2004/641/EC: Commission Decision of 14 September 2004 amending Decision 2002/627/EC establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services(Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: committee (EU), regulation of telecommunications, transmission network

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 September 2004

amending Decision 2002/627/EC establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic
Communications Networks and Services

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/641/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2.

in Article 3 the following paragraph is added:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

‘The Group shall advise and assist the Commission on any
matter related to electronic communications networks and
services within its competence, either at its own initiative or
at the Commission’s request.’;

Whereas:

3. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2002/627/EC (1) established the
European Regulators Group for Electronic Communi-
cations Networks and Services.

‘Article 4

Membership

Operational experience with this group has highlighted
the need to clarify issues concerning the membership of
the Group and to focus the work of the Group on the
tasks linked to day-to-day supervision of implementation
of the new regulatory framework for electronic commu-
nications networks and services.

The Group shall be composed of the heads of the
1.
independent national
regulatory authority established in
each Member State with primary responsibility for over-
seeing the day-to-day operation of the market for electronic
communications networks and services, or their represen-
tatives.

(3)

All Member States have established regulatory authorities
with responsibilities for day to day oversight of
the
market for electronic communications,

shall be one member per Member State. The
There
Commission shall be represented at an appropriate level
and shall provide the secretariat to the Group.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Decision 2002/627/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is deleted;

The

authorities

relevant national

2.
referred to in
paragraph 1 are listed in the Annex. The Commission shall
keep this list under review in the light of any changes
introduced by Member States to the names or responsibilities
of these authorities.’.

4. Article 5 is amended as follows:

(1) OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 38.

(a)

the first paragraph is deleted;

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(b) in the last paragraph, the first sentence is replaced by the

following:

‘Experts from EEA States that are not members of the
European Union and those States that are candidates for
accession to the European Union may participate as
observers in the Group.’

5. The text in the Annex to this Decision is added as an Annex.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 14 September 2004.

For the Commission

Olli REHN
Member of the Commission

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ANEXO — PŘÍLOHA — BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEKS — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO
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PRILOGA — LIITE — BILAGA

List of Members of the ERG

Country

National Regulatory Authority

Belgique/België

Institut belge des services postaux et des télécommunications (IBPT)

Belgisch Instituut voor postdiensten en telecommunicatie (BIPT)

Česká republika

Český telekomunikační úřad (ČTÚ)

Danmark

Deutschland

IT- og Telestyrelsen — National IT and Telecom Agency (NITA)

Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post (Reg TP)

Eesti

Ελλάδα

Elláda

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Kypros

Latvija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Malta

Nederland

Österreich

Polska

Portugal

Slovenija

Slovensko

Sideamet (SIDEAMET)

Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων

National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT)

Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT)

Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART)

Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)

Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)

Office of the Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation (OCTPR)

Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija (SPRK)

Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba (RRT)

Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation (ILR)

Nemzeti Hírközlési Hatóság (NHH)

Malta Communications Authority (MCA)

Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA)

Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR)

Urząd Regulacji Telekomunikacji i Poczty (URTiP)

ICP — Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ICP-ANACOM)

Agencija za telekomunikacije, radiodifuzijo in pošto Republike Slovenije (ATRP)

Telekomunikačný úrad Slovenskej republiky (TU SR)

Suomi Finland

Viestintävirasto Kommunikationsverket (FICORA)

Sverige

Post- och telestyrelsen (PTS)

United Kingdom

Office of Communications (Ofcom)