[Advocacy Advisors] EU Policy Monitoring Report March

[Yana Welinder]

Thanks, Dimi, for the update!

Yana


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> as promised here is a first update from the net neutrality vote today
> (part of Telecoms Package/Connected Conitent):
>
> Amendments proposed by the Greens/EFA, S&D, GUE/NGL as well as amendments
> tabled (non-US sense) by the ALDE Group passed as well. The definitions are
> waterproof enough now to make most civil society actors happy, only
> amendments aiming at imposing penalties for telecoms operators didn't find
> a majority due to the liberals (ALDE Group) not supporting them. There is a
> documents with all accepted amendments. [1]
>
>
> To us the most important should be the definitions of both "network
> neutrality" and "specialised services". These are amendments 234 and 235
> that where supported even by the conservatives (EPP Group). Whether
> Wikipedia Zero is concerned will depend on whether it is deemed a
> "substitute for internet access service".
>
> 234: "(12a) "net neutrality" means the principle according to which all
> internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction
> or interference, independently of its sender, recipient, type, content,
> device, service or application"
>
> 235: "(15) "specialised service" means an electronic communications
> service optimised for specific content, applications or services, or a
> combination thereof, provided over logically distinct capacity, relying
> on strict admission control, offering functionality requiring enhanced
> quality from end to end, and that is not marketed or usable as a
> substitute for internet access service"
>
>
> Next, the Council may either accept the Paliament version or propose its
> own changes. I will let you know about the preliminary schedule one I
> figured it out myself.
>
> Dimi
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+AMD+A7-2014-0190+234-236+DOC+PDF+V0//EN
>
>
>
>
> 2014-04-03 18:11 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com>:
>
> I am travelling now, so I can't post the relevant AMs here now, but it
>> looks like they closed most loopholes and likely zero services.
>>
>> Will write again later.
>>
>> Dimi
>> Le 3 avr. 2014 17:55, "Yana Welinder" <ywelinder at wikimedia.org> a écrit :
>>
>> The EP adopted the proposal today[1], but I haven't had a chance to
>>> review the final language yet.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Yana
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-a-great-step-forward-for-the-free-internet
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Dimi,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the report, very informative as always.
>>>>
>>>> Have you had a chance to look at the vote on net neutrality in
>>>> Parliament today and see what the Parliament's version looks like in the
>>>> end?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Bence
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> #netneutrality
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Crucial network neutrality vote to be held on 3 April
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is this relevant?
>>>>>
>>>>> It is a fundamental internet issue. Briefly, the legislation will
>>>>> determine what agreements between content providers and telecoms will be
>>>>> legal in the EU. The current draft of the regulation permits "specialised
>>>>> services" in contrast to the best effort principle. If these are allowed
>>>>> and defined too broadly, it would effectively result in an internet where
>>>>> content providers with more money can secure preferential access to end
>>>>> users. Start-up projects without financial backing (like Wikipedia was some
>>>>> years ago) would hence be disadvantaged. If, on the other hand,
>>>>> "specialised services" are defined too narrowly or even prohibited, it
>>>>> would mean the end to zero-charge projects (like Wikipedia Zero).
>>>>>
>>>>> What happened?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Commission proposal on net neutrality [8] officially promotes the
>>>>> concept, but contains many loopholes. The European Parliament report from
>>>>> the ITRE (Industry) Committee failed to close most of them. [9] Now, four
>>>>> parliamentary groups have tabled amendments [10][11] ahead of the final
>>>>> vote that would seriously limit the possible exceptions. The split lines
>>>>> run along Socialists & Democrats, Greens, the Left Group and Liberals
>>>>> proposing the changes and the conservatives (EPP, ECR) endorsing the ITRE
>>>>> version. However, most groups might end up with a split vote, making the
>>>>> outcome hard to predict
>>>>>
>>>>> What comes next?
>>>>>
>>>>> The vote will take place on Thursday, 3 April 2014 during the plenary
>>>>> session in Strasbourg. It is most likely to come up in the afternoon. [12]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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