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2001/2157(COS) Services of general interest in Europe

Progress: Procedure completed

Role	Committee	Rapporteur
Lead	ECON	LANGEN Werner ( PPE-DE)
Committee Opinion	CULT	PACK Doris ( PPE-DE)
Committee Opinion	RETT
Committee Opinion	ENVI
Committee Opinion	ITRE	HERZOG Philippe A.R. ( GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion	JURI
Committee Opinion	EMPL	FLAUTRE Hélène ( Verts/ALE)

Lead committee dossier:

ECON/5/13751

Legal Basis:

RoP 132

Subjects

2.40.02 Public services, of general interest, universal service

Events

2005/12/20

EC - Follow-up document

Details

This is the second horizontal evaluation report prepared by the Commission regarding the EU’s network industries which provide services of general economic interest to EU consumers. The networks scrutinised are telecommunications (both mobile and fixed lines), energy, gas, air, rail, road transport and postal services. Given the wide spectrum of issues affecting these industries the Commission has chosen to focus on a few key points. They are: analysing recent legislative developments, examining the results of studies on the effect of market openings and comparing the network performance in the new EU Member States (EU 10) with that of the old EU Member States (EU 15). In presenting this report, the Commission hopes to stimulate an open and transparent debate on the performance of network services in the EU.

Concerning the EU’s legislative framework, the report notes that the general debate on the future of services of general interest has intensified since the publication of the May 2004 White Paper on this subject. A decision has yet to be taken on whether or not to prepare a framework Directive. On the other hand there have been a number of important developments regarding competition provisions for the regulation of the gas, electricity and public transport services. The Commission notes that there are many outstanding issues on the transposition of new Directives and it therefore urges the Member States to take more stringent measures to ensure the appropriate transposition of EU legislation.

Concerning the matter of market structure, the Commission finds that the number of competitors in the telecommunications sector has increased. At the same time, however, the report makes note of the fact that the market share of incumbents remains high in many service industries including telecommunications and the energy sectors. Mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector have resulted in the creation of large pan-European players. The Commission urges the Member States’ authorities to scrutinise this development carefully.

Concerning differences between the EU 10 and the EU 15, the report find that there are some difference in the market performance of network industries. The market structure in the ten new Member States appears more concentrated than in the EU 15. Although significant price differences exist between the new and old Member States in nominal terms, the difference is modest once expressed in terms of purchasing power parity – other than in the transport sector. As far as the quality of services is concerned what data there is indicates that both the old and the new Member States face similar challenges.

In the final Chapter the report assesses consumer satisfaction for the network services of general interest. The most recent surveys confirm the results of previous assessments. Overall, the satisfaction of consumers is relatively high but there are important differences depending on the country and sector studied. Postal services receive the best appraisal and inter-city rail transport the lowest. Finally, consumers in the new Member States express concern regarding possible price increases following accession.

To conclude, the report comments that significant milestones have been achieved in opening up the network industries of general economic interest. Nevertheless, the Commission urges the Member States to take a greater interest in removing any outstanding obstacles hindering the completion of the internal market and to introduce effective provisions that stimulate competition between the various market players. The Commission expresses some concern regarding the emergence of large pan-European market players, which, in future, will require closer scrutiny by the competition authorities. The Commission reminds the Member States that, under the principle of subsidiarity, it is they who are responsible for the effective implementation of provisions. At the same time the Commission suggests that the improvements are thanks to the introduction of competitive elements and market openings. According to the Commission, lower prices and labour productivity can be statistically explained by market openings and that countries with a high level of market opening tend to perform better in terms of price and productivity.

Documents

SEC(2005)1781
EUR-Lex

2003/05/21

EC - Non-legislative basic document

Documents

COM(2003)0270
EUR-Lex

2002/12/04

EC - Follow-up document

Documents

COM(2002)0689
EUR-Lex

2002/07/17

ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report

Documents

CES0860/2002

2002/06/18

EC - Follow-up document

Documents

COM(2002)0331
EUR-Lex

2002/06/13

Final act published in Official Journal

2001/11/13

EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading

Documents

T5-0595/2001
OJ C 140 13.06.2002, p. 0027-0153 E

2001/11/13

EP - Debate in Parliament

Documents

Debate in Parliament

2001/11/13

EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

T5-0595/2001

2001/11/13

EP - End of procedure in Parliament

2001/10/17

EC - Document attached to the procedure

Documents

EUR-Lex
COM(2001)0598

2001/10/16

EP - Committee draft report

Documents

PE296.003

2001/10/16

EP - Amendments tabled in committee

Documents

PE296.003/AM

2001/10/16

EP - Amendments tabled in committee

Documents

PE296.003/AM2

2001/10/16

EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading

Documents

A5-0361/2001

2001/10/16

EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading

2001/10/16

EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading

Documents

A5-0361/2001

2001/09/21

EP - Committee opinion

Documents

PE297.149/DEF

2001/09/20

EP - Committee opinion

Documents

PE286.762/DEF

2001/09/12

ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report

Documents

CES1120/2001

2001/09/03

EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

2001/05/31

EP - Committee opinion

Documents

PE300.477/DEF

2001/02/14

CofR - Committee of the Regions: opinion

Documents

CDR0180/2000
OJ C 148 18.05.2001, p. 0012

2001/02/13

EP - HERZOG Philippe A.R. (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE

2001/02/06

EP - PACK Doris (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in CULT

2000/11/30

CSL - Debate in Council

2000/11/06

EP - LANGEN Werner (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in ECON

2000/10/12

EP - FLAUTRE Hélène (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL

2000/09/20

EC - Non-legislative basic document published

Documents

EUR-Lex
COM(2000)0580

Documents

Follow-up document: SEC(2005)1781
Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
Non-legislative basic document: COM(2003)0270
Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
Follow-up document: COM(2002)0689
Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0860/2002
Follow-up document: COM(2002)0331
Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T5-0595/2001
Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: OJ C 140 13.06.2002, p. 0027-0153 E
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0595/2001
Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
Document attached to the procedure: COM(2001)0598
Committee draft report: PE296.003
Amendments tabled in committee: PE296.003/AM
Amendments tabled in committee: PE296.003/AM2
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0361/2001
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0361/2001
Committee opinion: PE297.149/DEF
Committee opinion: PE286.762/DEF
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1120/2001
Committee opinion: PE300.477/DEF
Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR0180/2000
Committee of the Regions: opinion: OJ C 148 18.05.2001, p. 0012
Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2000)0580
Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR0180/2000 OJ C 148 18.05.2001, p. 0012
Committee opinion: PE300.477/DEF
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1120/2001
Committee opinion: PE286.762/DEF
Committee opinion: PE297.149/DEF
Committee draft report: PE296.003
Amendments tabled in committee: PE296.003/AM
Amendments tabled in committee: PE296.003/AM2
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0361/2001
Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex COM(2001)0598
Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T5-0595/2001 OJ C 140 13.06.2002, p. 0027-0153 E
Follow-up document: COM(2002)0331 EUR-Lex
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0860/2002
Follow-up document: COM(2002)0689 EUR-Lex
Non-legislative basic document: COM(2003)0270 EUR-Lex
Follow-up document: SEC(2005)1781 EUR-Lex

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docs	date: 2001-02-14T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.cor.europa.eu/CORDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:0180)(documentyear:2000)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CDR0180/2000 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2001:148:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 148 18.05.2001, p. 0012 type: Committee of the Regions: opinion body: CofR date: 2001-05-31T00:00:00 docs: title: PE300.477/DEF committee: EMPL type: Committee opinion body: EP date: 2001-09-12T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.eesc.europa.eu/EESCDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:1120)(documentyear:2001)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CES1120/2001 type: Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report body: ESC date: 2001-09-20T00:00:00 docs: title: PE286.762/DEF committee: CULT type: Committee opinion body: EP date: 2001-09-21T00:00:00 docs: title: PE297.149/DEF committee: ITRE type: Committee opinion body: EP date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 docs: title: PE296.003 type: Committee draft report body: EP date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 docs: title: PE296.003/AM type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 docs: title: PE296.003/AM2 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-361&language=EN title: A5-0361/2001 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP date: 2001-10-17T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2001&nu_doc=598 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(2001)0598 type: Document attached to the procedure body: EC date: 2001-11-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-595 title: T5-0595/2001 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:140E:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 140 13.06.2002, p. 0027-0153 E summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, single reading body: EP date: 2002-06-18T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0331/COM_COM(2002)0331_EN.pdf title: COM(2002)0331 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=331 title: EUR-Lex summary: type: Follow-up document body: EC date: 2002-07-17T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.eesc.europa.eu/EESCDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:0860)(documentyear:2002)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CES0860/2002 type: Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report body: ESC date: 2002-12-04T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0689/COM_COM(2002)0689_EN.pdf title: COM(2002)0689 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=689 title: EUR-Lex summary: type: Follow-up document body: EC date: 2003-05-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2003/0270/COM_COM(2003)0270_EN.pdf title: COM(2003)0270 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2003&nu_doc=270 title: EUR-Lex summary: type: Non-legislative basic document body: EC date: 2005-12-20T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2005/1781/COM_SEC(2005)1781_EN.pdf title: SEC(2005)1781 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2005&nu_doc=1781 title: EUR-Lex summary: This is the second horizontal evaluation report prepared by the Commission regarding the EU’s network industries which provide services of general economic interest to EU consumers. The networks scrutinised are telecommunications (both mobile and fixed lines), energy, gas, air, rail, road transport and postal services. Given the wide spectrum of issues affecting these industries the Commission has chosen to focus on a few key points. They are: analysing recent legislative developments, examining the results of studies on the effect of market openings and comparing the network performance in the new EU Member States (EU 10) with that of the old EU Member States (EU 15). In presenting this report, the Commission hopes to stimulate an open and transparent debate on the performance of network services in the EU. Concerning the EU’s legislative framework, the report notes that the general debate on the future of services of general interest has intensified since the publication of the May 2004 White Paper on this subject. A decision has yet to be taken on whether or not to prepare a framework Directive. On the other hand there have been a number of important developments regarding competition provisions for the regulation of the gas, electricity and public transport services. The Commission notes that there are many outstanding issues on the transposition of new Directives and it therefore urges the Member States to take more stringent measures to ensure the appropriate transposition of EU legislation. Concerning the matter of market structure, the Commission finds that the number of competitors in the telecommunications sector has increased. At the same time, however, the report makes note of the fact that the market share of incumbents remains high in many service industries including telecommunications and the energy sectors. Mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector have resulted in the creation of large pan-European players. The Commission urges the Member States’ authorities to scrutinise this development carefully. Concerning differences between the EU 10 and the EU 15, the report find that there are some difference in the market performance of network industries. The market structure in the ten new Member States appears more concentrated than in the EU 15. Although significant price differences exist between the new and old Member States in nominal terms, the difference is modest once expressed in terms of purchasing power parity – other than in the transport sector. As far as the quality of services is concerned what data there is indicates that both the old and the new Member States face similar challenges. In the final Chapter the report assesses consumer satisfaction for the network services of general interest. The most recent surveys confirm the results of previous assessments. Overall, the satisfaction of consumers is relatively high but there are important differences depending on the country and sector studied. Postal services receive the best appraisal and inter-city rail transport the lowest. Finally, consumers in the new Member States express concern regarding possible price increases following accession. To conclude, the report comments that significant milestones have been achieved in opening up the network industries of general economic interest. Nevertheless, the Commission urges the Member States to take a greater interest in removing any outstanding obstacles hindering the completion of the internal market and to introduce effective provisions that stimulate competition between the various market players. The Commission expresses some concern regarding the emergence of large pan-European market players, which, in future, will require closer scrutiny by the competition authorities. The Commission reminds the Member States that, under the principle of subsidiarity, it is they who are responsible for the effective implementation of provisions. At the same time the Commission suggests that the improvements are thanks to the introduction of competitive elements and market openings. According to the Commission, lower prices and labour productivity can be statistically explained by market openings and that countries with a high level of market opening tend to perform better in terms of price and productivity. type: Follow-up document body: EC
events	date: 2000-09-20T00:00:00 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=580 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(2000)0580 summary: date: 2000-11-30T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL date: 2001-09-03T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-361&language=EN title: A5-0361/2001 date: 2001-11-13T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20011113&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2001-11-13T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-595 title: T5-0595/2001 summary: date: 2001-11-13T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP date: 2002-06-13T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal
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activities	date: 2000-09-20T00:00:00 docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=580 celexid: CELEX:52000DC0580:EN type: Non-legislative basic document published title: COM(2000)0580 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/index_en.htm title: Secretariat General date: 2000-11-30T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Debate in Council date: 2001-09-03T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: CULT date: 2001-02-06T00:00:00 committee_full: Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: PACK Doris body: EP responsible: True committee: ECON date: 2000-11-06T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: LANGEN Werner body: EP responsible: False committee: EMPL date: 2000-10-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: V/ALE name: FLAUTRE Hélène body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy committee: ENVI body: EP responsible: False committee: ITRE date: 2001-02-13T00:00:00 committee_full: Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: HERZOG Philippe A.R. body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs and Internal Market committee: JURI body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism committee: RETT body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: CULT date: 2001-02-06T00:00:00 committee_full: Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: PACK Doris body: EP responsible: True committee: ECON date: 2000-11-06T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: LANGEN Werner body: EP responsible: False committee: EMPL date: 2000-10-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: V/ALE name: FLAUTRE Hélène body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy committee: ENVI body: EP responsible: False committee: ITRE date: 2001-02-13T00:00:00 committee_full: Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: HERZOG Philippe A.R. body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs and Internal Market committee: JURI body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism committee: RETT docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-361&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A5-0361/2001 date: 2001-10-16T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading date: 2001-11-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20011113&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-595 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T5-0595/2001 body: EP type: Debate in Parliament date: 2002-06-13T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal
committees	body: EP responsible: False committee: CULT date: 2001-02-06T00:00:00 committee_full: Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: PACK Doris body: EP responsible: True committee: ECON date: 2000-11-06T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: LANGEN Werner body: EP responsible: False committee: EMPL date: 2000-10-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: V/ALE name: FLAUTRE Hélène body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy committee: ENVI body: EP responsible: False committee: ITRE date: 2001-02-13T00:00:00 committee_full: Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: HERZOG Philippe A.R. body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs and Internal Market committee: JURI body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism committee: RETT
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other	body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/index_en.htm title: Secretariat General
procedure	dossier_of_the_committee ECON/5/13751 reference 2001/2157(COS) title Services of general interest in Europe legal_basis Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 132 stage_reached Procedure completed subtype Commission strategy paper type COS - Procedure on a strategy paper (historic) subject 2.40.02 Public services, of general interest, universal service

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