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Activities of Paul RÜBIG related to 2016/0287(COD)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 as regards the promotion of Internet connectivity in local communities
2016/11/22
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2016/0287(COD)
Documents: PDF(392 KB) DOC(130 KB)

Amendments (3)

Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Due to the limited reach of any single local wireless access point and the small value of individual projects covered, access points benefitting from financial assistance under this Regulation are not expected to challenge commercial offers. Projects should be funded by means of public procurement. In order to further ensure that such financial assistance does not unduly distort competition, crowd out private investments or create disincentives for private operators to invest, the intervention should be limited to projects that do not duplicate already existing private or public offers of similar characteristics in the same area. This should not exclude additional support to deployments under this initiative from public or private sources of funding.
2017/03/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Given Internet connectivity needs within the Union and the urgency of promoting access networks that can deliver, throughout the EU, an Internet experience of high quality offering a download speed of at least 100 Mbps based on very high-speed broadband services, financial assistance should seek to attain a geographically balanced distribution.
2017/03/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
2) build on very high-speed broadband connectivity enabling delivery of high quality Internet experience offering a download speed of at least 100 Mbps to users that:
2017/03/10
Committee: BUDG