[Advocacy Advisors] EU Policy Monitoring Report March

Thu Apr 3 15:55:23 UTC 2014

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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