No agreement on reform of telecom legislation in EU

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Sandra Keegan <sandra.keegan () gmail com>
Date: May 6, 2009 12:29:25 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: No agreement on reform of telecom legislation in EU

Dave,

For IP if you wish.

Below are two reports of today's rejection by the European Parliament  
of the telecoms package under negotiation.
The draft legislation will go back to the Council now that the EP has  
completed its second reading and re-instated its earlier amendments  
introduced during its first reading.  The Parliament is currently in  
its last plenary session before recessing to hold Europe-wide  
elections in June.
The next step in the legislative process is a conciliation procedure  
which will likely be triggered once the Parliament reconvenes in July.

Sandra Keegan


Wide-ranging reforms of European Union telecom laws were rejected by  
the European Parliament on Wednesday because of one clause that would  
have compromised citizens' rights of access to the Internet.
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=16272025-1A64-6A71-CE42CECA725771BA


A user's Internet access cannot be restricted without prior ruling by  
the judicial authorities, insists the European Parliament reinstating  
one of its first-reading amendments. By amending an informal agreement  
reached with Council, MEPs send the whole "telecom package" to  
conciliation. The EP does, however, agree with the Council on  
investments in new communications infrastructure, the reform of radio  
spectrum use, clear consumer rights and privacy protection.   MEPs  
amend a political agreement reached with the Council on the reform of  
the regulatory framework for electronic communications - including  
mobile and fixed telephones, broadcasting, wireless and fixed  
internet. Therefore, the whole "telecom package" is likely to be  
subject to conciliation in Parliament's next legislative term after  
the European elections when the EP reconvenes in July.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/058-55086-124-05-19-909-20090505IPR55085-04-05-2009-2009-true/default_en.htm






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