7 Amendments of Kaja KALLAS related to 2016/0287(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Support of this kind should encourage entities with a public mission such as public authorities and providers of public services to offer free local wireless connectivity as an ancillary service to their public mission so as to ensure that local communities can experience the benefits of very high-speed broadband in the centres of public life. Such entities could include municipalities and other local public authorities, libraries and hospitals, hospitals and other publicly accessible places with a certain cumulation of people.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Free local wireless connectivity should contribute amongst other to higher territorial and social cohesion, especially in places with limited access to internet.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Given the non-commercial nature of this intervention and the small scale of individual projects foreseen, the administrative burden should be limited to a minimum and should be strictly proportionate to the envisaged benefit. Therefore, the intervention should be implemented by the most appropriate forms of financial assistance, notably grants, available under the Financial Regulation, now or in future. The intervention should not rely on financial instruments.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) The Commission and the relevant authorities in the Member States should do their utmost as concerns creating necessary awareness of this programme.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Due to the limited reach of any single local wireless access point and the small value of individual projects covered, access points benefitting from financial assistance under this Regulation are not expected to challenge commercial offers. In order to further ensure that such financial assistance does not unduly distort competition, crowd out private investments or create disincentives for private operators to invest, the intervention should be limited to projects that do not duplicate already existing private or public offers of similar characteristics in the same area. This should not exclude additional support to deployments under this initiative from public or private sources of funding, on the contrary, such a blending should contribute to a more significant effect which should lead to incentives for private investments and leverage of the internet connection to a wider audience.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) 'local wireless access point' means a low power equipment of small size operating within a small range, using on a non-exclusive basis radio, infrared or visible light spectrum for which the conditions of availability and efficient use for this purpose are harmonised at Union level, and which allows wireless access by users to an electronic communications network.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Projects financed under this section shall be in operation and closely monitored by the European Commission for at least 3 years. The monitoring of the project by the European Commission should continue beyond the operational period to provide an overview of functionality of this project and possible input for future initiatives.