The timetable appears to be slipping on European Parliament effor...
The timetable appears to be slipping on European Parliament efforts to speed passage of European Commission plans to revamp telecom rules. Lawmakers introduced so many amendments to reports on proposed changes in Europe’s e- communications regulatory framework, access, interconnection…
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and authorization rules, and the plan for a European Electronic Communications Market Authority, that debate in the Industry, Research and Energy Committee scheduled for Tuesday was postponed, its spokeswoman said. The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, considering EC changes to universal service and consumer protection rules, debated amendments as scheduled May 28. Both panels were then expected to vote on the amendments June 16, before July plenary action on the package. But about 850 amendments were offered in the industry committee, creating problems with the timetable, the committee spokeswoman said. “It is very probable that the committee vote will be postponed as well,” she said. There were many amendments in the internal market committee as well, its spokesman said. The decision to adopt all the amendments in both committees at the same time (June 16) will make it politically and technically difficult to vote on the legislative package in July, the internal market spokesman said. His committee still plans to vote on its report on June 16, but that action could be delayed as well, he said.