INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
AD HOC GROUP ON COST RECOVERY
FOR SATELLITE NETWORK FILINGS
Document 10-E
23 February 2004
English only
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GENEVA, 24-26 FEBRUARY 2004
France
PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLEMENTATION
OF COST RECOVERY
Background
Decision 482 (mod Council 2002) contains the provisions under which the cost recovery procedure
for satellite network filings is implemented by the administrations and the Radiocommunication
Bureau. Pursuant to this Decision, invoices are issued upon receipt of the filing and, as appropriate,
upon publication of the special section of a satellite network. The time limit for the payment of any
of these invoices is six months from the date it was issued.
For an administration, the number of submitted filings and the total amount of the associated
invoices may reach, in both cases, high values (tens of filings and hundreds of kCHF). In this case,
the administration may wish to be able to manage, as far as possible, the payment of the invoices in
the most appropriate manner during the six-month period, which frequently runs over two successive
years, taking into account the connexion with its financial plan.
Proposals
As the actual amounts of the invoices is unknown in most cases when filings are transmitted to the
BR, it is proposed, so as to assist administrations in their management, to introduce the following
aspects in the implementation of the cost recovery process (irrespective of the fee schedule decided
by the Council):
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Invoices shall be emitted by the BR in the order of complete reception or publication of the
corresponding filing or special section, as appropriate.
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Invoices shall be issued by the BR not later than [1 month] after the complete reception of the
filing, and not later than [1 month] after the publication of the special section, if applicable.
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The BR shall provide, in addition to the information already made available on the ITU
website1, the reference of the special section corresponding to the invoice.
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http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/space/costrec/index.html