SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 23, 2002

                      United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                 The Netherlands
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                                    000-25365
                            (Commission File Number)

                                   98-0191997
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                                Boeing Avenue 53
                             1119 PE, Schiphol Rijk
                                 The Netherlands
              (Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

                                (31) 20-778-9840
                         (Registrant's telephone number,
                              including area code)

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Item 3.   Bankruptcy and Receivership.

          On December 23, 2002, United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. (the
"Company") announced that (i) together with New UPC, Inc., a newly formed
Delaware corporation that will become the holding company for the Company upon
consummation of the Company's recapitalization, it has filed a first amended
plan of reorganization and a related first amended disclosure statement with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "U.S.
Bankruptcy Court") in connection with the Company's pending case filed on
December 3, 2002 under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Case No.
02-16020) and (ii) it has submitted a revision to the draft plan of compulsory
composition (Akkoord) to the Amsterdam Court (Rechtbank) under the Dutch
Faillissementswet (Dutch Bankruptcy Code).

          A copy of the Company's press release and the first amended disclosure
statement (including the first amended plan of reorganization and the Akkoord
(as revised) filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court are attached hereto as
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated in their entirety
herein by reference.

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Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

          (c)  Exhibits.

               Exhibit Number           Description

                  99.1                  Press release of United Pan-Europe
                                        Communications N.V. announcing filing of
                                        its first amended disclosure statement
                                        (including its first amended plan of
                                        reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
                                        U.S. Bankruptcy Code).

                  99.2                  Form of first amended disclosure
                                        statement filed by United Pan-Europe
                                        Communications N.V. and New UPC, Inc.,
                                        together with Annex A (first amended
                                        plan of reorganization under Chapter 11
                                        of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) and Annex B
                                        (Akkoord (as revised)).

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              UNITED PAN-EUROPE COMMUNICATIONS N.V.



                              By: /s/ Anton A.M. Tuijten
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                                 Name:  Anton A.M. Tuijten
                                 Title: Member of the Board of Management and
                                        General Counsel



Dated:  December 23, 2002

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