Translation of "Chargée de communications " (French → English) :

Member States shall ensure, where appropriate, consultation and cooperation between those authorities, and between those authorities and national authorities entrusted with the implementation of competition law and national authorities entrusted with the implementation of consumer law, on matters of common interest.

Member States shall in addition publish the procedures for consultation and cooperation between those authorities, and between those authorities and national authorities entrusted with the implementation of competition law and national authorities entrusted with the implementation of consumer law, on matters of common interest.

The Commission and the Member States shall in addition publish the procedures for consultation and cooperation between those authorities, and between those authorities and national authorities entrusted with the implementation of competition law and national authorities entrusted with the implementation of consumer law, on matters of common interest.

* Tighter links with national regulators and/or enforcement agencies: a common element in many successful JRC projects [8] is the strong links established with European regulatory bodies, building three-corner networks: the JRC, inserted in relevant ST networks; the policy DG, responsible for designing legislation and controlling its enforcement; and competent authorities in the Member States and Pre-Accession States charged with implementing the legislation and monitoring its application.

– The next item is the report (A5-0225/2000) on behalf of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the initiative of the Portuguese Republic with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision [7381/2000 – C5-0230/2000 – 2000/0804(CNS)] establishing a Secretariat for the Joint Supervisory Data Protection Bodies set up by the Convention on the Establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention), the Convention on the Use of Information Technology for Customs Purposes and the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement on the gradual abolition of checks at the common borders (Schengen Convent ...[+++]ion).

6. Considers that, while market failures persistently occur, there is a need to work with ex ante obligations, formulated in a Directive and implemented by the NRAs with notification to the Commission, in order to avoid abuse of dominant positions; advocates that Member States be required to develop and lay down a binding model for cooperation between NRAs and national competition authorities and audiovisual sector regulators; believes that NRAs must act in accordance with pre-defined guidelines published by the Commission and that the guidelines must contain market definitions in order to achieve common, objective criteria which minimise the need for case-by-case assessments by regulators; notes that the question of market power is very ...[+++] complex, one which cannot be covered in one mechanical model; believes that the vertical, horizontal and intersectoral analysis of the economic market situation is best made at a decentralised level by the NRA or by the NRA together with the Competition Authority and that, in any situation of market failure that may arise, the NRAs must propose measures of regulation in a manner appropriate to the gradation of market failure in the sector and aimed at more competition and must consult the market players to find out if the sector can break the logjam in question without regulation; takes the view that NRAs have to justify their decisions against pre-defined guidelines published by the Commission in order to achieve common, objective criteria which minimise the need for non-objective judgements by regulators; considers that the instruments for regulating access, including interconnection, should not be extended to the mobile communications market and Internet service providers; and that the Commission must be able to challenge and possibly revoke the decisions taken by the NRAs if they are not justified according to the regulatory framework; calls for the imposed measures to be published and to be applicable for a limited peri ...