Time

Subject

Acquis references

Speakers

Commission representatives

13 JULY 2006

9.30

OPENING & INTRODUCTION

Halil Ibrahim Akça,

Deputy Undersecretary, Chief Negotiator

Christian Danielsson, Head of Unit, DG ELARG/B.3;  Cindy van den Boogert
DG INFSO/A.4

9.45

i 2010

52005DC0229

Commission communication COM(2005)229 final of 1 June 2005 to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on “i 2010 – a European Information Society for growth and employment”

 - presentation on development of Information Society

Recep ÇAKAL

(DPT)

Cindy van den Boogert
DG INFSO/A.4

Electronic Communications[1]

 10.00

Authorisation Directive

32002L0020
DIRECTIVE 2002/20/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of March 7, 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services

* overview of the current state of transposition and implementation

* from individual licences to general authorisations

* conditions attached to the general authorisation

* rights of use

* conditions attached to rights of use

* limiting the number of rights of use

* charges for operators

Deniz YANIK

(TK)

Audrius Perkauskas
DG INFSO/B.3

10.30

Universal Service Directive-A

Universal Service Directive-B

32002L0022

Directive 2002/22/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of March 7, 2002 on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks services

 32003H0058

Commission recommendation (2003/558/EC) of July 25, 2003 on the processing of caller location information in electronic communications networks for the purpose of location-enhanced emergency call services

 * overview of the current state of transposition and implementation

 * universal service: scope of universal service, designation of universal service provider(s), financing of net costs (compensation mechanism),

*directory and enquiry services

*carrier selection and carrier pre-selection

* number portability

* out-of-court dispute resolution

* user and consumer interests and rights 

Duygu AYDEMİR (Ulaştırma Bak.)

Aysel KANDEMİR

(TK)

Cindy van den Boogert,
DG INFSO/A.4

11.15

Coffee break

11.30

Commission Competition Directive

32002L0077

Commission directive 2002/77/EC of September 16, 2002 on competition in the markets for electronic communications networks and services

 Commission guidelines  (SEC(2003)89) on “criteria and modalities of implementation of the structural funds in support of electronic communications” 

Ö.Fatih AKPINAR

(TK)

Christian Hocepied
DG COMP/C.1

   12.00

Access Directive

32002L0019
Directive 2002/19EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated services

32000R2887
Regulation 2887/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 18, 2000 on unbundled access to the local loop

 * overview of the current state of transposition and implementation

 * interconnection tariffs / cost orientation

* powers and responsibilities of NRAs

* imposition, amendment or withdrawal of obligations

* obligations: transparency, non-discrimination, accounting separation, access to facilities, price control and cost accounting

* situation on local loop unbundling

Tolga KILIÇ

(TK)

Krisztian Kecsmar
DG INFSO/B.2

12.45

Lunch Break

   14.15

Framework Directive [2]

32002L0021
Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 7, 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services

52005DC0204
Commission communication (COMMISSION COMMUNICATION (COM(2005) 204 Final) of May 24, 2005 on accelerating the transition from analogue digital broadcasting

 * Article 27 – transitional measures

 * Independence, powers and tasks of National Regulatority (NRA)

* Co-operation with national competition Authority

* Appeals

* Dispute resolution

* Spectrum trading

* Rights of Way

* Co-location an facility sharing

Önder ÇETİNKAYA

(TK)

Cindy van den Boogert
DG INFSO/A.4

14.45

Relevant markets and market analysis

32003H0311
Commission recommendation (C(2003)497) of February 11, 2003 on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation in accordance with the Framework Directive

52002XC0711(1)
Commission guidelines (2002/C 165/03) on market analysis and the assessment of significant market power under the Community regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services

32003H0561

Commission recommendation (C(2003)2647 FINAL) of July 23, 2003 on notifications, time limits and consultations provided for in article 7 of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 7, 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services

* overview of current state of play (legislation, application) of SMP regime

* Current and future steps towards implementation of the current regime (of relevant markets and market analysis)

- markets to be analysed

- procedures

- co-operation national competition authority

Tolga KILIÇ

(TK)

Eunike Prokop,
DG INFSO/B.5

15.30

Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications

32002L058
Directive 2002/58/EC of July 12, 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector

32006L0024 Directive 2006/24/EC of the European parliament and of the Council   of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communication services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC

52004DC0028
Commission communication (COM(2004)28) of 22 January 2004 on unsolicited commercial communications or ‘spam’.

* overview of current state of play of transposition and implementation

*security and confidentiality

*traffic and location data

*retention of traffic data

* unsolicited commercial communications

* spyware and cookies

Ö.Fatih AKPINAR

(TK)

Markita Kamerta,
DG INFSO/B.3

16.00

Coffee break

16.15

Radio Spectrum Decision

32002D0676
Decision  N° 676/2002/EC of  the European Parliament and of the Council  of March 7, 2002 on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community

32004D0545
Commission decision 2004/545/EC of 26 July 2004 on the harmonisation of radio spectrum in the 79 GHz range for the use of automotive short-range radar equipment in the Community.

32005D0050
Commission decision  2005/50/EC of 17 January 2005 on the harmonisation  of the 24 GHz range radio spectrum band fir the time-limited use by automative short-range radar equipment in the Community

32005D0513
Commission decision  2005/513/EC of 11 July 2005 on the harmonised use if radio spectrum in the 5 GHz frequency band for implementation of Wireless Access Systems including Radio Loca  Area Networks (WAS/RLANs)

32005D0928
Commission decision 2005/928/EC of 20 December 2005 on the harmonisation of the 169,4-169,8125 MHz frequency band in the Community (frequency band originally designated for the ERMES paging system).

31987L0372
Council directive 87/372/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-european cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community.

31990Y1231(01)
Council Resolution of 14 December 1990 on the final stage of the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public digital mobile cellular communications in the Community (GSM)

31987H0371
Council Recommendation 87/371/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community.

31991L0287
Council directive 91/287/EEC of 3 June 1991 on the frequency bands to be designated for the coordinated introduction of digital European cordless telecommunications (DECT) into the Community.

31991H0288
Council recommendation 91/288/EEC of 3 June 1991 on the coordinated introduction of digital European cordless telecommunications (DECT) into the Community.

32003H0203
Commission recommendation 2003/203/EC of 20 March 2003 on the harmonisation of the provision of public R-LAN access to public electronic communications networks and services in the Community

31999D0128
Decision 128/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 19998 on the coordinated introduction of a third-generation mobile and wireless communications system (UMTS) in the Community.
This Decision is no longer in force but the implementation of this decision has led to the harmonisation of the bands 1900-1980, 2010-2025, 2110-2170 MHz for the coordinated introduction of third-generation mobile and wireless communications in the Community. It is expected that new Member States adhere to the spectrum plan adopted by existing Member States for these bands.

52005DC0461

Commission communication COM(2005)461 of 29 September 2005 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – EU spectrum policy priorities for the digital switch-over in the context of the upcoming ITU Regional Radiocommunications Conference 2006 (RRC-06)

52005DC0400
Commission communication COM(2005)400 final of 14 September 2005 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A market based approach to spectrum management in the European Union/

52005DC0411
Commission communication COM(2005)411 final of 6 September 2005 from the Commission to the European Parliament – A forward looking radio spectrum policy for the European Union.

Osman ATEŞ

(TK)

Cécile Hanoune,
DG INFSO/B.4
Paul Lippens de Cerf,
DG INFSO/B.4

17.00

Broadband Strategy

Internet Domain names

ENISA

Safer Use of Internet Plus

eContent Plus

eTEN

52006DC0129
Commission communication (COM(2006)129)final “Bridging the broadband gap”

52004DC0396
Commission communication (COM(2004) 396 final) of May 12, 2004 on “Connecting Europe at high speed: National Broadband Strategies”

52005PC0447
Commission communication (COM(2004) 447) of June 30, 2004 on mobile broadband services

32005H0292
Commission recommendation (C(2005) 1031 final) of April 6, 2005 on broadband electronic communications through powerlines

32000Y1402(02)

Council resolution of 3 October 2000 on the organisation and management of the Internet

 32002R0733

Regulation No 733/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 April 2002 on the implementation of the .eu Top level Domain

 32003D0375

Commission decision 2003/375/EC of 21 May 2003 on the designation of the .eu Top Level Domain Registry

32004R0874

Commission regulation No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration 32004D0541
Council decision 2004/541/EC of 5 July 2004 on the three stakeholders’ representatives and their alternates to the Management Board of the European Network and Information Security Agency

32004R0460
Regulation No 460/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency

32005D0854

Decision No 854/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 establishing a multiannual Community programme on promoting safer use of the Internet and new online technologies

 32005D0456
Decision No 456/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 establishing a multi-annual Community Programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable (“eContentplus”)

 31997D1336
Decision No 1336/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on a series of guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks, amended by 32002D1376 (OJ L 200 30.07.2002, p.1)

Furkan CİVELEK

Duygu AYDEMİR

Cihan KIZILTAN (TÜBİTAK-UEKAE)

Cindy van den Boogert

DG INFSO/A.4

 17.30

END OF DAY 1

14 JULY 2006

Audiovisual Policy

09.30

General Framework[3]

External measures:

-  UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity

-  The EU position at WTO on audiovisual products

 Public Service Broadcast

European media standards ((Article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union))

Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community by the Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on the European Union, the treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts.

The Television without Frontiers Directive (see below)

Nuran YARDIMCI

(RTÜK)

Ahmet TARAKÇIOĞLU (TRT)

Maria Luisa Fernandez Esteban, DG INFSO/A.1

10.00

The Television without Frontiers Directive:

- General provisions

- Jurisdiction

- Access of the public to major (sport events)

31989L0552
Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities, as amended by 31997L0036

Gülden TRESKE

(RTÜK)

Harald Trettenbrein,
DG INFSO/A.1; Renate Doerr,
DG INFSO/A.1

11.00

Coffee break

11.20

Television without Frontiers Directive:

- Advertising, teleshopping and sponsorship

- Protection of Minors, right of reply and monitoring of the Directive

31989L0552
Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities, as amended by 31997L0036

Commission interpretative communication on certain aspects of the provisions on televised advertising in the "Television without Frontiers" Directive. C (2004) 1450 - 23.04.2004 , (OJ C 102 of 28.4.2004)

Council recommendation of 24 September 1998 on the development of the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and information services industry by promoting national frameworks aimed at achieving a comparable and effective level of protection of minors and human dignity. (OJ L 270, 07/10/1998 P.0048 –- 0055)

Gülbin PAYTAR

(RTÜK)

Nihat ÇAYLAK

(RTÜK)

Marcel Boulogne
DG INFSO/A.1; Emmanuel Joly
DG INFSO/A.1

12.00 

Recommendation on the protection of Film Heritage

32005H0865
Recommendation 2005/865/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2005 on film heritage and the competitiveness of related industrial activities (OJ L 323/57, on 09.12.2005)

Aynur DOĞAN

(Kültür ve Turizm Bak.)

Kerim Esen,
DG INFSO/A.1

13.00

LUNCH BREAK

Information Society Services

14.30

E-signatures Directive

31999L0093
Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a community Framework for Electronic Signatures

Cafer CANBAY

(TK)

Claire Sion,
DG INFSO/C

Standardisation aspects

Cafer CANBAY

(TK)

Antonio Conte, DG ENTR/D.4

15.00

Electronic Commerce

32000L0031
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ L 178 17.07.2000, p. 1)“Directive on electronic commerce”)

Ayça KARAKAYALI

(DTM)

Justyna Lawniczak,
DG MARKT/E.2

15.30

Conditional Access

31998L0084
Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (OJ L 320, 28.11.1998, p. 54)

Hüseyin KURAN

(Sanayi Bakanlığı)

Caroline Loup,
DG MARKT/E.2

16.00

Coffee break

16.15

The Notification Directive [4]

31998L0048
Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 1998 amending Directive 98/34/EC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJL 217, 05.08.1998, p. 18)

Selin ÖZŞAHİN

(DTM)

Christos Kyriatzis, DG ENTR/C.3, David Friggieri, DG ENTR/C.3,

16.45

IDABC

32004D0387R(01)

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/387/EC of 28 April 2004 - Decision 2004/387/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on the interoperable delivery of pan-European e-Government services to public administrations, businesses and citizens (IDABC) (OJ L 144, 30.4.2004) Official Journal L 181 , 18/05/2004 P. 0025 - 0035

Hakan DEMİRTEL

(DPT)

Zuzana Mazanová, DG ENTR/I.5

Constantinos Koikas, DG ENTR/I.5

17.45

Concluding Remarks

Christian Danielsson, Head of Unit, ELARG/B.3