Activities of Alexander Nuno PICKART ALVARO related to 2007/0247(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Electronic communications networks and services (A6-0272/2009, Catherine Trautmann)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Spectrum users should also be able to freely choose the services they wish to offer over the spectrum subject to transitional measures to cope with previously acquired rights. It should be possible for exceptions to the principle of service neutrality which require the provision of a specific service to meet clearly defined general interest objectives such as safety of life, the need to promote social, regional and territorial cohesion, better access to the information society for all citizens or the avoidance of inefficient use of spectrum to be permitted where necessary and proportionate. The aim of promoting better access to the information society for all citizens includes the supply of rural areas with mobile broadband electronic communication services and the continuous increase in the quality of mobile services and bandwidth. Those objectives should include the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, and media pluralism as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law. Except where necessary to protect safety of life, exceptions should not result in exclusive use for certain services, but rather grant priority so that other services or technologies may coexist in the same band insofar as possible. In order that the holder of the authorisation may choose freely the most efficient means to carry the content of services provided over radio frequencies, the content should not be regulated in the authorisation to use radio frequencies.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) It lies within the competence of the Member States to define the scope and nature of any exception regarding the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism in accordance with their own national law. These aims should be brought appropriately in line with the other aims of public interest in Recital 22.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) Operator selection and pre-selection are essential pillars of the competition which has been achieved so far, and should therefore continue to be available to end users on a technology-neutral basis. The provision conferring the power to impose an obligation to that effect has been deleted from Directive 2002/22/EC and inserted into Directive 2002/19/EC for reasons of consistency.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States intend to split the spectrum of the UHF bands IV/V (470- 862 Mhz) into equal shares for the further development of broadcasting and mobile communication services. Member States shall follow the outcome of the WRC 2007. The harmonised sub- band 790-862 Mhz shall be vacated and assigned to mobile broadband services no later than six months after the entry into force of this Directive. At the request of a network operator, the NRA shall review whether the existing allocations and assignments of radio frequencies issued for the purpose of broadcast content services are necessary for the fulfilment of the objectives referred to in Article 9(4). This review shall be completed within three months. Should those allocations and assignments not be necessary for the fulfilment of those objectives, new allocations to mobile communications services and assignments shall be issued by the national regulatory authority within six months. If there are compelling reasons, the national regulatory authority may, after notification to the Commission, take a decision on the reallocation of the radio frequencies in question.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Measures taken by a national regulatory authority in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be objective, transparent, and proportionatenon- discriminatory and proportionate and taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services notify the nationalcompetent regulatory authority of any breach of security or integrity that had a significant impact on the operation of networks or services. The new rules for breach notifications shall apply in the implementation of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector1. ___________ 1 OJ L ...
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, the nationalcompetent regulatory authority concerned shall inform the nationalcompetent regulatory authorities in other Member States and the Authority. Where disclosure of the breach is in the public interest, the national regulatory authority may inform the publicENISA.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 20
Article 1 – point 20
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) Consistent implementation of regulatory approaches, including regulatory treatment of pan-European services, such as global telecommunication services, and of new services;
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 12a (new)
Article 12a (new)
(8a) The following Article 12a is inserted: "Article 12a 1. A national regulatory authority shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, impose obligations on operators designated as having significant market power on the market for access to the public telephone network at fixed locations to offer all interconnected providers of publicly available telephone services access to services via which calls made by end users (a) on a call-by-call basis by dialling a carrier selection code, or (b) by means of carrier preselection can be routed to the interconnected provider. With carrier preselection, there shall be a facility to override any preselected choice by dialling a carrier selection. National regulatory authorities shall ensure that pricing for access and interconnection related to the provision of the facilities in this paragraph is cost- oriented and that direct charges to subscribers, if any, do not act as a disincentive for the use of the facilities."
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 2 a (new)
Article 3 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) In Article 3 the following paragraph is added: "2a. Global telecommunications services shall be subject to no more than a simplified process with specified registration of electronic communications service activity as "global telecommunications services." Global telecommunications services are managed business data and voice services provided to multinational undertakings located in different countries or continents. They are inherently cross-border and, within, Europe, pan-European services."
Amendment 765 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. NationalThe competent regulatory authorities shall ensure that radio frequencies are efficiently and effectively used in accordance with Articles 8 and 9(2) of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive). They shall also ensure competition is not distorted as a result of any transfer or accumulation of radio frequencies usage rights. For such purposes, Member States may take appropriate measures such as reducing, withdrawing or forcing the sale of a right to use radio frequencies.
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point da (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point da (new)
(da) to harmonise the conditions specified in Annex I relating to general authorisations;