Remedies and Market Monitoring
The main purpose of the Remedies and Market Monitoring Working Group (RAMM WG) is to provide guidance for the effective and consistent implementation of remedies and to create transparency through market monitoring. For this purpose, the RAMM WG develops best regulatory practices, ensuring national regulators take a consistent approach of implementing in particular remedies imposed on significant market power (SMP) operators to further the development of the internal telecommunications market in Europe and national markets to be effectively competitive. It monitors the application of European Union (EU) wide regulations and defines data collection methodologies, for example, for mobile and fixed voice termination rates, where single maximum Union-wide rates have been set. Recurring, the RAMM WG is calculating the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) parameters to provide incentives for efficient investments into high-speed broadband networks with quality coverage and both promote and serve consumer interests to use fast internet access. The WACC parameters are yearly published in the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) WACC parameters Report. The RAMM WG is the result of a merger of the former Remedies WG and the Statistics and Indicators WG. Further tasks of the group relate to Art. 22 EECC implementation and key performance indicators (KPIs) monitoring.
Working Group Co-chairs
Work in 2026
In 2026, the RAMM WG will continue working on related topics, based on the BEREC Work Programme 2026.
Update to BEREC Guidelines on Geographical surveys of network deployments
In the years 2020 and 2021, BEREC published three ‘Guidelines on Geographical surveys’ based on Article 22 of the EECC on the mapping of broadband network deployments. BEREC committed itself to preparing an Implementation Report “to examine how different Member States have transposed and enabled the Article 22 provisions”. BEREC conducted the report in 2024, and based on it, considers it appropriate to propose certain revisions and updates to the Guidelines.
BEREC external workshop on implementation of Equivalence of Inputs (EoI) by NRAs
Due to the new scope of the Gigabit Access Recommendation and the increased reliance on non-discrimination obligations imposed on SMP operators, the issue of Equivalence of Inputs gains relevance to ensure competition by alternative operators. To hear the different views, BEREC will organise an external workshop with the relevant stakeholders. In the workshop, BEREC will also ask for views regarding the relationship of Equivalence of Input and Equivalence of Output in practice.
WACC parameters’ calculation according to the EC Notice
Following the publication of the European Commission’s (EC) Notice on the WACC, BEREC is tasked with the calculation of various parameters of the WACC formula according to the prescribed methodology.
In 2026, BEREC will calculate the WACC parameters as started in 2020. These parameters will be calculated at the beginning of each year and published in a separate report to allow the national regulatory authorities (NRA) to base their national WACC decisions on this up-to-date information. BEREC will also select the companies that are eligible for the peer group.
Article 32/33 Phase II process
BEREC will analyse and monitor the Phase II cases process, and exchange information with the BEREC Office about the effectiveness of the updated Internal Guidelines. Depending on the number and significance of Phase II cases which will take place in 2026, BEREC will decide whether there is a need to conduct an internal workshop.
Report on regulatory accounting in practice
The Regulatory Accounting in Practice Report 2026 will provide an up-to-date factual overview of the regulatory accounting frameworks used in Europe and an assessment of the level of consistency achieved by NRAs. A report is prepared annually and updates the previous versions published since 2005. In 2026, emphasis will continue to be placed on consistency in regulatory accounting with respect to key access products (e.g. fibre optic), and the report will be streamlined in terms of access products looked at (for instance, by reviewing the relevance of indicators and parameters covered) while keeping the in-depth analysis of the methods used to identify commonalities and the reasons for differences. Given the applicability of the EC WACC Notice of 2019, there will be an investigation into how far the report will continue to collect data on the methodology and input parameters used to calculate the rate of return on capital employed and look into the impact of both of these on the result.
The report will also take into account the list of relevant markets susceptible to ex-ante regulation pursuant to the EC Recommendation (EU) 2020/2245 and develop a more focused analysis that concentrates on the following key wholesale markets. BEREC will evaluate how the Report on WACC parameters 2026 provides evidence for the WACC calculation practices among NRAs, given the applicability of the WACC Notice. Depending on the evaluation result, the collection and analysis of data on the current calculation of the WACC may be updated.
Why is this important?
Imposing remedies on SMP operators is a regulatory means to maintain effective competition by providing a level playing field for competitors. More sustainable competition ultimately leads to lower prices, better quality of services and overall more choice for consumers, prevents abuse of market power, and provides incentives for investments in high-speed broadband networks delivering connectivity services to consumers and business users. Furthermore, a consistent and harmonized implementation of networks mapping and KPIs calculation according to the Digital Decade Policy Programme provides a common ground to Member States for a converging regulatory setting.