Presentation at EPF12 to talk about some legal obligation that TOP-IX recently faced and other external threats

1. IXP legal obligations
….and other external threats
SEPT 2017 luca.cicchelli@top-ix.org

2. KEY POINTS
Disclosing TOP-IX experience
Listening other experiences
Raising feedbacks

3. WHO I AM
IXP manager @ TOP-IX
formerly Euro-IX board member
based in Torino, Italy

4. WHO I AM
……..
ski & mountain lover

5. TOP-IX experience

6. TOP-IX & Torino

7. TOP-IX & Torino

8. TOP-IX & Torino

9. TOP-IX & Torino

10. TOP-IX & Torino

11. TOP-IX & Torino

12. TOP-IX & Torino

13. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017

14. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017
Oct 2016 - TOP-IX requested to
attend an official meeting al
MISE local offices and produce
documentation on its activities

15. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017
Oct 2016 - TOP-IX requested to
attend an official meeting al
MISE local offices and produce
documentation on its activities
Acting after
complaint

16. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017
Oct 2016 - TOP-IX requested to
attend an official meeting al
MISE local offices and produce
documentation on its activities
Feb 2017 - TOP-IX receives a fine
for NOT having notified its public
communication services
Acting after
complaint

17. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017
Oct 2016 - TOP-IX requested to
attend an official meeting al
MISE local offices and produce
documentation on its activities
Feb 2017 - TOP-IX receives a fine
for NOT having notified its public
communication services
Acting after
complaint
30 k€

18. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017
Oct 2016 - TOP-IX requested to
attend an official meeting al
MISE local offices and produce
documentation on its activities
Feb 2017 - TOP-IX receives a fine
for NOT having notified its public
communication services
Mar 2017 - TOP-IX requests
authorization to operate a
public communication network/
service
Acting after
complaint
30 k€

19. WHAT HAPPENED
2016 2017
Oct 2016 - TOP-IX requested to
attend an official meeting al
MISE local offices and produce
documentation on its activities
Feb 2017 - TOP-IX receives a fine
for NOT having notified its public
communication services
Mar 2017 - TOP-IX requests
authorization to operate a
public communication network/
service
Acting after
complaint
30 k€
64 k€/year

20. BACKGROUND/1

21. BACKGROUND/1
2003

22. BACKGROUND/1
2003
Modified in 2012 to
accept Directive
2009/136/EU

23. BACKGROUND/1

24. BACKGROUND/1
DEFINITIONS
……
Interconnection
…….
Public communication network
…….
Heading on ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORKS AND SERVICES OF PUBLIC USE
………

25. …ABOUT MONEY….

26. …ABOUT MONEY….
covering entire country: 127 k€

27. …ABOUT MONEY….
covering entire country: 127 k€

28. …ABOUT MONEY….
covering entire country: 127 k€
on an area of 1 M to 10 M people: 64 k€

29. …ABOUT MONEY….
covering entire country: 127 k€
on an area of 1 M to 10 M people: 64 k€

30. …ABOUT MONEY….
covering entire country: 127 k€
on an area of 1 M to 10 M people: 64 k€
on an area of less than 1M people: 17 k€

31. BACKGROUND/2

32. BACKGROUND/2
2015

33. QUESTION

34. QUESTION
Is an IXP a public communication network (AKA
an operator)?

35. QUESTION
Is an IXP a public communication network (AKA
an operator)?

36. QUESTION
Is an IXP a public communication network (AKA
an operator)?
Yes/No reading Italian communication code

37. QUESTION
Is an IXP a public communication network (AKA
an operator)?
Yes/No reading Italian communication code

38. QUESTION
Is an IXP a public communication network (AKA
an operator)?
Yes/No reading Italian communication code
Practically yes

39. DILEMMA

40. DILEMMA
IXPs identified as operators of essential services
(NIS Directive)

41. DILEMMA
IXPs identified as operators of essential services
(NIS Directive)

42. DILEMMA
IXPs identified as operators of essential services
(NIS Directive)

43. DILEMMA
IXPs identified as operators of essential services
(NIS Directive)
IXPs required to pay a tax

44. ISSUES

45. ISSUES
New costs for company profit&loss
external costs
manpower

46. ISSUES
New costs for company profit&loss
external costs
manpower

47. ISSUES
New costs for company profit&loss
external costs
manpower
Uniforming EU landscape (at least within the Union)

48. Other experiences?

49. Feedback?

50. THANK YOU
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