Progress: Procedure completed
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Former Responsible Committee | ECON | READ Imelda Mary ( PES) | |
Former Responsible Committee | ECON | READ Imelda Mary ( PES) | |
Former Committee Opinion | ENVI | WHITEHEAD Phillip ( PES) | |
Former Committee Opinion | JURI | ||
Former Committee Opinion | RELA | MANN Erika ( PES) | |
Former Committee Opinion | ENER | VAN VELZEN W.G. ( PPE) |
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Legal Basis:
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Commissioner Fischler welcomed the fact that Parliament and Council had agreed on the funding of the universal service, the cross-border arbitration process, cost-based pricing, reasonable pricing and number ‘portability’. In this last respect, the Commission agreed that the subscriber should be able to have any telephone call made to him at the former company transferred in return for a reasonable fee. The Commissioner also confirmed that Article 7(1) of the ‘Interconnection’ Directive would be applied to all organisations operating the public telecommunications networks and/or publicly available telecommunications services as set out in Annex 1.
The Council established that it was not in a position to take over all of Parliament’s amendments to its common position of 17 June 1996 concerning the proposal for a directive relating to interconnection in the telecommunications sector. The Conciliation Committee would therefore be convened under the terms of Article 189b of the Treaty.
The rapporteur, Mrs Read, again presented the amendments that had not been taken over by the Council, namely those relating to the cost and financing of the universal service, the cost of interconnection, environmental protection, telephone numbering and the setting-up of a European regulatory authority. Commissioner Bangemann declared that the establishment of a regulatory authority was absolutely essential. He assured the rapporteur that Amendments Nos 5 and 27 on number portability would be acceptable and that Amendment No 10 would also be taken over if it could be re-worded.
The rapporteur, Mrs Read (PSE, UK), said that most of the amendments were of a technical nature, though this did not mean that they were not based on a coherent philosophy: the aim of the directive was to ensure a universal service for telephone users at an acceptable cost and in accordance with a set of clear rules for the industry. Commissioner Bangemann began by declaring that the Commission could take over 45 of the 70 amendments tabled. He went on to point out that the universal service did not mean a public service and with this in mind he supported the rapporteur’s definition by emphasising that the universal service should provide each citizen with the same quality of service at an affordable price. Mr Bangemann also said that there was no contradiction between a universal service and the rules of the market, since the latter was not a jungle where there were no holds barred. Rather the market could be regarded as an instrument that formed an integral part of a mass of instructions that were fixed in relation to other objectives lying outside the sphere of the market, such as social justice and the protection of the environment. He also gave examples of the deregulation and improvement of the universal service, as in the case of Scotland and Sweden. With regard to interconnection, he declared that he was in favour of environmental considerations being included when setting up new installations. This was why Amendment No 44 was preferable to Amendment No 70, because it provided that the interconnection agreements would include conditions on compliance with town and country planning requirements. Finally, the Commissioner reaffirmed his confidence in the new technical opportunities being made available, provided they proved to be of more practical use to consumers than had been the case in the past.
Documents
- Final act published in Official Journal: Directive 1997/33
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 199 26.07.1997, p. 0032
- Text adopted by Parliament, 3rd reading: OJ C 200 30.06.1997, p. 0060-0067
- Text adopted by Parliament, 3rd reading: T4-0290/1997
- Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T4-0290/1997
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Report tabled for plenary by Parliament delegation to Conciliation Committee, 3rd reading: A4-0171/1997
- Report tabled for plenary by Parliament delegation to Conciliation Committee, 3rd reading: OJ C 182 16.06.1997, p. 0003
- Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A4-0171/1997
- Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3610/1997
- Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3610/1997
- Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: EUR-Lex
- Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: COM(1996)0535
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 320 28.10.1996, p. 0126-0138
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0463/1996
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0463/1996
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0276/1996
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: OJ C 320 28.10.1996, p. 0004
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0276/1996
- Council position: 06901/2/1996
- Council position: OJ C 220 29.07.1996, p. 0013
- Council position published: 06901/2/1996
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex
- Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(1996)1122
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal: OJ C 178 21.06.1996, p. 0003
- Modified legislative proposal: COM(1996)0121
- Modified legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0121
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0249/1996
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 153 28.05.1996, p. 0021
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 065 04.03.1996, p. 0060-0069
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0050/1996
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T4-0050/1996
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0017/1996
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 047 19.02.1996, p. 0005
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A4-0017/1996
- Debate in Council: 1888
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: OJ C 313 24.11.1995, p. 0007
- Legislative proposal: COM(1995)0379
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0379
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 313 24.11.1995, p. 0007 COM(1995)0379
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0017/1996 OJ C 047 19.02.1996, p. 0005
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 065 04.03.1996, p. 0060-0069 T4-0050/1996
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0249/1996 OJ C 153 28.05.1996, p. 0021
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 178 21.06.1996, p. 0003 COM(1996)0121
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex SEC(1996)1122
- Council position: 06901/2/1996 OJ C 220 29.07.1996, p. 0013
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0276/1996 OJ C 320 28.10.1996, p. 0004
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 320 28.10.1996, p. 0126-0138 T4-0463/1996
- Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: EUR-Lex COM(1996)0535
- Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3610/1997
- Report tabled for plenary by Parliament delegation to Conciliation Committee, 3rd reading: A4-0171/1997 OJ C 182 16.06.1997, p. 0003
- Text adopted by Parliament, 3rd reading: OJ C 200 30.06.1997, p. 0060-0067 T4-0290/1997
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