Electronic communications: authorisation of networks and services

The committee adopted the report by Angelika NIEBLER (EPP-ED, D) amending the Council's common position under the codecision procedure (2nd reading). The committee stressed that it was important that market players should be able to follow simple harmonised rules for market access. One of the amendments was designed to ensure that in cases of comparative selection procedures, when fees for rights of use for radio frequencies consisted entirely or partly of a one-off amount, appropriate payment arrangements were allowed to ensure that such fees did not in practice constitute an obstacle to entry into the market. �