Telecommunications services, use of cable television networks

The purpose of the Commission's draft directive is to abolish restrictions on the use of cable television networks for the provision of liberalised telecommunications services, especially multimedia services, throughout the Union from 1 January 1996. Under the terms of Article 90 of the EC Treaty, it is up to the Commission to adopt this directive amending Directive 90/388/EEC on the liberalisation of services. The directive makes provision for safeguards designed to prevent operators from using a dominant market position to impose dumping prices on other operators and obliges the Member States to monitor transfers of subsidies between reserved and liberalised services where the same operator provides both types of service.�