Telecommunications : competitive environment (amend. Directives 90/387/EEC, 92/44/EEC)

The amended Commission proposal incorporates, in full or in principle, 8 of the 17 amendments adopted by Parliament at first reading, and notably those which: - provide for consideration, before the year 2000, of the possibility of establishing a European telecommunications regulatory authority; - call for the need to re-examine, before the year 2000, the provisions of the two ONP Directives in the light of developments in the market; - are consistent with other directives, and notably with the common position adopted in relation to the proposal for a Directive on interconnection; - enable the national regulatory authorities to be in possession of all resources necessary to fulfil their mission in full autonomy; - address the need to restructure the ONP Committee (without this being a legal requirement); - improve the clarity of the text. The amended proposal did not incorporate the amendments concerning: - the amendment of definitions and concepts such as: universal service; essential requirements; interconnection; significant market power; - revision of the Directive; - commitology; - the applicability of the leased-lines Directive. �