Activities of Marco RIZZO
Plenary speeches (4)
The steel sector
Situation in Cuba
Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission
Stocktaking of the Prodi Commission
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 72 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A competitive market should ensure that end-users are able to access and distribute any lawful content and to use any lawful applications and/or services of their choice, as stated in Article 8 of Directive 2002/21/EC. Given the increasing importance of electronic communications for consumers and businesses, users should in any case be fully informed of any restrictions and/or limitations imposed on the use of electronic communications services by the service and/or network provider. Where there is a lack of effective competition, national regulatory authorities should use the remedies available to them in Directive 2002/19/EC to ensure that users’ access to particular types of content or applications is not unreasonably restricted. National regulatory authorities should be able to take action under Directive 2002/22/EC in case restrictions are unreasonably imposed in circumstances other than a lack of effective competition. Management of networks, in order to address congestion and capacity constraints, should not per se be considered an example of an unreasonable restriction.
Amendment 90 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) A television broadcast is a linearLegal “must-carry” obligations may be applied, to specified radio and audiovisual media services as dend complementary services supplied by a specifined in themedia service provider. Audiovisual Mmedia Sservices Directiveare defined in the Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of [….] 2007, which is provided by11 December 2007 a mendia service provider for simultaneous viewing of programmes on the basis of a programme schedule; a media service provider may provide a number of audng Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or audio visual programme schedules (channels). Legal “must-carry” obligations may be applied, but only to specified broadcast channels supplied by a specified media service providerdministrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities1. Member States should provide a clear justification for the “must carry” obligations in their national law so as to ensure that such obligations are transparent, proportionate and properly defined. In that regard, “must carry” rules should be designed in a way which provides sufficient incentives for efficient investment in infrastructure. “Must carry” rules should be periodically reviewed in order to keep them up-to-date with technological and market evolution in order to ensure that they continue to be proportionate to the objectives to be achieved. Given the rapid change in technology and market conditions such a full review would need to be carried out at least every three years and would require a public consultation of all stakeholders. One or more broadcast channels may be complemented byComplementary services include, but are not limited to, services to improve accessibility for users with disabilities, such as a videotext service, subtitling service, an audio description or sign language. _______ 1 OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27.
Amendment 100 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 30 b (new)
Recital 30 b (new)
(30b) The Commission should collaborate with the consumer protection associations whenever it reviews this directive and ensure they are regularly consulted concerning the results and means of implementing these rules in the various Member States.
Amendment 101 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Software that surreptitiously monitors actions of the user and/or subverts operation of the user’s terminal equipment for the benefit of a third party (so-called “spyware”) poses a serious threat to users’ privacy. A high and equal level of protection of the private sphere of users needs to be ensured, regardless of whether unwanted spying programmes are inadvertently downloaded via electronic communications networks or are delivered and installed hidden in software distributed on other external data storage media, such as CDs, CD-ROMs, USB keys. The controls in question will, moreover, require the fullest possible cooperation with the big software producers.
Amendment 106 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 2 – point (c)
Article 2 – point (c)
(c) “publicly available telephone service” means an electronic communications service available to the public forconsisting wholly or mainly in originating and receiving, directly or indirectly via carrier selection or pre- selection or resale, national and/or international real-time, bi-directional voice calls through a number or numbers in a national or international telephone numbering plan;
Amendment 153 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that where contracts are concluded between subscribers and undertakings providing electronic communications services that allow voice communicatioavailable to the public that allow the origination of real-time bi-directional voice calls through a number or numbers in a national telephone numbering plan, subscribers are clearly informed whether or not access to emergency services is provided. Providers of such electronic communications services shall ensure that customers are clearly informed of the lack of access to emergency services in advance of the conclusion of a contract and regularly thereafterupon renewal of such contract.
Amendment 204 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 23
Article 23
Member States shall take all necessaryppropriate steps to ensure the availability of publicly available telephone services provided over public communications networks in the event of catastrophic network breakdown or in cases of force majeure. Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing publicly available telephone services take all reasonablppropriate steps to ensure uninterrupted access to emergency services at fixed locations and, to the extent technically feasible, at non-fixed locations.
Amendment 217 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing a service for originating national and/or international calls through a number or numbers in a national or international telephone numbering planpublicly available telephone service provide access to emergency services.
Amendment 221 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that caller location information is made available free of charge to authorities handling emergencies for all calls to the single European emergency call number “112”. Member States shallmay require that caller location information is automatically provided, to the extent technically feasible, as soon as the emergency call reaches the authority dealing with the emergency.