6 Amendments of Herbert REUL related to 2009/2225(INI)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of users’ access to fixed and mobile Internetbroadband and the deployment of next-generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires targeted policies that promotecreate incentives in the regulatory framework for sustained private investment in new access infrastructure and that promote broadband access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communitieitizens, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015; recalls the importance of an appropriate policy framework that enables the massive private investments needed to achieve this objective;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to transpose the telecoms package before the established deadline, in particular the new provisions on Next Generation Access (NGA) networks and spectrum, which provide for a stable regulatory environment to stimulate investment while safeguarding competition; insists that any guidance on the application of the telecoms package to Next Generation Access needs to give full effect to the concepts introduced in the directives to foster the deployment of these networks; considers therefore that the Commission should revise its present approach to regulation of NGA and re- evaluate its current project of an NGA Recommendation;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists on safeguarding an open Internet, where citizens have the right to access and distribute information or run applications and services of their choice; calls on the Commission, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) to monitor closely and enforce the harmonised implementation of the 'net neutrality' provisions and report to Parliament before the end of 2010;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the need to develop the free circulation of content and knowledge andfurther the legitimate online market to achieve, by 2015, a simple, consumer-friendly legal framework for accessing digital content in Europe, which would give certainty to consumers and ensure robust solutions that are balanced and attractive for users and rights-holders in compliance with copyright rules; urges the EU to accelerate the debate on copyright and to establishenforcement and to analyse the impact of an EU copyright title under Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU by 2013;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of the creative content industries to the Information Society, as a fast-growing and dynamic sector, contributing to growth and employment;