(a) prevent technical damage to public telecommunications
transport networks;
(b) prevent technical interference with, or degradation of,
public telecommunications transport services;
(c) prevent electromagnetic interference, and ensure compatibility, with other uses of the electromagnetic spectrum;
(d) prevent billing equipment malfunction; or
(e) ensure users' safety and access to public telecommunications transport networks or services.
2. A Party may require approval for the attachment to the public telecommunications transport network of terminal or other equipment that is not authorized, provided that the criteria for such approval are consistent with paragraph 1.
3. Each Party shall ensure that the network termination points for its public telecommunications transport networks are defined on a reasonable and transparent basis.
4. A Party shall not require separate authorization for equipment that is connected on the customer's side of authorized equipment that serves as a protective device fulfilling the criteria of paragraph 1.
5. Further to Article 904(3) (Non-Discriminatory Treatment), each Party shall:
(a) ensure that its conformity assessment procedures are transparent and non-discriminatory and that applications filed thereunder are processed expeditiously;