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Telecoms: Commission comments on regulatory proposal from the Polish national telecoms regulator regarding mobile termination rates (15 May 2009) What is this case about? What has the Commission said in its letter ? What does the national telecoms regulator of Poland have to do now?
Community consultation procedures:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/implementation_enforcement/article_7/index_en.htm
NEWS ARTICLE
Telecoms: Commission comments on the proposal by the Spanish national telecoms regulator concerning broadcasting transmission services (19 May 2009)What is this case about? What has the Commission said in its letter ? What does the Spanish telecoms regulator have to do now?
Community consultatio procedures:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/implementation_enforcement/article_7/index_en.htm
CALL FOR TENDERS
Study on «Media policy aspects of advertising, labelling and public information» – SMART 2009/0002.
(Deadline: 01/09/2009) Calls for advertising restrictions and labelling within adverts are made at both national and European level in a number of sectors. This study is a first attempt to examine the impact of such restrictions on the media from a horizontal perspective, rather than on a piecemeal, sector-by sector basis. It is intended to provide the necessary expertise on media-related issues to support policy making in other fields such as public health, environment and energy. The study has three research agendas, the financial impact of advertising restrictions on the media, the effectiveness of such measures and alternative strategies for communicating fuel and CO2 emission information to the public.
Contract notice in all languages on OJ 2009/S 95-135586: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:135586-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML
CALL FOR TENDERS
Study on «Indicators for independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies for the purpose of enforcing the rules in the AVMS Directive» – SMART 2009/0001.
(Deadline: 01/09/2009) The first objective of the study is to analyse the requirements of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive as regards the independent regulators.
The second objective is to gather information on the regulation of the following aspects of regulatory authorities in the Member States: measures to guarantee the independence of the regulator; basic powers which allow for the effective application and enforcement of audiovisual legislation; adequate monitoring powers including the adequate resources to carry out the monitoring functions; adequate sanctioning powers including the ability to issue warnings, impose fines and, ultimately, the power to prohibit broadcasting/revoke broadcasting licences.
Contract notice published in all languages on OJ 2009/S 94-134142:http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:134142-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML
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REPORTS AND STUDIES
eHealth Benchmarking (Study Phase II)
The study aimed to collate and analyse existing eHealth monitoring and benchmarking sources (in EU27, Iceland, Norway, Canada and the United States), in order to identify good practices in data gathering and to develop an indicator framework for an EU-wide eHealth benchmarking approach. It found 94 sources of eHealth benchmarking data (with more than 4,300 eHealth-related indicators), identified 12 good practice cases and filled 31 country briefs that describe the situation in each of the surveyed countries. The study proposes an indicator framework that covers the most relevant actors, activities and applications in the area of eHealth.
Contact: eHealth@ec.europa.eu
ICT for Health Studies: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/health/studies/index_en.htm
AUDIOVISUAL
Radio tags and invisible ink to rescue European forests
From the pine trees in southern Europe to the spruce forests near the Arctic Circle, about 25 million cubic meters of wood are wasted every year in Europe.
But now researchers are looking at new ways of making each felled tree traceable. One method uses tags containing a Radio Frequency Identification transponder.
Another method uses special ink.
Tracability saves time and improves efficiency, meaning wood is best used and more forests are preserved. It also improves efficiency meaning that consumer prices are lower.
Indisputable Key project: http://www.indisputablekey.com
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