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Letter

Ottawa, 7 January 2005

File No.: 8740-S10-200413724

By fax and E-mail

(819) 477-6311
stephen.bray@satat.qc.ca

Mr. Stephen A. Bray
Verrier Paquin Hébert Consultants Inc.
Société d'adminstration des tariffs d'accès des télécommunicateurs
212 rue Heriot
Drummondville , Québec
J2C 1J8

Dear Mr. Bray:

Subject: Tariff Notice 38 - Non-material modifications

On 19 November 2004 , the Commission received an application from the Société d'administration des tariffs d'accès des télécommunicateurs (SATAT) under cover of Tariff Notice 38, which proposes non-material modifications on behalf of its members.

In Regulatory framework for the small incumbent telephone companies , Decision 2001-756, 14 December 2001 , the Commission assigned competitor services to the fourth basket.   The Commission determined that rates for services in the fourth basket would generally be permitted to increase up to any already approved rate for the same service and that tariff applications should reference when and where the Commission had approved that rate.   T he Commission also determined that, for rate increases that would go beyond an already approved rate, an economic study must accompany the application.

Commission staff notes that SATAT proposed a substantial increase in a service charge under item 702.2 c) and did not provide any reference to an already approved rate or an economic study in support of Tariff Notice 38.   Consequently, this file is now closed.

However, the Commission is open to examining a new application from the company containing the missing information.   The application must be filed under cover of a new tariff notice.

Sincerely,

Original signed by S. Hutton

Scott Hutton
Director General,
Competition, Costing and Tariffs
(819) 997-4573

Date Modified: 2005-01-07

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