QuickLinks - Status of EU initiatives

A QuickLinks service - an unofficial compilation from publicly available sources

Where to look

• EUR-Lex (Official Journal, Legislation in Force, Community preparatory acts, Consolidated Legislation, Case law) | CELEX | PreLex - monitoring of the decision-making process between institutions
• Court of Justice Web site | Recent case law
• Council Web site | Council Register - access to full text of many Council documents and list of all documents. Simple search in English | Council meetings - press releases:Transport, Telecommunications and Energy; Justice and Home Affairs; Education, Youth and Culture
• European Parliament Web site | Committees | Legislative Observatory | Search
• Europa Web site | Commission Web site | Commission organigramme | RAPID - EU Institutions press releases

Subjects covered

• Audiovisual
• Competition
• Computer crime
• Consumer protection
• Copyright, trademarks and patents
• Data protection / privacy
• Domain names - .eu domain
• eContent and eLearning
• Information Society / eEurope initiative
• e-Government / Access to Public Information
• Electronic commerce
• Electronic communications /Telecomms
• Network and information security
• Protection of minors
• Racism and xenophobia
• Safer Internet
• Satellites
• Taxation

Recent events

• 19/11/2004 - Communication on Challenges for the European Information Society beyond 2005
• 16/11/2004 - Safer Internet plus vote in EP Committee
• 10/11/2004 - Strategy for the enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries
• 09/11/2004 - art 29 Committee Opinion on data retention
• 20/10/2004 - Commission staff working document on "safe harbour"
• 12/10/2004 - Commission sign .eu contract with EURid
• 07/10/2004 - Regulation on Regulation on Consumer Protection Cooperation aporv din Council
• 30/07/2004 - Commission consultation on data retention
• 30/07/2004 - Communication on interoperability of interactive digital TV
• 19/07/2004 - Consultation on the review of legislation on copyright and related rights
• 19/07/2004 - Consultation on Digital Rights Management Systems
• 18/05/2004 - Software patent directive - Council political agreement
• 18/05/2004 - Unfair Commercial Practices directive - Council political agreement
• 29/04/2004 - Directive on enforcement of intellectual property rights
• 29/04/2004 - Directive on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data
• 28/04/2004 - Public policy rules for the .eu Top Level Domain
• 27/04/2004 - Regulation on technology transfer agreements
• 23/04/2004 - Commission interpretation of TV advertising rules
• 21/04/2004 - Daphne II programme adopted
• 16/04/2004 - Proposal for a Recommendation on protection of minors and human dignity and the right of reply
• 06/04/2004 - Communication on Management of Copyright and Related Rights
• 12/03/2004 - Commission proposal for Safer Internet plus
• 10/03/2004 - Regulation establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency
• 18/02/2004 - Proposal for biometric passports
• 15/01/2004 - EP report on collecting societies

see also previous events

Information society

• Information Society DG | What's New
• eEurope 2005: An information society for all Communication COM(2002) 263
• Challenges for the European Information Society beyond 2005 COM(2004) 757
• Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting a multiannual programme (2003-2005) for the monitoring of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan, dissemination of good practices and the improvement of network and information security (MODINIS) Commission proposal COM(2002) 425
  Status: adopted 17/12/2003 published OJ L 336 23/12/2003 p. 1 Legislative history
• Commission Communication on eEurope 2002: Quality Criteria for Health related Websites COM(2002) 667 final
• EU-US Guidelines On Regulatory Cooperation And Transparency
• Transparency Directive Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/34/EC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations
  Status: adopted 20/07/1998 published OJ L217 05/08/1998 p. 18 | Legislative history

Audiovisual

• Audiovisual and Media Policies | Regulatory Framework
• Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting. OJ C320, 15.11.2001, pp 5-11
• Commission interpretative Communication on certain Aspects of the Provisions on televised Advertising in the "Television without Frontiers" Directive C (2004) 1450.
• Communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works, COM(2001)534 of 26.09.2001. The adoption of this Communication was preceded by a public consultation based on a Commission staff working document. EP discussion.
• Commission Communication: Principles and guidelines for the Community's Audiovisual policy in the digital age
  COM(1999) 657, 14.12.1999
  Follow-up: EP review Regulating Audiovisual Content in the Digital Age (PDF)
• TV without frontiers Council Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council | Legislative history
  Status: Adopted 20/05/1997 - Published OJ 04/06/1997 JO L144 p. 9 - Deadline for implementation 03/06/2000
  • Fourth Report from the Commission COM (2002) 778 adopted 06/01/2003 | EP Report Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport. Rapporteur: Roy Perry | Legislative history
  (Film Online and Media Literacy and Cinematographic heritage). Convergence see Green Paper on the Convergence of the Telecommunications, Media and Information Technology Sectors, and the Implications for Regulation. Towards an Information Society Approach. December 1997

Competition

• Competition DG on Europa | What's New | Speeches and articles  
• Commission Directive 2002/77/EC on competition in the markets for electronic communications networks and services
  Status: adopted 16/09/2002 published OJ L249 17/09/2002 p. 21
• Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting
  Status: published OJ C320 15/11/2001 p. 5
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 772/2004 of 27 April 2004 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of technology transfer agreements. Official Journal L 123, 27.04.2004, pages 11-17

Copyright, patents and trademarks

• Internal Market DG - Intellectual Property documents | News | Commission unit responsible
• Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights OJ L 157 , 30/04/2004 p. 45
  Status: adopted 30/01/2003 Legislative history | PreLex
• Strategy for the enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries.
• Communication on the Management of Copyright and Related Rights in the Internal Market COM(2004) 261 PDF Consultation on the review of legislation on copyright and related rights.
• Consultation on Digital Rights Management Systems. Report on a Community framework for collecting societies for authors’ rights A5-0478/2003 PDF Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market Rapporteur: Raina A. Mercedes Echerer.
• Software patents Proposal for a Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions COM(2002) 92 PDF see also Press release and frequently asked questions
  Status: At 2nd reading, 06/07/2005, the European Parliament rejected, by 648 votes to 14 with 18 abstentions, the Council's common position on the software patent directive. Legislative history
• Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society.
  Status: adopted 22/05/2001 published OJ L167 22/06/2001 p. 10 | Legislative history
• Council Decision 2000/278/EC on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
  Status: adopted 16/03/2000 published OJ L89 11/04/2000 p. 6 | Legislative history
• Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access
  Status: adopted 20/11/1998 published OJ L320 28/11/1998 p. 54 | Legislative history | Report from the Commission on the implementation COM(2003)198

Data protection / Privacy

• Internal Market DG - Data Protection page | Information Society DG - Privacy Protection page
• Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
  Status: adopted 24/10/1995 published OJ L281 23/11/1995 p. 31 | Status of implementation by Member States | Report on the transposition of Directive 95/46/EC | Legislative history
  Commission unit responsible
• Art.29 Data Protection Working Party Organisation | Documents adopted
• Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
  Status: adopted 12/07/2002 published OJ L201 31/07/2002 p. 37 | Legislative history
  Commission unit responsible
• Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data
  Status: adopted 18/12/2000 published OJ L8 12/01/2001 p. 1 | Legislative history
  • European Data Protection Supervisor home page | DG MARKT page Decision No 1247/2002/EC of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the European Data-protection Supervisor's duties.
    Status: adopted 01/07/2002 published OJ L183 12/07/2002 p. 1 | Legislative history
• Retention of telecommunication traffic data
  • Draft Framework Decision on the retention of data processed and stored in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or data on public communications networks for the purpose of prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime and criminal offences including terrorism
  • Council Questionnaire on traffic data retention
  • Commission consultation
  • art. 29 Committee Opinion
• Passenger data / biometric features in passports
  • Council Directive 2004/82/EC of 29 April 2004 on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data.
  • Draft Council Regulation on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States 19-10-2004 Commission Proposal COM 2004/116
• Commission Decisions on the adequacy of the protection of personal data in third countries
  • AR - Argentina
  • CA - Canada
  • CA - Canada
  • US - United States - Transfer of Air Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data
  • US - United States - Safe Harbor Commission Staff Working Document - The implementation of Commission Decision 520/2000/EC on the adequate protection of personal data provided by the Safe Harbour privacy Principles and related Frequently Asked Questions issued by the US Department of Commerce SEC(2004)1323
  • Guernsey
  • Isle of Man
• Model Contracts for the transfer of personal data to third countries
  • Commission Decision 2001/497/EC on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC
    Status: adopted 15/06/2001 published OJ L181/19 04/07/2001 Corrigendum OJ L253 21/09/2001 p.34
  • Commission Decision 2002/16/EC on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC
    Status: adopted 27/12/2001 published OJ L6 10/01/2002 p. 52

Domain names - .eu domain

• Organisation & Management and the Domain Name System (DNS) - documents
• Creation of a dot.EU Top Level Domain
• Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain
  Status: adopted 22/04/2002 published OJ L113 30/04/2002 p. 1 | Legislative History.
  • Commission selects Registry to run Dot EU Top Level Domain
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration.

e-Government / Access to Public Information

• Public Sector Information - Access & Re-use (PSI)
• Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector information has been published. The deadline for implementation by Member States is 1 July 2005. Commission Proposal COM(2002) 207
  Status: adopted: 17/12/2003 published OJ L 345 31.12.2003 p. 90 | Legislative history
• Directive 90/313/EEC on the freedom of access to information on the environment
  Status: adopted 07/06/1990 published OJ L158 23/06/1990 p. 56
• • amended by Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC
    Status: adopted 28/01/2003 published OJ L41 14/02/2003 p. 26
  • | Legislative history.
• Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
  Status: adopted: 30/05/2001 published OJ L145 31/05/2001 p. 43
• Freedom of information in the European Union (Statewatch) This site brings together a number of initiatives on access to documents and freedom of information in the EU.
• EU - Governance in the European Union: A White Paper (Europa)
  The European Commission here presents its White Paper on European Governance and preparatory documents to the wider public. The Paper contains a set of recommendations on how to enhance democracy in Europe and increase the legitimacy of the institutions.
• Your voice in Europe. Play an active role in the European Union's policy-making process. The European Commission wants to listen to your ideas, face up to your criticism and learn from your experience. "Your voice in Europe" is part of the European Commission's Interactive Policy-Making initiative. see also Debate: The future of the European Union.
• Europe Direct (Europa)
  Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union.
• Europa - Internet Chats (Europa)
  Join Europa Chats, the internet facility for off the cuff cyber talk! The European Commission leaders are keen to discuss and learn your views on European current affairs. Transcripts of chats.
• Consultation, the European Commission and Civil Society Information Information about the Commission's formal or structured civil society consultation bodies and search a directory of pan-European civil society organisations in Europe.
• EU - Public Opinion analysis - Home Page (Europa)
  This is the website for the Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission. Since 1973, the European Commission has been monitoring the evolution of public opinion in the Member States.
• Commission Communication The Role of eGovernment for Europe's Future COM(2003) 567
  • eGovernment research website
  • Cobra recommendations

Consumer protection

• Consumer Affairs: Main subject areas | What's new |
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the Internal Market and amending directives 84/450/EEC, 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC (the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) COM(2003)0356 (PDF) Unfair commercial practices page.
  Status: Council political agreement Legislative history
• Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests
  Status: adopted 19/05/1998 published OJ L166 11/06/1998 p. 51
• Regulation on Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation (EC) No /2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws Commission Web page
  Commission Proposal COM(2003)0443
  Status: Adopted 27/10/2004 (signature of both Presidents) Legislative history
• Access to Justice & Injunctions
• eConfidence forum A European Commission inititiative promoting information exchange and discussions about eConfidence. including E-Commerce Codes of Conduct / Trustmarks and On-line out-of-court dispute resolution (ODR).
• Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests
  Status: adopted 19/05/1998 published OJ L166 11/06/1998 p. 51
• Commission Recommendation 98/257/EC on the principles applicable to the bodies responsible for out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes
  Status: adopted 30/03/2001 published OJ L115 17/04/1998 p. 31
• Commission Recommendation 2001/310/EC on the principles for out-of-court bodies involved in the consensual resolution of consumer disputes
  Status: adopted 04/04/2001 published OJ L109 19/04/2001 p. 56
• New Europe-wide support network for consumersEuropean Extra-Judicial Network (or 'EEJ-Net') European network to help consumers settle cross-border disputes out-of-court Press Release | European Clearing Houses in EEJ-Net European Consumer Centres (Euroguichet) | FIN-NET the cross-border out-of-court complaints network for retail financial services.

Electronic commerce

• Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ("Directive on electronic commerce") OJ L178 17/07/2000 p. 1 Legislative history
  Commission unit responsible
  • First Report on the application of Directive COM(2003) 702.
• Proposal for Regulation concerning sales promotions in the Internal Market Communication on Sales Promotions COM(2001) 546 see also Commission proposes Regulation to remove restrictions on sales promotions Press Release) and frequently asked questions.
  Status: see Legislative history.
• Commission Proposal for a Directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products, COM(2001) 283
  Status: see Legislative history.
• Communication on European contract law COM(2001) 398. Press release. Synthesis of all contributions and Press release .
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations ("ROME II") COM (2003) 0427. see also ICC comments on proposal | Consultation on preliminary draft proposal | Summary and contributions on preliminary draft | Hearing 7 January 2003
  Status: adopted 22/07/2003 | Legislative history
• Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
  Status: adopted 22/12/2000 published OJ L12 16/01/2001 p. 1 | Corrigendum | Legislative history
  Commission unit responsible
• European Parliament and Council directive 97/7/EC on protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts
  Status: adopted 20/05/1997 published OJ L144 04/06/1997 p. 9 deadline for implementation 03/06/2000 | Legislative history
• Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC | Legislative history
  Status: adopted 23/09/2002 published OJ L271 09/10/2002 p. 16
• Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community framework for electronic signatures.
  Status: adopted 13/12/1999 published OJ L13 19/01/2000 p.12 | Legislative history
  Commission unit responsible
• Value Added Tax (VAT)
  • Council Directive 2002/38/EC amending and amending temporarily Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services
    Status: adopted 07/05/2002 published OJ L128 15/05/2002 p. 41
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 792/2002 amending temporarily Regulation (EEC) No 218/92 on administrative cooperation in the field of indirect taxation (VAT) as regards additional measures regarding electronic commerce
    Status: adopted 07/05/2002 published OJ L128 15/05/2002 p. 1
    Legislative history | Commission Press Release | VAT treatment of electronically delivered services FAQ

Computer crime

• Justice and Home Affairs Newsroom | Information Society page Combating computer crime
• Convention on Cybercrime Full text in HTML Format | Status (Council of Europe)
• Council Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant. 2002/584/JHA. Offences which give rise to surrender pursuant to a European arrest warrant include sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, computer-related crime, racism and xenophobia.
  Status: adopted 13/06/2002 published OJ L190 18/07/2002 p. 1
• Framework programme on police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (AGIS) Council Decision of 22 July 2002. 2002/630/JHA OJ L203 01/08/2002 p. 5 Programme runs for the period 2003 to 2007 with a budget of EUR 65 million.
• Decision No 803/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 adopting a programme of Community action (2004 to 2008) to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (the Daphne II programme) OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 1
• Council Framework Decision on attacks against information systems Commission proposal COM(2002) 173 PDF .
• Communication to the Council and the European Parliament COM(2000) 890 Creating a Safer Information Society by Improving the Security of Information Infrastructures and Combating Computer-related Crime
• Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. Commission Proposal COM(2000) 854
  Status: adopted 22/12/2003 published OJ L 13 20.1.2004 p. 44 Legislative history | PreLex
• Council Decision of 29 May 2000 to combat child pornography on the Internet (2000/375/JHA) OJ L138 09/06/2000 p. 1
  Legislative history - European Parliament 1st consultation (Rapporteur: Gerhard SCHMID) 2nd consultation (Rapporteur: Timothy KIRKHOPE)
  Commission unit responsible

Safer Internet

• Home Page | Commission unit responsible
• Decision No 276/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting a multiannual Community action plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks PDF PDF in all language versions
  Status: adopted 25/01/1999 published OJ L033 06/02/1999 p. 1 | Legislative history
  • Decision no 1151/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 276/1999/EC adopting a Multiannual Community Action Plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks. Commission proposal COM(2002) 152
    Status: adopted 16/06/2003 published OJ L162 01/07/2003 p. 1 | Legislative history
  • Programme evaluation page
• Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual Community programme on promoting safer use of the Internet and new online technologies ("Safer Internet plus") COM(2004) 91
  Status: EP Report adopted by LIBE Committee (Mastenboek report A6-0033/2004) 16/11/2004, vote in plenary 1/12/2004 Legislative history
• Council of Europe - self-regulation and user protection against illegal or harmful content Replies to a questionnaire on self-regulation and user protection against illegal or harmful content on the new communications and information services. Those replies reflect the general policy, as well as the initiatives, taken or to be taken, of member States in the field of regulation of illegal and harmful cybercontent. see also Questionnaire, Summary and analysis and National Initiatives.

Network and information security

• Commision Web page | ENISA Web site | Commission unit responsible
• Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency. See also Commission Proposal COM(2003) 63 PDF. Frequent Questions and Answers.
  Status: adopted 10/03/2004 published OJ L77 13/03/2004 p. 1 | Legislative history

Protection of minors

• Commission unit responsible
• Council Resolution on the protection of consumers, in particular young people, through the labelling of certain video games and computer games according to age group. PDF
  Status: adopted 01/03/2002 published OJ C65 14/03/2002 p. 2
• Council Recommendation 98/560/EC on the development of the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and information services industry by promoting national frameworks aimed at achieving a comparable and effective level of protection of minors and human dignity | PDF | Home Page
  Status: adopted 24/09/1998 published OJ L270 07/10/1998 p. 48 | Legislative history
  • Evaluation Report COM(2001) 106 (PDF) to the Council and the European Parliament. Council conclusions on the Commission's Evaluation Report | EP Report
  • Second evaluation report COM(2003) 776
  • Proposal for a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of minors and human dignity and the right of reply in the European audiovisual and information services industry.
  • Regulating Audiovisual Content in the Digital Age (PDF)
  • Council Conclusions on the protection of minors in the light of the development of digital audiovisual services PDF p8 p9
    Status: adopted 17/12/1999 published OJ C8 p. 8 12/01/2000
  • Commission Communication : Study on Parental Control of Television Broadcasting COM(1999) 371 | EP review
  • Study Parental control of television broadcasting
  • Commercial Communication & Unfair Competition Protection

eContent and eLearning

• eContent programme Council Decision 2001/48/EC adopting a multiannual Community programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote linguistic diversity in the information society PDF | Home page | Strategic studies | Press Release
  Status adopted 22/12/2000 published OJ L14 18/01/2001 p. 32
• eLearning - Designing tomorrow's education. Communication COM(2000) 318 PDF Press Release
  Status adopted 24/05/2000 published OJ L14 18/01/2001 p. 32 EP

Racism and xenophobia

• Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia COM(2001) 664
  Status: Council Presidency to Article 36 Committee | Legislative history | Prelex
  Commission unit responsible
• Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems Status | Full text in HTML Format (Council of Europe)

Cable and Satellites

• Report on the application of Council Directive 93/83/EEC on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission Brussels, 26/07/2002 COM(2002) 430 PDF
• Commission sets out right to use a satellite dish in the Internal Market (Press Release) 02/07/2001 The European Commission has adopted a Communication in which it states that private individuals should be free to use satellite dishes without undue technical, administrative, urban planning or tax obstacles.
• The Galileo Programm | Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 setting up the GALILEO Joint Undertaking
  State of progress of the GALILEO programme Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2002) 518 see also Study by Price Waterhouse Coopers plus addendum. Commission Press Release
  Status: adopted 21/05/2002 published OJ L138 28/05/2002 p 1 | Legislative history.

Electronic communications /Telecomms

• Information Society page New Regulatory Framework for electronic communications infrastructure and associated services | What's new
• Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive)
  Status: adopted 07/03/2002 published OJ L108 24/04/2002 p.33 Legislative history.
  • Communication on interoperability of digital interactive television services COM(2004)541 final
  • Commission Decision establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services Press Release
    Status: adopted 29/07/2002 published OJ L200 30/07/2002 p. 38
  • • amended by 2004/641/EC: Commission Decision of 14 September 2004 amending Decision 2002/627/EC establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services Status: adopted 29/07/2002 published OJ L293 16/09/2004 p. 30
  • Commission Recommendation on Relevant Product and Service Markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common regulatory framework for electronic communication networks and services. C(2003)497. Explanatory memorandum
    Status: adopted 11/02/2003
  • Commission Guidelines on market analysis and assessment of significant market power under the Community regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (SMP)
    Status: adopted 08/07/2002
  • Open Platforms in Digital TV and 3G Commission Staff Working Document on Barriers to widespread access to new services and applications of the information society through open platforms in digital television and third generation mobile communications. Public consultation and Press Release.
  • Eighth report from the Commission on the Implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package - European telecoms regulation and markets 2002, COM(2002) 695 Annex 1 (market overview), Annex 2 (regulatory data), Annex 3 (overview of implementation in the Member States) and Annex 4 (list of participants in the hearing.
    Status: adopted 03/12/2002
• Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive)
  Status: adopted 07/03/2002 published OJ L108 24/04/2002 p.7 | Legislative history
• Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive)
  Status: adopted 07/03/2002 published OJ L108 24/04/2002 p.21 | Legislative history
• Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive)
  Status: adopted 07/03/2002 published OJ L108 24/04/2002 p.51 | Legislative history  
• Decision 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision)
  Status: adopted 07/03/2002 published OJ L108 24/04/2002 p. 1 | Legislative history
  • Commission Decision establishing a Radio Spectrum Policy Group
    Status: adopted 26/07/2002 published OJ L198 27/07/2002 p. 49
• Data protection in electronic communications
• Commission Directive 2002/77/EC on competition in the markets for electronic communications networks and services
• Next Generation Internet. Communication IPv6 Priorities for Action COM(2002) 96 final. see also IPv6 Task Forces Around The World.
• Status of voice communications on Internet under Community law and, in particular, pursuant to Directive 90/388/EEC. Information from the Commission
  Status: published OJ C6 10/01/1998 p. 4
  • Supplement to the 1998 Notice Consultative communication on a review of the 1998 notice Responses received by the Commission Press Release
    Status: published OJ C369 22/12/2000 p. 3
• Regulation (EC) No 2887/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on unbundled access to the local loop Communication COM(2000) 237 and Recommendation on Unbundled Access to the Local Loop 2000/417/EC
  Status: adopted 18/12/2000 published OJ L336 30/12/2000 p. 4 | Legislative history
  • Sector Inquiries - Local Loop Public Hearing on Local Loop Unbundling - Brussels, 8 July 2002 Agenda | Presentations

Acknowledgement

The idea for the Web page was inspired by the Electronic Commerce and Multimedia Companion of Cullen International. Contact valerie.willems@cullen-international.com.

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