, the assets received from the fund of the universal service

    shall be allocated to retail activities. In addition, there shall be an explanation on the bills which will be

    indicative that there is no discrimination between the fees imposed to other operators and the ones that

    are imposed (implicitly) internally.

    IV ALLOCATION OF COSTS

    Article 18

    Allocation of costsThe operator shall allocate costs for the provision of products and services from the business units to

    products and services to which they relate, based on accounting records and data from the billing

    system. In cases where direct allocation based on accounting records or data from the billing system is

    impossible, the costs shall be allocated on the basis of causation, as well as the description in the

    allocation tables of Article 20 of this rulebook that define the relations between the costs of the network

    elements and the costs of the services.

    Article 19

    Determining agents and measuring volume

    The operator shall determine the degree to which the increments, the services and the network elements

    generate a specific category of operating costs by using agents. In this way, categories of costs shall be

    allocated to increments, services and network elements, depending on the volume of their agent.Article 20

    Tables for allocation of costs

    The operator shall allocate costs according to the tables of allocation of costs given in Appendix 1 that

    are an integral part of this rulebook and that identify the relations between costs of the network

    elements and the costs of services.

    Article 21

    Cost-volume ratio

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    Mechanis, specifically stand out from the rest of the costs in the accounting reports.

    Article 23

    Methodology for allocation of costs

    The operator shall prepare the costs expressed in the accounting separation reports from this rulebookfor the application of the LRIC methodology. The agency shall adopt and publically announce the

    description of the accounting system for costs according to the LRIC methodology for operators with

    significant market power on the relevant markets for public fixed telephone networks and services and

    for operators with significant market powers on the relevant markets for public mobile telephone

    networks and services.

    V TYPES AND VOLUME OF SERVICES Article 24

    Types of services in wholesaleThe operator shall keep accounting separation for the following services in wholesale:

    a) Interconnection services

    b) Services for transiting traffic

    c) Services for selection and pre-selection of operators

    d) unbundled access to local loops

    e) Wholesale lease of subscriber lines

    f) Other services Article 25

    Types of services in retailThe operator shall keep accounting separation for the following services in retail:

    a) Local calls

    b) National calls

    c) International calls

    d) Services for access to customer information services/Directory Enquiry

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    i) SMS, MMS (mobile telephony)

    j) Other services.

    Article 26

    Volume of servicesThe operator in the accounting separation reports shall include data on the realized volume of services

    provided through its activities performed by its business units.

    V TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    Article 27

    Transitional provisions

    The accounting separation reports referred to in Article 8 paragraphs (1),(2),(3),(4) and (5) from thisRulebook shall be prepared by operators with significant market power in accordance with the

    provisions of this Rulebook as of 01.01.2011.

    Article 28

    Cessation of validity

    The Rulebook on the manner of keeping accounting separation for activities related to interconnection

    and/or access (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia no. 112/08) shall cease to be valid on the

    day of entry into force of this rulebook.

    Article 29

    Entry into forceThis Rulebook shall enter into force on the day following the day it is published in the "Official Gazette

    of the Republic of Macedonia".

    After entering into force, this Rulebook shall be published on the webpage of the Agency for Electronic

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    A P P E N D I X 1

    I - Accounting separation reports

    IIMethod of allocation of operating costs

    IIITables for allocation of costs and invested capital

    IV - Report on transfer of costs

    V- Summary of all activities

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    I - Accounting separation reports

    1. For business activities of the core network

    1.1 Statement for profit and loss on the core network

    Current Previous

    year yearTurnover

    - Diverted from retai (by type of services)l x x- From other operators of publicfixed communication x x

    networks

    - operators of mobile

    communication networks x x

    - International operators

    Total turnover ____________________________ x _____ __________ x ________ 1

    Operating costs (by types of services)

    - Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x xCorporate costs x xTotal operating costs _______________________ x _____ __________ _x _______ 2

    Return __________________________ x ______ _________x ________ 3=1-2

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    1.2 Statement of Balance sheet for the business activities on the core network

    Current Previousyear year

    Fixed assets

    - Tangible fixed assets x x- Intangible intangible assets x x- Investments x xTotal fixed assets _________________________ x _____ _______ x _______ 1

    Current assets

    - Stocks x x- Debtors x x- Investments x x- Cash (at bank and in hand) x xTotal current assets ________________________ x _____ _______ x _______ 2

    Creditors _____ x _____ _______ x _______ 3

    Provisions for liabilities and changes _____ x _____ _______x _______ 4

    Mean capital employed x ________________ x 5=1+2-3-4

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    2. For business activities on the access network

    2.1 Statement of profit and loss on the access network

    Current Previousyear year

    Turnover by types of services

    - Diverted from retail x x- From otheroperators x xTotal turnover ____________________________ x _____ _________ x _______ 1

    Operating costs by types of services

    - Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x xCorporate costs x x

    Total operating costs _______________________ x _____ _________x _______ 2

    Return __________________________ x _____ _________x ________3=1-2

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    2.1

    2.2 Balance sheet statement for the business activities on the access network

    Current Previous

    year year

    Fixed assets

    - Tangible fixed x x

    assets

    - Intangible fixed x x

    assets- Investments x x

    Total fixed assets x x 1

    Current assets

    - Stocks x x

    - Debtors x x

    - Investments x x

    - Cash (in bank an in hand) x x

    Total current assets x x 2Creditors x x 3

    Provision for liabilities and charges x x _ 4

    Mean capital employed x x 5=1+2-3-4

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    3. For retail business activities

    3.1 Statement of profit and loss of retail

    Current Previous

    year year

    Revenue by types of services

    - From the initial connection x x- From usage and normal x X maintenance ofconnections

    - calls x x- From leased equipment and x X sale of equipment- Other revenues x xTotal turnover __________________________________ x _______ ________ x ________ 1

    Operating costs by types of services

    -Operating costs specific for x x

    retail

    - Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x x-Corporate costs x X

    -Diverted costs from core network x x

    (by types of services)

    -Diverted costs from access x x

    network (by types of services)

    Total operating costs _____________________________ x _______ ________ x ________ 2

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    3.2 Statement on Balance sheet of the retail business activities

    Current Previous

    year yearFixed assets

    - Tangible fixed assets x x- Intangible Fixed assets x x- Investments x_______________X- Total fixed assets _____________________ x ______ ________x 1Current assets- Stocks x x- Debtors x x- Investments x x- Cash (in bank or in hand) x______________ X- Total current assets ___________________ x ______ ________ x2Creditors ______ x _______ _______ x ______ 3Provisions for liabilities and charges ______ x _______ ________x______ 4

    Mean capital employed ____ x ____ ____ x 5=1+2-3-4

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    4. For other business activities

    4.1 Statement on profit and loss of other business activities

    Current Previous

    year year

    Turnover by types of services

    x x

    Total revenues _____________________________________ x _____ ______ x ______ 1

    Operating costs by types of services

    - Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x x- Corporate costs x xTotal operating costs _________________________________ x _____ ______ x ______ 2

    Return ____________________________________________ x _____ ______ x ______ 3=1-2

    4.2 Statement of Balance sheets of other business activities

    Current Previous

    year year

    Fixed assets

    - Tangible fixed assets x x- Intangible fixed assets x x- Investments x xTotal fixed assets ____________________________________ x ______ _____ x _____ 1

    Current assets

    - Stocks x x- Debtors x x- Investments x x- Cash (in bank and in hand) x xTotal current assets __________________________________ x ______ _____ x _____ 2

    x

    Creditors _____ x ______ _____ x _____ 3

    Provision for liabilities and charges _____ x ______ _____ x _____ 4

    Mean capital employed ___ x ______ _____ x _____ 5=1+2-3-4

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    4.3 Return of mean capital employed in other activities

    Current Previous

    year year

    Return x X 1

    Mean capital employed x X 2

    Return of the Mean capital employed (%) XX x 3=1/2

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    Categories of

    operating Description Method of allocation Business activity

    costs

    Depriciation Depriciation The amount for depreciation is allocated according to the

    allocation of fixed assets

    All activities

    Procurement and costs for salaries Directly on the network elements/other equipment where Core network,

    installation of possible; otherwise, allocation on the basis of the time spentfor installation of the equipment access network

    equipment costs for installation, contract and

    maintenance

    Directly on the network elements/other equipment on the basis

    of the installed equipment or maintenance

    Core network,

    access network

    costs for costs for salaries Directly on the network elements/other equipment where Core network,

    maintenance and

    repairs

    possible; otherwise, allocation on the basis of the time spent

    for installation of the equipment

    access network

    Other costs Directly on the network elements/other equipment Core network,

    access network

    costs for costs for salaries and other Directly on the network elements/other equipment Core network,

    network costs access network

    planning anddevelopment costs

    costs for costs for salaries Allocation of network elements/other Core network,

    network

    administration

    equipment on the basis of the time spent by the staff to

    manage every type of equipment

    access network

    Other costs Allocated on the network elements/other equipment on the

    basis of the equipment it is administered

    Core network,

    access network

    costs for costs for salaries Directly on products and services where possible; Retail

    marketing and costs

    for

    Otherwise the two types of activities are allocated based on

    working hours

    sales costs for equipment sales Allocated to the service for sales of equipment to customersunder Other activities Other activities

    -Advertisement Directly on products and services where possible. Otherwise, Retail

    -Promotions

    -Market research -

    for the costs relating to promotion and

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    Compensation for distributors advertisement of a number of services, the costs should be

    -Other costs allocated to the appropriate services on a reasonable basis

    costs for costs for salaries Directly on products and services where possible; Retail (some of

    billing and otherwise, allocated between the two types of the costs arecosts for activities based on working hours Allocated to

    collection the core network)

    Other billing costs Directly on products and services where possible; Retail

    (including otherwise, allocated between the two types of (some costs areoutstanding claims) activities based on usage (eg number of invoices made) allocated to the core

    network)

    costs for costs for salaries Directly on services where possible. The costs for Retail

    services of the salaries for the staff performing tasks

    operator for various services of the carrier, allocated to the appropriate

    services based on the time spent to perform different tasks

    costs based on data costs for salaries and other costs Directly to products and services Retail

    Payments to Payments to abroad for Directly to products and services Retail

    other operators Outgoing international traffic

    Payments for Directly to products and services Retailinterconnection services

    costs for costs for performance of These costs are allocated to the staff that All activities

    support activities from the domain of performs the listed activities and they are

    human resources allocated on the same basis as costs for salaries for the

    personnel of human resources

    Finance and other administrative

    support functions

    If they are specifically related to a certain product, service or

    business activity

    All activities

    costs for buildings and lease These costs shall be allocated equally as the expenses for land

    and buildings

    All activities

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    III- Table for allocation of the invested capital

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    costs for computer systems/IT

    expenses

    These costs shall be allocated to the applications led by the

    operator based on the use of systems

    (computers) that support each application. The costs

    allocated to applications are the allocated to the products and

    services that they support

    All activities

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    III- Table for allocation of the invested capital

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    Categories of assets

    and obligations

    Description Method of allocation Business activity

    Material assets

    Primary network assets

    Switching equipment Local connection equipment Directly on access or network elements wherever possible.

    Otherwise allocated to the services for local access to network

    and network elements based on the relevant costs of the

    equipment for providing user lines and to parts intended to

    divert traffic respectively. The elements of the network for

    local connection may be allocated to products and services

    based on the usage expressed in seconds.

    Core network (some costs

    for local access network)

    Equipment for transit exchanges Wherever possible directly to network elements, otherwise

    allocated based on the usage expressed in seconds.

    Core network

    Equipment for international

    connectivity

    Wherever possible directly to network elements, otherwise

    allocated based on the usage expressed in seconds.

    Core network

    Connectivity equipment for specific

    network services

    Directly to the elements of the core network where it is

    appropriately/ regulated or to specific services provided by

    other networksfor example the equipment for connectingdata transfer shall be allocated directly to the data transfer

    services

    Core network, other

    activities

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    III- Table for allocation of the invested capital

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    Other connectivity equipment Directly on network elements where possible, otherwise

    allocated to other network elements for connecting basedon on

    the use of the equipment

    Core network

    Transmission

    equipment

    Transmission equipment sensitive to

    traffic volume

    Directly on network elements wherever possible, otherwise

    allocated based on the usage of vehicle commutation

    Core network

    Cable and wire Directly on access or network elements wherever possible,

    otherwise allocated to elements based on the quantity of cable

    used to provide different services

    Access network,

    Core network

    Local loop equipment Directly to products wherever possible (eg specially identified

    access equipment), otherwise allocated between access services

    based on line usage

    access network

    Radio and satellite equipment Directly to network elements wherever possible, otherwise

    allocated based on the usage of channels

    Core network

    Equipment for transfer of special

    network services

    Directly to the specific non-PSTN/non-ISDN services provided

    through the network - eg the data transfer equipment is directly

    allocated to the data transfer services

    Core network

    International lines Directly to network elements wherever possible, otherwise

    allocated based on the usage

    Core network

    Other primary

    network assets

    Special network equipment The assets and the equipment uses specifically for providing

    one specific service is allocated directly to the appropriate

    service, for example: sophisticated network equipment, data

    transfer equipment and multimedia equipment

    Core network Other

    activities

    Customer equipment Directly to products and services Other activities

    Public payphones and appropriate

    equipment

    Directly to services Retail

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    Support equipment Channel The channel is allocated to the cable and wire within and is

    allocated to products/services equally as cables and wires

    Access network,

    Core network

    Power equipment Allocated to the primary groups of equipment based on the usageof the power equipment to support every equipmentsuch as

    kilowatts per hour The assets are then allocated to

    products/services in an equal manner as the relevant primary

    groups of equipment

    Access network,Core network

    Network administration systems Allocated to the primary equipment of different networks based

    on the usage of support systems for each separate equipmentfor

    example the time spent to control the local, transit and

    international exchange. The costs are allocated to products and

    services in an equal manner as the appropriate primary groups of

    equipment.

    Core network

    Non-network fixed

    assets

    Land and buildings Allocated to products, services and network elements based on

    the used space (i.e. floor surface) for support of each product,

    service or network element.

    All activities

    Computer systems Allocated to applications used by the carrier based on the usage

    of computers for support of each application. The expensesallocated to applications are then allocated to the products and

    services that they support

    All activities

    Motor vehicles Allocated to products and network elements based on usage. All activities

    Furniture and office equipment Allocated to products and network elements based on usage. All activities

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    Fixed Fixed intangible Directly on products wherever possible; Someintangible assets assets Other or unallocated assets shall be allocated on arbitrary basis,

    in accordance with the

    AEC.

    Working capital Investments in fixed assets:

    Financial investments Directly to other activities Other activities

    Investments in unrelated activities Directly to other activities Other activities

    Other investments Directly to services for which the investment is intended,otherwise allocated based on usage

    All activities

    Short-term investments (including

    cash in bank and cash register)

    Directly to activities wherever possible, otherwise allocated

    based on the operating requirements of each activity

    All activities

    Securities Securities should be allocated directly to products and services All activities

    Commercial

    debts/Claims from buyers

    Commercial debts are allocated to products and services based on

    data from the billing system, wherever possible. The unallocated

    residual should be allocated on an arbitrary basis, in accordance

    with AEC.

    All activities

    Other claims from buyers Other claims from buyers are split into products and services,

    wherever possible. The unallocated residual should be allocated

    on an arbitrary basis, in accordance with AEC.

    All activities

    Trade loans Loans are allocated to products and services, wherever possible.

    The unallocated residual should be allocated on an arbitrary

    basis, in accordance with AEC.

    All activities

    Long-term reserves Directly to activities that increase reserves All activities

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    Tax liabilities and dividends No need to be allocated. Instead, the average obligations shall be

    taken into consideration while reviewing operating cash

    monetary claims of every business activity

    All activities

    costs for buildings and lease These costs shall be allocated equally as the costs for land

    and buildings

    All activities

    costs for computer systems/IT costs These costs shall be allocated to the applications led by the

    operator based on the use of systems (computers) that

    support each application. The costs allocated to

    applications are the allocated to the products and services

    that they support

    All activities

    IV

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    costs /

    services

    Retailservices

    Localcalls

    Nationalcalls

    Internationalcalls

    Infocenterservices

    Public

    payphones

    Leased

    lines

    Callsto

    mobile

    Internet

    Additio

    nalservices

    Other

    Service

    sfromotheractivities

    Supply

    ofequipment

    Othera

    ctivities

    Network costs x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

    Local access costs x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

    Total divert ofcosts

    x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

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    From / To ------ >

    |V

    Access network

    (in Denars)

    Core network (in

    Denars)

    Retail (in Denars) Other

    Activities (in Denars)

    Total (in Denars)

    Access x x x x

    Network x x x x

    Retail x x x x

    Other x x x x

    Total x x x x x