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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks PDF (334 KB) DOC (458 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Acknowledging the importance of high- speed broadband rollout, Member States have endorsed the ambitious broadband targets set out in Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘The Digital Agenda for Europe- Driving European growth digitally29 (’the Digital Agenda‘): 100% broadband coverage by 2013 and increased speeds of 30MBps for all households, with at least 50% of the households subscribing to Internet connections above 100MBps by 2020. Points out however that given the rapid evolution of technologies that lead to even faster internet connections, it is appropriate today, for all Union households, to target internet connections above 100 Mbps with 50 % of the households having access to 1 Gbps as expressed in European Parliament resolution on the "Digital Agenda for Growth, Mobility and Employment: time to move up a gear" __________________ 29 COM (2010)245; see also see also the Digital Agenda review, COM (2012) 784 final.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This RegulationRespecting the subsidiarity and proportionality principle, this Directive aims at providing some minimum rights and obligations applicable across the Union in order to facilitate the rollout of high- speed electronic communications networks and cross-sector coordination. While ensuring a minimum level playing field, this should be without prejudice to existing best practices and measures adopted at national and local level entailing more detailed provisions and conditions as well as additional measures complementing those rights and obligations, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) It can be significantly more efficient for electronic communications network operators, in particular new entrants, to re- use existing physical infrastructures, including those of other utilities, in order to roll-out electronic communications networks, in particular in areas where no suitable electronic communications network is available or where it may not be economically feasible to build-up a new physical infrastructure. Moreover, synergies across sectors may significantly reduce the need for civil works due to the deployment of electronic communications networks and therefore also the social and environmental costs linked to them, such as pollution, nuisances and traffic congestion. Therefore this Regulation should be applicable not only to electronic communications network providers but to any owner or holder of rights to use extensive and ubiquitous physical infrastructures suitable to host electronic communications network elements, such as physical networks for the provision of electricity, gas, water and sewage, heating and transport services.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In view of their low degree of differentiation, physical facilities of such networks can often host at the same time a wide range of electronic communications network elements, including those capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbpsof 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps and above in line with the technological neutrality principle, without affecting the main service conveyed and with minimum adaptation costs. Therefore a physical infrastructure that is intended to only host other elements of a network without becoming itself an active network element, can be in principle used to accommodate electronic communications cables, equipment or any other element of electronic communications networks, regardless of its actual use or its ownership. Without prejudice to the pursuit of the specific general interest linked to the provision of the main service, synergies across network operators should be encouraged in order to contribute at the same time to achieving the targets of the Digital Agenda.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Achieving the targets of the Digital Agenda requires that the infrastructure rollout is brought close to the end-users location, while fully respecting the principle of proportionality as regards any limitation brought to the right of property in view of the general interest pursued. Existence of high-speed electronic communications networks up to the end- user should be facilitated while ensuring at the same time technological neutrality, in particular by high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure. In view of the fact that providing for mini-ducts during the construction of the building has only a limited incremental cost while retrofitting buildings with high-speed infrastructure may represent a significant part of the cost of high-speed network deployment, all new or majorly renovated buildings shouldmay be equipped with physical infrastructure, allowing the connection of end-users with high-speed networks. In order to roll-out high-speed electronic communications network, moreover, new multi-dwelling buildings, as well as majorly renovated multi-dwelling buildings shouldmay be equipped with an access or concentration point, by which the provider may access the in- building network. In practice, this would mean that building developers should foresee that empty ducts are provided from every dwelling to a concentration point, located in or outside the building. There may be cases such as new single dwellings or categories of major renovation works in isolated areas where the prospect of high- speed connection is considered, on objective grounds, too remote to justify the additional costs of deploying in-house high-speed-ready physical infrastructures and/or a concentration point.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1
(1) ‘network operator’ means an electronic communications network provider as well as an undertaking providing a physical infrastructure intended to provide: a service of production, transport or distribution of gas, electricity, including public lighting, heating, water, including disposal or treatment of waste water and sewage; transport services, including railways, roads, ports and airports;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) ‘high-speed electronic communications network’ means an electronic communication network which is capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbps.of 100 Mbps and 1Gbps where possible and above
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This provision is without prejudice to landowners and private property owners right to decide how to administer and manage assets
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to request access to physical infrastructure in accordance with Article 3, every undertaking authorised to provide electronic communications networks shall have the right to access, upon request for each geographical area, via a single information point, the following set of minimum information concerning the existing physical infrastructure of any network operator:
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Access to the minimum information for the specified area shall be granted forthwith in electronic form under proportionate, non- discriminatory and transparent terms. Access to the minimum information may be limited by the single information point only when considered necessary in view of the security of the networks and their integrity or operating and business secrets and when considered necessary in view of protecting fundamental public and individual interests according to national law.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
If existing infrastructure is not considered technically suitable to deploy high-speed electronic communications networks, Member States may provide exemptions from obligations provided for in paragraph 1. Such measure shall be notified to the Commission and duly motivated with all interested parties given the opportunity to comment on the draft measure.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authorities shall grant or refuse permits within six months from receiving a request provided that all interested parties have been heard and that that legal security can be guaranteed, without prejudice to other specific deadlines or obligations laid down for the proper conduct of the procedure which are applicable to the permit granting procedure in accordance with national or Union law. Any refusal shall be duly justified on the basis of objective, transparent, non- discriminatory and proportionate criteria.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. All newly constructed buildings at the end-user's location, including elements under joint ownership, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation], shallmay be equipped with a high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure, up to the network termination points. The same obligationpossibility applies in the event of major renovation works for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. All newly constructed multi-dwelling buildings, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation], shallmay be equipped with a concentration point, located inside or outside the building, and accessible to electronic communications networks providers, whereby connection to the high- speed-ready in-building infrastructure is made available. The same obligation applies in the event of major renovation works concerning multi-dwelling buildings for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. EPrior to consent from the land or property owner and, if applicable, financial compensation, every provider of public communications networks shall have the right to terminate its network at the concentration point, provided that it minimise the impact on the private property and at its own costs, in view of accessing the high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
This RegulationDirective shall enter into force on the twentieth dayXXXX following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.