European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (COM(2000) 392 — C5-0429/2000 — 2000/0183(COD))
Date: 2001-06-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: consumer protection, new technology, telecommunications, telephone charges, transmission network, universal service

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 61
Annex VI, point 1, indent 2

(cid:129) to display signals that have been transmitted in clear pro-
vided that, in the event that such equipment is rented, the
rentee is in compliance with the relevant rental agreement.

(cid:129) to display signals that have been transmitted in clear pro-
vided that, in the event that such equipment is rented, the
rentee is in compliance with the relevant rental agreement.

All decoders or televisions with an integrated decoder
(receivers) put on the market for sale or rent in the Com-
munity must have a common interface enabling con-
sumers to operate the set with varying, interchangeable
access authorisation modules (CA modules).

Amendment 72
Annex VI, point1, paragraph 2 (new)

Terminals equipped for the presentation and implementation
of digital interactive offerings shall ensure that additional
services transmitted in clear are available with full func-
tionality to the consumer. To that extent, they shall comply
with the open MHP standard.

Amendment 73
Annex VI, point 2, paragraph 2

Any digital television set with an integral screen of visible
diagonal greater than 30 cm, which is put on the market for
sale or rent in the Community shall be fitted with at least one
open interface socket (either standardised by a recognised Euro-
pean standardisation body or conforming to an industry-wide
specification) permitting simple connection of peripherals, and
able to pass all the elements of a digital television signal. Apart
from video and audio streams, this includes conditional access
information,
the full application programme interface (API)
command set of the connected devices, service information
and copy protection information.

Any digital television set with an integral screen which is put
on the market for sale or rent in the Community shall be fitted
with at least one open interface socket (either standardised by a
recognised European standardisation body or conforming to an
industry-wide specification) permitting simple connection of
peripherals,
and
decoders from independent third providers, and able to pass
all the elements of a digital television signal. Apart from video
and audio streams, this includes conditional access information,
the full application programme interface (API) command set of
the connected devices, service information and copy protection
information.

in particular

descramblers,

additional

Television sets intended for the presentation of interactive
services shall comply with the open MHP standard.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
directive on universal service and users(cid:146) rights relating to electronic communications networks
and services (COM(2000) 392 (cid:129) C5-0429/2000 (cid:129) 2000/0183(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2000) 392) (1),

(cid:129) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which

the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0429/2000),

(1) OJ C 365 E, 19.12.2000, p. 238.

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(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and the
opinions of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, the Committee on
the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and the Committee on Industry, External Trade,
Research and Energy (A5-0202/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend the proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

8. Structural business statistics ***I

A5-0181/2001

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 58/97 concerning structural business statistics (COM(2001) 38 (cid:129) C5-0031/2001 (cid:129) 2001/
0023(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL 6

(6) The introduction of the single currency will have a major
impact on the structure of the financial services industry and
the cross-border flows of capital, which stresses the importance
of information on competitiveness and internationalisation.

(6) The introduction of the single currency will have a major
impact on the structure of the financial services industry and
the cross-border flows of capital, which stresses the importance
of information on competitiveness, the internal market and
internationalisation.

Amendment 2
ARTICLE 3, POINT 7
Annex 2, section 7, paragraph 7 (Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97)

7.
The results for the characteristics 21 11 0, 21 12 0 and
21 14 0, are to be broken down to the following environmen-
tal domains: Protection of ambient air and climate, Wastewater
management, Waste management and Other environmental
protection activities. Other environmental protection activities
includes the environmental domains Protection of soil and
groundwater, Noise and vibration abatement, Biodiversity
and landscape, Radiation, Research and Development, Gen-
eral administration of the environment and indivisible expen-
diture. The results for the environmental domains shall be
broken down to NACE rev. 1 2-digit level (division).

(1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 129.

7.
The results for the characteristics 21 11 0, 21 12 0 and
21 14 0, are to be broken down to the following environmen-
tal domains: Protection of ambient air and climate, Wastewater
management, Waste management and Other environmental
protection activities. The results for the environmental domains
shall be broken down to NACE rev. 1 2-digit level (division).