6 Amendments of Pilar del CASTILLO VERA related to 2013/0080(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Whereas Information and Communication technologies are at the core of the digital society and today account approximately 20% of Europe's annual growth in productivity, 4.5% of Europe's GDP and generate 25% of private investment in R&D, potentially constituting an extraordinary contributor to growth and employment.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Acknowledging the importance ofat high- speed broadband rollout, Member States have endorsed the ambitious is crucial for Member States to meet their commitments regarding the 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. Underlines however that these targets must be considered an absolute minimum and that the Union must aim for more ambitious broadband targets. __________________ 29 COM (2010)245; see also see also the Digital Agenda review, COM (2012) 784 final.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Whereas estimates are that 50 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 and global data traffic is expected to grow 15 times by the end of 2017; this exponential growth in broadband traffic will require ambitious policies at Union and Member States level to increase the capacity in both our fixed and mobile networks, if Europe is to achieve more growth, competitiveness and productivity.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Whereas reducing the costs of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks would also contribute to achieving the digitalisation of the Public Sector allowing to, beyond the reduction of costs for public administrations and the more efficient services provided to citizens, a digital leverage effect to all sectors of the economy.
Amendment 154 #
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], including social housing, shall 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]. This obligation also applies to all newly constructed buildings of public institutions containing significant collections of data such as libraries, archives, cultural institutions and institutions of higher education.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. In the absence of available high-speed- ready in-building infrastructure, every provider of public communications networks shall have the right to terminate its network equipment at the premise of a subscriber to a high-speed electronic communications service, subject to its agreement, provided that it minimises the impact on the private property and at its own costs. If an agreement to terminate such network equipment is not reached the subscriber or the public communication network provider can refer the dispute to the competent dispute settlement body.