At the same time, the measures set out in this Directive should be without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to render the provision of infrastructure access by utilities operators more attractive by excluding revenues stemming from that service from the basis for the calculation of end-user tariffs for their main activity or activities, in accordance with applicable Union law.

Save in cases covered by point 40, in those Member States, where, at the time of entry into force of this Recommendation, monthly rental prices for the full unbundled copper local loop fall outside the price band, NRAs should calculate costs and resulting access prices on the basis of the recommended costing methodology as soon as possible and notify the corresponding draft measure in accordance with the consultation procedure in Article 7 of Directive 2002/21/EC in due time, to ensure ...[+++] full implementation of the recommended costing methodology by 31 December 2016, bearing in mind the potential need for gradual price adjustments, in particular in those Member States where access prices are currently not cost oriented.

Save in cases covered by point 40, in those Member States, where, at the time of entry into force of this Recommendation, monthly rental prices for the full unbundled copper local loop fall outside the price band, NRAs should calculate costs and resulting access prices on the basis of the recommended costing methodology as soon as possible and notify the corresponding draft measure in accordance with the consultation procedure in Article 7 of Directive 2002/21/EC in due time, to ensure ...[+++] full implementation of the recommended costing methodology by 31 December 2016, bearing in mind the potential need for gradual price adjustments, in particular in those Member States where access prices are currently not cost oriented.

The Commission anticipates that, in light of access prices in Member States observed and bearing in mind the potential for limited local cost variations, the application of the key features of the recommended costing methodology, i.e. being based on a modern efficient network, reflecting the need for stable and predictable wholesale copper access prices over time, and dealing appropriately and consistently with the impact of declining volumes, and of the methodologies used pursuant to point 40, is likely to lead to stable copper access prices and a Union average monthly rental access price for the full unbundled copper local loop within ...[+++]a band between EUR 8 and EUR 10 (net of all taxes) expressed in 2012 prices (the price band).

The Commission anticipates that, in light of access prices in Member States observed and bearing in mind the potential for limited local cost variations, the application of the key features of the recommended costing methodology, i.e. being based on a modern efficient network, reflecting the need for stable and predictable wholesale copper access prices over time, and dealing appropriately and consistently with the impact of declining volumes, and of the methodologies used pursuant to point 40, is likely to lead to stable copper access prices and a Union average monthly rental access price for the full unbundled copper local loop within ...[+++]a band between EUR 8 and EUR 10 (net of all taxes) expressed in 2012 prices (the price band).

Tariffs, or the methodologies used to calculate them, shall facilitate efficient gas trade and competition, while at the same time avoiding cross-subsidies between network users and providing incentives for investment and maintaining or creating interoperability for transmission networks.