1 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2016/2305(INI)
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the ambitious goals published by the Commission in September 2016 will not be achieved without empowering Member States, national regulatory authorities and local government; notes that the outermost, peripheral and island regions have benefited only marginally from the current regulations; calls on Commission to pay special attention to covering the whole of the territory of the Union with 4G access and projections for 5G uptake; is deeply concerned that the opinion of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) on the new electronic communications framework highlights the potential for increased EU-level interference, additional bureaucracy and an undermining of its independence;