[kictanet] Fwd: Reaction from European Commission on ETNO / ITU / WCIT

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers FYI,

Below an extract from the attached document from European Commission with
regards to the debates around ITU, ETNO and WCIT :

Very clear positioning :

(1) The overarching objective of the European Union in relation to the WCIT
is to ensure that
any amendment to the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs)
shall contribute
to the development of the information society for the benefit of all
citizens and
telecommunications users world-wide, and users in the European Union in
particular and
comply with the Union’s acquis and policy.


(2) The European Union shall take the following position on proposals for
decisions by the
WCIT at its meeting in Dubai between 3rd and 14th December 2012 and any
related
preparatory meetings:
(a) Do not support any proposals that conflict with the EU acquis, or
introduce obligations on
operators which go beyond those already provided for under the EU acquis;
(b) Support proposals that respect the sovereignty of ITU member states and
in particular
recognise those areas that are a national matter such as cybercrime,
content, national security
and defence.
(c) Support proposals that seek to ensure that the revised ITRs remain high
level, strategic and
technology neutral and oppose proposals to make ITU recommendations binding
on ITU
member states and operating agencies;;
(d) Support any proposals to maintain the current scope of the ITRs and the
current mandate
of the ITU, oppose any proposals to extend the scope to areas such as the
routing of Internetbased
traffic, content-related issues;
(e) Support proposals to respect human rights in relation to international
telecommunications,
support proposals to respect privacy and personal data protection in
relation to personal data
and communications (subject to 2(a) above)
(f) Support measures to promote greater international cooperation in
relation to the security of
networks used for international telecommunications traffic;
(g) Support pro-competitive measures intended to help achieve lower prices,
and greater
transparency on prices, for international telecommunications traffic, based
on commercial
negotiations in a free and fair marketplace;
(h) Do not support proposals to establish, within the ITU, mechanisms to
settle disputes
between operators as such mechanisms are not necessary;;
(i) Support proposals that ensure that maritime communications can be
charged in an
economically efficient way.
In order to make (2) (a) above explicit, EU agreement to any final outcome
should be
explicitly conditional on the submission of a formal statement by the EU to
other participants
regarding the applicability of EU regulatory provisions, as follows:
“In signing the Final Acts of the World Conference on International
Telecommunications
(Dubai, 2012), the Delegations of the Member States of the European Union
declare that
these States will apply the International Telecommunication Regulations in
accordance with
their obligations under the Treaty establishing the European Union.”.




Rudi Vansnick
President - CEO
rudi.vansnick at isoc.be
Mobile +32/(0)475/28.16.32
Tel :      +32/(0)9/329.39.16

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