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The European Commission do not taps obServer again 9 member countries of the EU on the fingers because of it of the European telecomwetgeving. Also our country gets two streaks from the pan.

Europa steers an exhortation to Belgi because the new legislation about the must-carryregeling not complete satisfies at the requirements of the universal service guideline. That guideline must for it see to that services payable and universally available are in the whole union.

The must-carryregeling obliges cable societies round the programs of a number of broadcasting stations simultaneous and unabridged by giving. The Belgian telecomregulator BIPT wisest it however on that this a competence is of the communities, not of the federal authorities.

Europa is not neither happy obServer with it through our country of the issuing of rules about the particular rates. The Belgian telecomwetgeving foresees in special rates for the written press and press agencies. It is grind warns the second that Europe our country for this.

Only there is also positively new for our country. The Commission has someone else infringement procedure against Belgi ststuffed. The concerned the availability of information about the place where bellers of the need number 112 self find, a service that meanwhile on request available is in Belgi.

Other countries against which an infringement procedure walks its Poland, Spain, Letland, Sweden, Germany, Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Portugal. In four affairs, the Commission an affair decided to make pending by the European law Court. The concerned countries its Germany, Poland and Portugal.