<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Below an extract from the attached document from European Commission with regards to the debates around ITU, ETNO and WCIT :</div><div><br></div><div>Very clear positioning :</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(1) The overarching objective of the European Union in relation to the WCIT is to ensure that</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">any amendment to the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) shall contribute</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">to the development of the information society for the benefit of all citizens and</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">telecommunications users world-wide, and users in the European Union in particular and</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">comply with the Union’s acquis and policy.</span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(2) The European Union shall take the following position on proposals for decisions by the</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">WCIT at its meeting in Dubai between 3<span style="font: 8.0px Times">rd </span>and 14<span style="font: 8.0px Times">th </span>December 2012 and any related</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">preparatory meetings:</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(a) Do not support any proposals that conflict with the EU acquis, or introduce obligations on</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">operators which go beyond those already provided for under the EU acquis;</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(b) Support proposals that respect the sovereignty of ITU member states and in particular</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">recognise those areas that are a national matter such as cybercrime, content, national security</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and defence.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(c) Support proposals that seek to ensure that the revised ITRs remain high level, strategic and</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">technology neutral and oppose proposals to make ITU recommendations binding on ITU</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">member states and operating agencies;;</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(d) Support any proposals to maintain the current scope of the ITRs and the current mandate</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">of the ITU, oppose any proposals to extend the scope to areas such as the routing of Internetbased</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">traffic, content-related issues;</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(e) Support proposals to respect human rights in relation to international telecommunications,</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">support proposals to respect privacy and personal data protection in relation to personal data</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and communications (subject to 2(a) above)</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(f) Support measures to promote greater international cooperation in relation to the security of</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">networks used for international telecommunications traffic;</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(g) Support pro-competitive measures intended to help achieve lower prices, and greater</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">transparency on prices, for international telecommunications traffic, based on commercial</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">negotiations in a free and fair marketplace;</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(h) Do not support proposals to establish, within the ITU, mechanisms to settle disputes</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">between operators as such mechanisms are not necessary;;</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(i) Support proposals that ensure that maritime communications can be charged in an</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">economically efficient way.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In order to make (2) (a) above explicit, EU agreement to any final outcome should be</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">explicitly conditional on the submission of a formal statement by the EU to other participants</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">regarding the applicability of EU regulatory provisions, as follows:</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">“In signing the Final Acts of the World Conference on International Telecommunications</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(Dubai, 2012), the Delegations of the Member States of the European Union declare that</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">these States will apply the International Telecommunication Regulations in accordance with</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">their obligations under the Treaty establishing the European Union.”.</span></font></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 86px; text-indent: -86px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div></div><div>
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