This article briefly outlines the background to the 1999 Review which establishes both general principles and detailed proposals for regulation of European telecommunications markets. It attempts to explore some of the regulatory options for the future legal framework at European Union level and examines the objectives, scope and guiding principles of the review as regards the proposed reform process. It also examines the regulatory goals, instruments and scope of applicability of the future sector specific legislation including significant market power, and the suggestion of replacing the dichotomy of enterprises with and without significant market power with a three tiered regulatory structure which distinguishes between dominant enterprises, enterprises with significant market power and other enterprises. The article also points out some of the specific regulatory issues to be addressed in the course of the reform process such as market access, access to network infrastructures and interconnection, radio spectrum management and improving the existing institutional framework. It is only through the implementation of and adherence to these principles that effective competition can take place thereby creating the necessary conditions for greater choice, better value for money and higher quality in mobile communications.toward a new regulatory framework
314The developmen t of European telecommunications law began in 1988, when the European Commission adopted the Terminal Equipment Directive, 1 and reached an important milestone on 1 January 1998, when all EU member states ± with the exception of Luxembourg, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece 2 ± fully opened their telecommunications markets for competition.Only two years after the far-reaching liberalization and the simultaneous re-regulation of European telecommunications markets, 3 the European Com mission presented, in November 1999, its 1999 Communications Review. 4 This Communication sets forth the results of the European Commission's 1999 Review, which had been launched upon instructions from the European Council and the European Parliament. 5 The Commission's report establishes not only general principles for future regulation, but also detailed proposals for the design of the new regulatory framework for electronic communications infrastructures and associated services. This article attempts to explore some of the regulatory options for the future legal framework at EU level. It examines the objectives and scope of the 1999 Review as well as some of the guiding principles for the proposed reform process. It looks at the regulatory goals, regulatory instruments and the scope of applicability of the future sector specific legislation and points out some of the specific regulatory issues to be addressed in the course of the reform process.
Objectives, scope and principles of the 1999 Review
Leg al bases an d sco pe o f the reviewObjectives and scope of the 1999 Review have been established in the harmonization directives that were adopted between 1997 and ...
Der Ausbau digitaler Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetze hat auch die hohe Dynamik des Telekommunikationsrechts weiter beschleunigt: etwa bei den Änderungen zur Mitnutzung vorhandener und alternativer Infrastrukturen durch das DigiNetzG bzw. das 5. TKGÄndG. Doch sorgen auch weitere Entwicklungen derzeit für viel Bewegung im TKG: von Neuregelungen zu Endgeräten über Einflüsse wichtiger europäischer Verordnungen bis hin zu den neuesten Änderungen durch das 6. TKGÄndG. Der Berliner Kommentar TKG behält das Geschehen für Sie konsequent im Blick: Neben einer konkurrenzlos aktuellen Kommentierung des TKG zum Erscheinen des Werks finden Sie auch die Entscheidungspraxis der Bundesnetzagentur und der Gerichte detailliert berücksichtigt.
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