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Radio spectrum policy programme

2010/0252(COD)

In a public session, the Council took note of the Presidency's progress on a proposal for a decision establishing the first radio spectrum policy programme (RSPP).

The Presidency presented a progress report (see Council doc. 10295/11) to ministers, with the aim of informing them on the progress made during the Hungarian Presidency. It identifies the main areas where the Council has reached a high level of agreement and points out that there are a number of issues where an agreement in principle exists but which are likely to be discussed further, both within the Council as well as in the forthcoming negotiations with the European Parliament, which adopted its first reading at the beginning of May 2011.

The work of the Council's preparatory bodies focused in particular on the following issues:

  • aim and scope;
  • general regulatory principles and policy objectives;
  • enhanced efficiency and flexibility;
  • competition;
  • spectrum for wireless broadband;
  • spectrum needs for specific EU policies;
  • the radio spectrum inventory;

The work on this file will continue under the Polish Presidency.