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): April 15, 2003

                      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.

     As   previously   reported,   on  December  3,  2002,   United   Pan-Europe
Communications N.V. (the "Company") commenced a voluntary Chapter 11 case in the
United States  Bankruptcy Court for the Southern  District of New York (Case No.
02-16020).  Simultaneously  with the  commencement  of the Chapter 11 case,  the
Company also  voluntarily  commenced a moratorium of payments in The Netherlands
under Dutch  bankruptcy law and filed a proposed plan of compulsory  composition
(Akkoord) with the Amsterdam Court  (Rechtbank) (the "District Court") under the
Dutch  Faillissementswet.  On March 13, 2003,  the District  Court  ratified the
Akkoord in a written  decision.  The District Court's decision was appealed.  On
April 15,  2003,  the Dutch  Court of Appeals  confirmed  the  judgment  by the
District  Court of 13 March  2003  holding  ratification  of the  Akkoord  and
dismissed all complaints  and grounds for appeal.  This decision is subject to a
further  appeal period of eight  calendar  days  starting  April 16, 2003 to the
Dutch Supreme Court.

     A copy of the Company's press release announcing the foregoing is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in its 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. dated April 15,
                                   2003 announcing the rejection of the
                                   appeal of the District Court's
                                   ratification of the Akkoord.

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



Dated:  April 15, 2003

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

               Exhibit Number      Description
               --------------      -----------

               99.1                Press release of United Pan-Europe
                                   Communications N.V. dated
                                   April 15, 2003 announcing the rejection of
                                   the appeal of the District
`                                  Court's ratification of the Akkoord.

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