Verbatim report of proceedings

Wednesday, 24 September 2008 - Brussels

8.1. European Electronic Communications Market Authority (A6-0316/2008, Pilar del Castillo Vera) (vote)

Commission’s position on amendments by Parliament

del Castillo Vera report (A6-0316/2008)

The Commission accepts the following:

- amendments 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 44 (on the recitals)

- amendments 47, 48, 50, 54, 57, 59, 62, 66, 68, 73, 77, 78, 79, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 115, 117, 125, 133, 136, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 153, 156, 163, 166 (on the articles)

The Commission accepts the following in principle or in part:

- amendments 12, 17, 22, 32 (on the recitals)

- amendments 49, 53, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 69, 70, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 93, 99, 101, 102, 107, 126, 131, 152, 159, 160, 161 (on the articles)

- plenary amendment 168

The Commission rejects the following:

- amendments 4, 5, 7, 13, 16, 18, 19, 24, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46 (on the recitals)

- amendments 51, 52, 55, 56, 58, 67, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 80, 82, 84, 86, 90, 95, 96, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 142, 148, 150, 151, 154, 155, 157, 158, 162, 164, 165, 167 (on the articles)

− Before the vote:

  Pilar del Castillo Vera, rapporteur. − (ES) Mr President, I am not going to speak for long as I am aware that we are subject to time pressures. However, I too want to thank everyone who took part in this report and underline one very important point: what Parliament is offering today in relation to the legislative review of the electronic communications sector, as already stated by Catherine Trautmann, is wholly consistent and, we believe, will be very positive in terms of developing this market. The negotiations now beginning must reach their conclusion within this parliamentary term. I believe that this is therefore decisive for the sector.