Il BEREC boccia la proposta del Commissario Kroes di Raccomandazione su accesso alle reti di comunicazione elettronica

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The emphasis dedicated by Commissioner Kroes to the adoption of the draft regulation (the good news) reflects also the intent to minimize the media impact of the Berec’s opinion (the bad news). With regard to the latter, Berec is rejecting the substance of the Commission’s proposal, while sharing in a diplomatic ways the objectives of the Kroes’ reform. The national regulators refuse to follow the Commission’s diktat as how to regulate telecom networks (with regard to pricing and non-discrimination) and invoke their autonomy in deciding how to address specific national cases (while the Kroes’ proposal was quite prescriptive and rigide as to which remedy to apply).

Now, it is interesting to see what will happen next: it is difficult to believe that the Commission will completely disregard the Berec’s (non-binding) opinion, since a fair cooperation between the 2 bodies is necessary to guarantee the good functioning of the framework. Commissioner Kroes has now to return to her people and verify whether there is the possibility to adapt the current draft of the recommendation to the Berec’s wishes. Not an easy job, however, because Berec’s requests substantially water down the entire Kroes’ reform, therefore margins of manouver are limited.