NATIONAL REGULATORS MULL NEED FOR EU-LEVEL TELECOM SUPERVISOR

摘要

The European Commission may create a 揈uropean FCC?to harmonize telecom rules across the 27 EU nations. National regulatory authorities (NRAs) have until mid-Feb. to react to Information Society & Media Comr. Viviane Reding抯 proposal. NRAs are said to be split over creating a super-regulator; the head of their official body, the European Regulators Group (ERG), said Tues. it's too soon to judge the outcome. The U.K., Spain, Italy, Germany and France back a beefier ERG; Poland and Denmark have concerns about it, French business paper Les Echos reported this week. ERG Chmn. Roberto Viola confirmed his group hopes to respond to Reding's letter by mid-Feb., but 揳t this stage it is premature to draw any conclusions.?/font>