Translation of "Position de juste interprétation des obligations " (French → English) :

Our interpretation of the obligations the government has is, effectively, that it should take positive measures and take into account the impact of decisions in terms of the.Now, the very process of doing that analysis is critical to evaluating whether in fact a measure does have— Order, please.

I know you talked about balancing, but the fairest interpretation of our international obligations says they compel us to do what?

A correct interpretation of the principle of subsidiarity: the e -Learning action plan has succeeded in finding a niche in the sensitive debate on the use made by the States of their national education systems, demonstrating that the term ‘European educational area’ is a realistic, positive concept in which we must have confidence without fear of undermining the cultural identities of our countries.

For this reason, I would like to hear your interpretation as to whether it is right that this matter can be voted on without debate, without the possibility of openly putting forward these points of view, as more than three Members have voted against a nominee.

When it adopted its common position, the Council decided to disclose the following statements: (i) Statement on the recital referring to the general principle of open access to networks: "The Council and the Commission note that, according to the conclusions of the G7 Ministerial Conference on the Information Society, open access should be regulated by a framework preventing the abuse of dominant positions and constituting part of a future comprehensive regulatory framework for information services in a liberalized market structure, comprising competition in the field of services and infrastructures, the supply of universal services, the ...[+++] interconnectability of networks and a fair and effective system for issuing licences" (ii)Statement on the provision whereby Member States shall facilitate the transfer of wide-screen television services already in operation to digital transmission networks open to the public: "The Council TAKES NOTE of the statement made by the Commission during the debate on the adoption of this amendment in the European Parliament, to the effect that it interprets this text as not imposing binding obligations on Member States regarding the transfer of wide- screen television services already in operation to digital transmission networks open to the public and it ENDORSES that interpretation.

The Council TAKES NOTE that during the same debate the European Parliament signified its agreement to the Commission's interpretation of this text" (iii) Statement re first indent of Article 4, point (c), of the Directive dealing with conditional access to digital television and reading as follows: "Member States shall take all the necessary measures to ensure that the operators of conditional access services, irrespective of the means of transmission, who produce and market access services to digital television services: - offer to all broadcasters, on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis, technical services enabling the broa ...[+++]dcasters' digitally-transmitted services to be received by viewers authorized by means of decoders administered by the service operators, and comply with Community competition law, in particular if a dominant position appears; "". The Council and the Commission state that the first indent of Article 4, point (c): - applies to any provider of conditional access services operating on a cable, terrestrial or satellite broadcasting network in relation to broadcasters who have access to that network under the national procedures in force and wish to benefit from that conditional access service; - does not seek to impose an obligation to offer to any broadcaster access for television services to packages or tiers of television services configured and/or administered by the provider, or services involving transparent distribution to subscribers; - only requires Member States to ensure that broadcasters may have access to conditional access services and that the obligation in Article 4, point (c) does not extend to the underlying network.