Telecommunications: open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony, and universal service

The European Commission supports the common position since the latter retains all the major elements of the proposal and offers a clear and precise presentation of the whole package of services to which Community users should have access within the scope of a universal service. However, it regrets that the Council has not maintained the integrality of all the measures relating to the rights of users, as contained in the Commission's proposal, and has not accepted all or part of certain amendments proposed by the European Parliament in this area. The Commission also regrets that the Council has chosen a type IIIa regulatory committee system for the technical alignment of annexes I, II et III. �