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substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. The fact is this current electronic communications regulation does not really work. I say that as rapporteur for the report on Parliament’s framework directive. The consequence is that the internal market for electronic communications is not developing, the necessary competition is not evolving everywhere and consumers are not being offered the range of services they need, services for which there should be fierce competition. The services are therefore not cheap enough. There are many examples of this. This also puts different Member States in different positions: where there is tough competition money goes on advertising. If there is no competition money can be used on product development and the company concerned has a better chance for development than the one which has to compete fiercely. Businesses are therefore in unequal positions among the Member States.
Another basic reason for this is that the Member States are not applying this legislation and that is definitely a problem. The position of the regulatory authorities varies greatly from one country to another and the status they enjoy should be made more even among different countries. How can we imagine, then, achieving the Lisbon objective in such a situation? We need to make a great effort, together with the Commission, to persuade the Member States that it is to their benefit to apply this legislation.
As regards the new legislation, it has to be neutral with regard to technology. It would be better if it were framework rather than detailed legislation, and it should guarantee a competitive environment and a secure service for consumers. Obviously, again, roaming costs should be reduced.
We share the same concerns as the Commission, so can we not also move forward together?"@en1
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