• Commission Services documents and Miscellaneous 

(For earlier Commission services documents and Miscellaneous, please go to URL: /archives/ISPO/infosoc/telecompolicy/en/comm-en.htm#misc )

22 July 2002 - WORKING DOCUMENT on 'must-carry' obligations under the 2003 regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services.
Download in format: [EN]

14 June 2002 - WORKING DOCUMENT on the 2003 regulatory framework for electronic communications - Implications for broadcasting.
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1 February 2001 - INFORMATION received from Member States concerning Organisations with Significant Market Power under the Interconnection Directive 97/33/EC.
Download in format: [EN]

24 January 2001 - GUIDELINES ON MARKET ANALYSIS
Outline of Guidelines on market analysis and the calculation of market power to be adopted under Article 14 of the proposed Directive on a Common Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and Services
Available in format [EN]

20 December 2000 - LEASED LINES
1999 Annual report on the performance of leased lines in relation to supply conditions.
Available in format [EN] and in format: [EN]

18 October 2000 - A USERS' GUIDE TO THE TELECOMS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
An overview of the main provisions of the existing regulatory framework for Europe's liberalised Telecommunications Market. Commission staff working paper, prepared to help those providing telecoms services, businesses in general and citizens to find their way around the current telecoms landscape. The Annexes include lists of definitions, NRAs and of national consumer complaint bodies.
Available for downloading in format: [DE], [EN], [FR]

27 April 2000 - FUTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Five Working Documents prepared by the Information Society DG  in advance of the Public Hearing  held in Brussels on 10-11 May 2000 are available in format:

• a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services [EN]
• universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services [EN]
• the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services [EN]
• access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities [EN]
• the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector [EN]

List of the Comments received on these Working Documents (unless confidentiality has been requested)

20 March 2000 -  INTERCONNECTION TARIFFS IN MEMBER STATES
as of 1 March 2000.
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9 February 2000 - UNBUNDLED ACCESS to the LOCAL LOOP
Working Document, prepared by the Information Society DG in advance of the Public Hearing held in Brussels on Tuesday, 22 February 2000, outlining an approach towards a possible Commission Recommendation.
Download in format [EN] or in format [EN]

List of comments received on the Working Document  (unless confidentiality has been requested)

1 January 2000 - INFORMATION received from Member States concerning Organisations with Significant Market Power under the Interconnection Directive 97/33/EC.
Download in format: [EN].