By associated facilities, we mean those facilities that are necessary to reach consumers. But the proposed framework provides for a possibility to review the rules in a flexible way, without having to change the Directive itself, if required by market and technology developments. Despite the existence of the framework, he added, it has become clear that content issues are not covered by these rules. In his speech, Liikanen concluded that one important point connected to the regulatory framework is interoperability. We all agree that interoperability is crucial to the development of a successful content industry.
Open standards are key contributors to interoperability.