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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS
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Following the
implementation of the new EU Regulatory Framework,
we invite you to visit our new site, e-Communications,
Networks and Services.
Please note that as from the 1st of November 2003, it will
definitively replace the 'Telecommunication and Communications
services' site which will no longer be on line. We suggest to update
your bookmark accordingly. |
Main areas of work
- GATS Agreement on telecommunications: follow-up of implementation
by third countries
- Preparation of GATS 2000 on telecommunications and electronic commerce
- Telecommunications: Accession of new members to the WTO
- Preparation of negotiation positions (12 candidates, Turkey);
- Regulatory dialogue; support and implementation of pre-accession
strategy and advice for regulatory reform as part of the programmes Phare,
Tacis, MEDA, etc.;
- e-Europe+:
A Co-operative effort of the Candidate Countries
to implement the Information Society in Europe;
Other International Organisations
- International Telecommunications Union
- Preparation of international conferences (WRC, Standards including
reform of accounting rates, Policy Forum, etc.)
- Bureau for Telecommunications Development: regulatory reforms
- Liaison with international financing organisations (IBRD, EBRD, EIB) on
regulatory strategy and policy
- OECD: activities related to telecommunications, Internet and
electronic commerce
Bilateral and Regional Dialogues
- Dialogues with industrialised countries
- USA: Information Society Dialogue; relations with FCC (comments on
NPRMs); market access issues; TEP; TABD
- Japan: dialogues with MITI and MPT; deregulation in Japan
- Canada: dialogue on telecommunications and the Information Society
- New Independent States
- Russia
- Ukraine, etc. - implementation of regulatory reforms and Tacis projects
- Dialogues with certain regions or developing countries
- Dialogue with Mediterranean countries: regional telecommunications
programme; Arab League; Gulf Co-operation Council
- Dialogue with Latin American
countries: Mercosur, Andine Pact
- Africa: regulatory changes concerning the Lomé renegotiation
- China
- India
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