28 Amendments of Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA related to 2010/0252(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Spectrum is a publicly held good which can not be privately owned but which must be regulated by states in order to facilitate its usage by the means of licensed transmission rights or licence- free usage rights;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Spectrum is a key public resource for essential sectors and services, including mobile, wireless broadband and satellite communications, television and radio broadcasting, transport, radiolocation, and applications such as alarm, remote controls, hearing aids, microphones, and medical equipment. It supports public services such as security and safety services, including civil protection, and scientific activities, such as meteorology, Earth observation, radio astronomy and space research. Regulatory measures on spectrum therefore have economic, safety, health, public interest, cultural, scientific, social, environmental and technical implications.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Ensuring the optimal use of spectrum as a public good may require innovative authorisation solutions such as collective use of spectrum, general authorisations or infrastructure sharing. The application of such principles in the Union might be facilitated by the definition of certain common or converging conditions for spectrum usage. General authorisations, which are the least onerous authorisation system, are of particular interest where interference does not risk hampering the development of other services.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Spectrum rights trading combined with flexible usage conditions should substantially benefit economic growth. Therefore, bands where flexible use has already been introduced by Union law should be immediately made tradable pursuant to the Framework Directive. In addition, common principles for the format and content of such tradable rights as well as, common measures to prevent accumulation of spectrum which may create dominant positions as well as undue failure to use acquired spectrum, and common standards for the removal of these licensed rights would facilitate the coordinated introduction by all Member States of these measures and facilitate acquisition of such rights anywhere in the Union.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Since a common approach and economies of scale are key to developing broadband communications throughout the Union and preventing competition distortion and market fragmentation among Member States, certain authorisation and procedural conditions could be defined in concerted action among Member States and with the Commission. Conditions could include coverage obligations, spectrum block size, the timing of granting rights, access to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and, the duration of rights of use and the conditions by which rights can be withdrawn or transferred. Reflecting the importance of spectrum trading for increasing efficient use of spectrum and developing the internal market for wireless equipment and services, these conditions should apply to spectrum bands that are allocated to wireless communications, and for which rights of use may be transferred or leased.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Spectrum is a publicly held good which can not be privately owned but which must be regulated by states in order to facilitate its usage by the means of licensed transmission rights or licence- free usage rights.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Spectrum is a key public resource for essential sectors and services, including mobile, wireless broadband and satellite communications, television and radio broadcasting, transport, radiolocation, and applications such as alarm, remote controls, hearing aids, microphones, and medical equipment. It supports public services such as security and safety services, including civil protection, and scientific activities, such as meteorology, Earth observation, radio astronomy and space research. Regulatory measures on spectrum therefore have economic, safety, health, public interest, cultural, scientific, social, environmental and technical implications.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point d
Article 3 – point d
(d) maintain and develop effective competition, in particular in electronic communication services, by preventing ex ante, or remedying ex post, excessive accumulation of radio frequencies by certain economic operators which results in significant harm to competition by means of withdrawal of frequency rights or other measures;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) in defining those areas of the spectrum which should be made open for use without licensed rights and/or reserved to scientific research;
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that selection conditions and procedures promote investment and efficient use of spectrum as a public good.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In order to limit excessive electromagnetic field emissions and increase efficiency in transmission networks, the Member States shall foster greater cooperation between spectrum rights license holders towards the sharing of transmission infrastructures, with a special focus on densely populated areas.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Member States may limit the amount of spectrum for which rights of use are granted to any economic operator or may attach conditions to such rights of use, such as the provision of wholesale access, in certain bands or in certain groups of bands with similar characteristics, for instance the bands below 1 GHz allocated to electronic communication services;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Ensuring the optimal use of spectrum as a public good may require innovative authorisation solutions such as collective use of spectrum, general authorisations or infrastructure sharing. The application of such principles in the Union might be facilitated by the definition of certain common or converging conditions for spectrum usage. General authorisations, which are the least onerous authorisation system, are of particular interest where interference does not risk hampering the development of other services.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Member States may take steps to achieve a more even spectrum allocation between economic operators by reserving spectrum for new entrants to a frequency band or group of bands with similar characteristics or by reserving spectrum for unlicensed usage in those bands;
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Spectrum rights trading combined with flexible usage conditions should substantially benefit economic growth. Therefore, bands where flexible use has already been introduced by Union law should be immediately made tradable pursuant to the Framework Directive. In addition, common principles for the format and content of such tradable rights as well as, common measures to prevent accumulation of spectrum which may create dominant positions as well as undue failure to use acquired spectrum, and common standards for the removal of these licensed rights would facilitate the coordinated introduction by all Member States of these measures and facilitate acquisition of such rights anywhere in the Union.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. If necessary, the Commission shall ensure the availability of additional spectrum bands for the provision of harmonised satellite services for broadband access that will cover the whole territory of the Union including the most remote areas with a broadband offeringn order to ensure that all citizens have access to advanced digital services including broadband, in particular in remote and sparsely populated areas, Member States and the Commission shall ensure the availability of sufficient spectrum for the provision of broadband satellite services enabling Internet access at a comparable price to terrestrial offerings.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States and the Commission shall ensure spectrum availability for RFID and other Internet of Things (IOT) wireless communication technologies and shall work towards standardisation of spectrum allocation for IOT communication across Member States.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where possible, the Commission shall also include in the inventory referred to in paragraph 1, information on spectrum use by third partner states neighbouring a Member State that could have a direct or indirect effect on spectrum use within the Union.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Since a common approach and economies of scale are key to developing broadband communications throughout the Union and preventing competition distortion and market fragmentation among Member States, certain authorisation and procedural conditions could be defined in concerted action among Member States and with the Commission. Conditions could include coverage obligations, spectrum block size, the timing of granting rights, access to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and, the duration of rights of use and the conditions by which rights can be withdrawn or transferred. Reflecting the importance of spectrum trading for increasing efficient use of spectrum and developing the internal market for wireless equipment and services, these conditions should apply to spectrum bands that are allocated to wireless communications, and for which rights of use may be transferred or leased.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point d
Article 3 – point d
(d) maintain and develop effective competition, in particular in electronic communication services, by preventing ex ante, or remedying ex post, excessive accumulation of radio frequencies by certain economic operators which results in significant harm to competition by means of withdrawal of frequency rights or other measures;
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) in defining those areas of the spectrum which should be made open for use without licensed rights and/or reserved to scientific research;
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that selection conditions and procedures promote investment and efficient use of spectrum as a public good.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In order to limit excessive electromagnetic field emissions and increase efficiency in transmission networks, Member States shall foster greater cooperation between spectrum rights license holders towards the sharing of transmission infrastructures, with a special focus on densely populated areas.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Member States may limit the amount of spectrum for which rights of use are granted to any economic operator or may attach conditions to such rights of use, such as the provision of wholesale access, in certain bands or in certain groups of bands with similar characteristics, for instance the bands below 1 GHz allocated to electronic communication services;
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Member States may take steps to achieve a more even spectrum allocation between economic operators by reserving spectrum for new entrants to a frequency band or group of bands with similar characteristics or by reserving spectrum for unlicensed usage in those bands;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. If necessary, the Commission shall ensure the availability of additional spectrum bands for the provision of harmonised satellite services for broadband access that will cover the whole territory of the Union including the most remote areas with a broadband offeringn order to ensure that all citizens have access to advanced digital services including broadband, in particular in remote and sparsely populated areas, Member States and the Commission shall ensure the availability of sufficient spectrum for the provision of broadband satellite services enabling Internet access at a comparable price to terrestrial offerings.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where possible, the Commission shall also include in the inventory referred to in paragraph (1), information on spectrum use by third countries neighbouring a Member State that could have a direct or indirect effect on spectrum use within the Union.