COMMISSION’S LIST OF INTERNATIONAL ROUTES THAT SATISFY CRITERIA FOR RELIEF FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS POLICY AND ASSOCIATED FILING REQUIREMENTS

As of April 7, 2006

The list below contains the international routes that qualify for relief from the international settlements policy and associated filing requirements. In its 2004 ISP Reform Order, the Commission reformed its rules to remove the International Settlements Policy (ISP) from U.S. international routes for which U.S. carriers have negotiated settlement rates at or below the benchmark level established by the Commission ( See International Settlements Policy Reform: International Settlement Rates, IB Docket Nos. 02-324 and 96-21, First Report and Order, FCC 04-53 (rel. March 30, 2004)). In that Order, the Commission determined that those routes that had already been granted authority for International Simple Resale (ISR) would be exempted from the ISP upon the effective date of the Order. The countries that have already been exempted from the ISP as well as those that had previously been granted authority for ISR are listed below. This list will be updated as new routes are found to meet the Commission's standard. A carrier that seeks to add a route to the list may do so by filing an effective accounting rate modification showing that a U.S. carrier has entered into a benchmark-compliant settlement rate agreement with a foreign carrier that possesses market power in the country at the foreign end of the U.S international route that is the subject of the request. See 47 C.F.R. 64.1002(c) as amended in the 2004 ISP Reform Order.

The initial list was released by Public Notice.
Cambodia was added to the list by Public Notice.
The Philippines was added to the list by Commission Order.