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Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22

(22) Spectrum users should also be able to freely choose the services they wish to offer over the spectrum subject to transitional measures to cope with previously acquired rights. It should be possible for exceptions to the principle of service neutrality which require the provision of a specific service to meet clearly defined general interest objectives such as safety of life, the need to promote social, regional and territorial cohesion, better access to the information society for all citizens or the avoidance of inefficient use of spectrum to be permitted where necessary and proportionate. The aim of promoting better access to the information society for all citizens includes the supply of rural areas with mobile broadband electronic communication services and the continuous increase in the quality of mobile services and bandwidth. Those objectives should include the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, and media pluralism as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law. Except where necessary to protect safety of life, exceptions should not result in exclusive use for certain services, but rather grant priority so that other services or technologies may coexist in the same band insofar as possible. In order that the holder of the authorisation may choose freely the most efficient means to carry the content of services provided over radio frequencies, the content should not be regulated in the authorisation to use radio frequencies.

2008/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Ján HUDACKÝ

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 23

(23) It lies within the competence of the Member States to define the scope and nature of any exception regarding the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism in accordance with their own national law. These aims should be brought appropriately in line with the other aims of public interest stated in Recital 22.

2008/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Ján HUDACKÝ

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9

Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. The Member States intend to split the spectrum of the UHF bands IV/V (470- 862 MHz) into equal shares for further developing broadcasting and mobile communication services. As a first step, Member States shall follow the outcome of the World Radio Conference 2007. The harmonised subband of 790-862 MHz shall be vacated and assigned to mobile broadband services as soon as possible, but not later than six months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. Thereafter, at least two-thirds of the additional spectrum that will be released in the UHF bands IV/V (470-862 MHz) in the process of the digital switchover of broadcasting services shall be immediately allocated and assigned to mobile broadband networks until the aim referred to in the first subparagraph is met. Frequencies shall be allocated and assigned to mobile broadband networks in a harmonised manner. For this purpose, the necessary planning procedures shall be initiated immediately. At the request of a mobile network operator, the national regulatory authority shall review whether the existing allocations and assignments of radio frequencies issued for the purpose of broadcast content services are necessary for the fulfilment of the objectives referred to in Article 9(4). This review shall be completed within three months. Should those allocations and assignments not be necessary for the fulfilment of those objectives, new allocations to mobile communications services and assignments shall be issued by the national regulatory authority within six months. If there are compelling reasons, the national regulatory authority may extend the time limit after notification to the Commission by an additional three months.

2008/06/03
Committee: ITRE

3 Amendments of Ján HUDACKÝ related to 2007/0247(COD)

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