European Parliament: Resolution on Cable Television and Telecommunications Services
IRIS 1995-7:1/5
Ad van Loon
European Audiovisual Observatory
The European Parliament has welcomed the European Commission's draft of a directive on cable television and telecommunications services, but warns the Commission against the tendency to underestimate the importance of public service tasks and the related constraints. It once again calls on the Commission to give a definition of the concept of "public service", in connection with the liberalization of various sectors. The Parliament opposes moves towards unilateral liberalization which would only affect the telecommunications sector, thereby giving cable network operators an unfair competitive advantage. Consequently the Parliament proposes a number of amendments to the Commission's.
References
- European Parliament, Resolution concerning the draft Commission directive amending Commission Directive 90/388/EEC regarding the abolition of the restrictions on the use of cable television networks for the provision of telecommunications services (C4-0120/95).
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:51995IP0129:EN:HTML
This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.