CELEX: 32004D0641
Language: en
Date: 2004-09-14 00:00:00
Title: 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)

16.9.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 293/30
            
         
      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,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2002/627/EC (1) established the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               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 communications networks and services.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               All Member States have established regulatory authorities with responsibilities for day to day oversight of the market for electronic communications,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Decision 2002/627/EC is amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               Article 2 is deleted;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               in Article 3 the following paragraph is added:
               ‘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.’;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Article 4 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 4
               Membership
               1.   The Group shall be composed of the heads of the independent national regulatory authority established in each Member State with primary responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the market for electronic communications networks and services, or their representatives.
               There shall be one member per Member State. The Commission shall be represented at an appropriate level and shall provide the secretariat to the Group.
               2.   The relevant national authorities 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:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           the first paragraph is deleted;
                        
                     
                           (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
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 38.
   
      ANEXO — PŘÍLOHA — BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEKS — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — PIELIKUMS — PRIEDAS — MELLÉKLET — ANNESS — BIJLAGE — ZAŁĄCZNIK — ANEXO — PRÍLOHA — 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
               
               
                  IT- og Telestyrelsen — National IT and Telecom Agency (NITA)
               
            
                  Deutschland
               
               
                  Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post (Reg TP)
               
            
                  Eesti
               
               
                  Sideamet (SIDEAMET)
               
            
                  Ελλάδα
               
               
                  Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων
               
            
                  Elláda
               
               
                  National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT)
               
            
                  España
               
               
                  Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT)
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART)
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
               
            
                  Italia
               
               
                  Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)
               
            
                  Kypros
               
               
                  Office of the Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation (OCTPR)
               
            
                  Latvija
               
               
                  Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija (SPRK)
               
            
                  Lietuva
               
               
                  Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba (RRT)
               
            
                  Luxembourg
               
               
                  Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation (ILR)
               
            
                  Magyarország
               
               
                  Nemzeti Hírközlési Hatóság (NHH)
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  Malta Communications Authority (MCA)
               
            
                  Nederland
               
               
                  Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA)
               
            
                  Österreich
               
               
                  Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR)
               
            
                  Polska
               
               
                  Urząd Regulacji Telekomunikacji i Poczty (URTiP)
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  ICP — Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ICP-ANACOM)
               
            
                  Slovenija
               
               
                  Agencija za telekomunikacije, radiodifuzijo in pošto Republike Slovenije (ATRP)
               
            
                  Slovensko
               
               
                  Telekomunikačný úrad Slovenskej republiky (TU SR)
               
            
                  Suomi Finland
               
               
                  Viestintävirasto Kommunikationsverket (FICORA)
               
            
                  Sverige
               
               
                  Post- och telestyrelsen (PTS)
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  Office of Communications (Ofcom)