According to the Commission, the new framework will respond to
“the need to provide the best deal for consumers, greater legal
certainty for market players, and to roll back regulation where it
is no longer required.”
The public consultation includes a draft Recommendation on
relevant product and service markets in the electronic
communications sector. The main thrust of the 43-page document is a
first step that seeks comments to help identify and define the
relevant product and service markets that national regulators would
be obliged to examine under the new regulatory framework. There are
few actual recommendations.
The public consultation will last for a month. The Commission is
also organising a public hearing on this issue to take place in
Brussels on 3 July. The final Recommendation will be adopted by the
Commission, following additional consultation of national
regulatory authorities and national competition authorities.
The document is available as a 43-page PDF. Any comments should
be sent to infso-A1@cec.eu.int (with "Recommendation" in the
subject line) before 20th July 2002.
