Proposals to revamp EU e-communications rules are undergoing fina...

internal commission deliberations, he said. The package includes the creation of an EU super-regulator dubbed the European Electronic Communications Market Authority, French newspaper Les Echos reported. Under the proposal, if the commission decides that a national regulator isn’t acting correctly to boost competition in a particular market, it can direct the EECMA to set out the appropriate remedies. The agency -- whose decisions will be made by majority vote of the 27 national telecommunications regulators -- couldn’t directly impose the remedies, Les Echos said. That would require commission approval. The package also includes a directive aimed at improving the function of the European market by simplifying regulation and optimizing distribution of radio spectrum, it said. It allows functional separation between operators and their networks, akin to the split by British Telecom between its infrastructure and services arms. The package also reportedly narrows the number of markets national regulators must analyze for competition problems from 18 to eight. Reding’s spokesman called the report “quite accurate.” Adoption of the recommendations is set for the end of October or the first week in November, he said. Some member countries are hostile to the idea of an EU “FCC” and are expected to try to torpedo it, Les Echos said.