Numerous points of the existing legislation were improved and adapted to the market developments. Timely and effective adaptation of the legislation is crucial to meet the needs of the future the avoidance of fragmentation of the Community market due to the different interpretation of the provisions by the NRAs. However we have misgivings if the above mentioned objectives will be met in the desirable degree by means of the proposed drafts.
High priority is given to ex-ante regulation and less than appropriate to competition rules.
Consequently, in the future great effort will be required for the updating of the legislation. We consider that it is essential to specify from the beginning the difference between personal communications and transmission. The European Commission undertakes the difficult exercise to provide NRAs with timely and efficient guidance. Admittedly it is a very difficult task to be carried out taking into account the deadlines, set in the regulatory framework working document. We propose the Commission to decide if a decision has to be circulated.