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15 December 2009 The ERG is also holding a Public Consultation on the document "ERG (09) 51 Business Services " attached here. The Public Consultation is open to all interested parties. Responses should be sent to the ERG Secretariat via erg @ec.europa.eu no later than 1 February 2010, with the words ERG Business Services in the subject heading, and specifying any confidential content of the response. Unless so specified, responses will be published on the ERG Website. A Public hearing will also be held in Brussels on 29 January 2010. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting. Documents approved for publication at the 31st Plenary can be found here.
6 November 2009 Please find here the Presentation given by the ERG 2010 Chair on the ERG Work Programme for 2010 following the Public Workshop held on 4 November 2009 in Brussels. Also on 4 November 2009 a workshop was held on the ERG Draft CP on NGN Future Charging Mechanisms/Long Term Terminations issues. Please find here the Presentation given by the ERG Work Group.
1 October 2009 Following the ERG 30th Plenary Session which will be held in Lucerne Switzerland 8-9 October 2009, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 13 October 2009 from 16h00 until 17h30. The Agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg @ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
1 October 2009 Following the ERG 30th Plenary Session which will be held in Lucerne Switzerland 8-9 October 2009, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 13 October 2009 from 16h00 until 17h30. The Agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
20 May 2009 Following the ERG 29th Plenary Session which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic 28-29 May 2009, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 3 June 2009 from 10h00 until 11h30. The Agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
5 March 2009 Following the ERG 28th Plenary Session held in Berlin Germany 26-27 February 2009, a public debriefing on the Plenary Meeting was held in Brussels on 5 March. Please find attached the press release issued and the presentation given by the ERG Chair. Documents approved for publication at the 28th Plenary can be found here.
23 February Following the ERG 28th Plenary Session to be held in Berlin, Germany 26-27 February 2009 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 5 March 2009 from 10h00 until 11h30. The Agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg @ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
11 December 2008 Following the ERG 27th Plenary Session held in Budapest Hungary 4-5 December 2008, the ERG has issued the attached press release and I/ERG Statement on NGA Development along a Summary of I/ERG 2008 Achievements from the 2008 Chair. A public debriefing on the Plenary Meeting was held in Brussels on 11 December 2008. Please find the attached presentation from the ERG Chair.
26 November 2008 Following the ERG 27th Plenary Session to be held in Budapest Hungary 4-5 December 2008 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 11 December 2008 from 14h00 until 15h30. The Agenda of the of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by email to erg@ec.europa.eu You will then be sent an official letter in order to gain access to the meeting.
6 November 2008 A Public Hearing on the I/ERG Draft Work Programme 2009 was held in Brussels on 6 November 2008. Please find here the Presentation given by the 2009 ERG Chair Mr Matthias Kurth. May we remind you that the deadline for response to the Public Consultation on the I/ERG Draft Work Programme 2009 is 7 November 2008.
29 October 2008 As announced at the ERG 26th Plenary public debriefing there will be a public hearing on the I/ERG Draft Work Programme 2009 held in Brussels on 6 November 2008 from 10h00 until 12h30. The hearing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter to gain admission to the meeting. May we remind you that the deadline for response to the Public Consultation on the I/ERG Draft Work Programme 2009 is 7 November 2008.
17 October 2008 Following the ERG 26th Plenary Session held in Dublin Ireland 9-10 October 2008, the ERG has issued the attached press release and I/ERG statement on the progress of the European legislative framework for electronic communications. A public debriefing on the Plenary Meeting was held in Brussels on 17 October 2008. Please find the attached presentation from the ERG Chair.
10 October 2008 Following the ERG 26th Plenary Session held in Dublin Ireland 9-10 October 2008 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 17 October 2008 from 13h00 until 15h30. The agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail toerg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
15 July 2008 On the 15th of July 2008 the ERG Chairman, Dániel Pataki, gave a presentation at the Commission's press conference on the International Roaming Regulation.
26 June 2008 The IRG has today published the executive summaries of the IRG Expert Group Report concerning the opening of phase II investigation pursuant to Article 7(4) of directive 2002/21 EC on Case PL/2008/0766 - Transit services in the fixed public telephone network, and on the Report on Case PL/2008/0772 - Wholesale national market for trunk segments of leased lines in Poland.
23 June 2008 The ERG has released an amended version of the International Roaming Regulations Guidelines, which can be found here with the document title, "ERG (07) 86rev1 International Roaming Regulation Guidelines", and draws attention to the amendment of paragraph 18 detailing the reference date for exchange rate conversion.
3 June 2008 Following the 25th ERG Plenary Meeting held in Vilnius Lithuania, 29 to 30 May 2008, the ERG has issued the attached press release. A public debriefing on the Plenary Meeting was held in Brussels on 3 June 2008. Please find attached the presentation from the ERG Chair
27 May 2008 Following the ERG 25th Plenary Session held in Vilnius Lithuania 29-30 May 2008 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 3 June 2008 from 15h00 until 16h30. The agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
7 March 2008 Following the 24th ERG Plenary Meeting held in Gothenburg Sweden, 28 to 29 February 2008, the ERG has issued the attached press release. A public debriefing on the Plenary Meeting was held in Brussels on 6 March 2008. Please find attached the presentation from the ERG Chair.
28 February 2008 On the 27th of February 2008 the ERG Chairman, Dániel Pataki, gave a speech in the Industry Research & Energy Committee hearing on the Telecom package in the European Parliament.
26 February 2008 Following the ERG 24th Plenary Session held in Gothenburg Sweden 28-29 February 2008 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 6 March 2008 from 13h30 until 15h00. The agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required by 3 March 2008 for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
17 January 2008 The ERG today publishes its first comprehensive data collection of international roaming since the implementation of the roaming Regulation. Data collected by the ERG shows a general trend of reduced roaming prices for consumers using their mobile abroad. Please find the attached press release. The report on the data collection can be found here with the document title "ERG (07) 85 International Roaming Report". The ERG also published today its final set of guidelines to providers which are complementary to the provisions set out in the Regulation. This follows previous versions published in July and August 2007. The guidelines can be found here with the document title "ERG (07) 86 International Roaming Regulation Guidelines".
18 December 2007 Following the 23rd ERG Plenary Meeting held in Rome, Italy, 6th to 7th December 2007, the ERG has today issued the attached press release. A public debriefing on the Plenary Meeting was held in Brussels on 17 December 2007. Please find attached the presentation from the ERG Chair.
7 December 2007 Following the ERG 23rd Plenary Session held in Rome 6-7 December 2007 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 17 December 2007 from 15h00 until 16h30. The agenda of the Plenary can be found here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required by 14 December 2007 for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to the meeting.
23 November 2007 Please find here the presentation from Daniel Pataki, the IRG/ERG Chair 2008, given at the public hearing on the I/ERG Work Programme 2008 on 20 November 2007 in Brussels.
13 November 2007 Please find attached here the ERG press release concerning the European Commission's proposals on the reform of the EU Framework. The related documents "ERG letter sent to Commissioner Viviane Reding" and "I/ERG Opinion on Recommendation on relevant markets" can be found here.
9 November 2007 The European Regulators Group (ERG) website was migrated to the new URL: http://erg.ec.europa.eu. Please update your bookmarks accordingly.
5 November 2007 In addition to the consultation of the I/ERG Work Programme 2008 a Public Hearing will be held in Brussels on 20 November 2007 from 11h00 until 14h00. The hearing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required by 16 November 2007 at latest for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form, and return it by e-mail. We will then send you an official invitation letter along with meeting details.
23 October 2007 Following the ERG 22nd Plenary Session held in Athens, Greece, 11-12 October 2007, please find attached here the Press Release issued today by the ERG.
23 October 2007 Following the ERG 22nd Plenary Session held in Athens, Greece, 11-12 October 2007, there was a public debriefing held in Brussels on 23 October 2007. Please find here the presentation from the ERG Chair.
17 October 2007 Following consultation in August-September, the ERG announces today the publication of the final version of its detailed data model specification. In response to comments made by several respondents to the consultation, the ERG has also published an Explanatory Memorandum to accompany the data specification. NRAs will be sending the data specification to national providers of international roaming services for completion shortly. The data gathered through this process will be used in the formulation of an ERG report on International roaming regulation, expected at the end of this year. In the first instance any questions regarding these documents should be directed at the relevant NRA.
15 October 2007 Following the ERG 22nd Plenary Session which was held in Athens 11-12 October 2007 a Public Debriefing will be held in Brussels on 23 October 2007 from 11h30 until 14h00. Please find the Agenda here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required by 22 October 2007 at latest for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form, and return it by e-mail to erg@ec.europa.eu. We will then send you an official invitation letter along with meeting details.
4 October 2007 The IRG has published today the executive summary of the first IRG Expert Group Report concerning the opening of phase II investigation pursuant to article 7(4) of directive 2002/21 EC on Case PL/2007/0668 – wholesale national market for trunk segments of leased lines in Poland.
3 October 2007 Please find attached the press release and the ERG Opinion on Regulatory Principles of Next Generation Access ERG (07) 16rev2 and the ERG Opinion on Functional Separation ERG (07) 44 here.
22 August 2007 The ERG has published today the second release of its guidelines on roaming, covering charges, welcome SMS and other provisions. Please find the guidelines here. The guidelines are effective from today, but the ERG invites comments on this second release until 5 September. Comments can be sent to the ERG Secretariat at erg@ec.europa.eu with the wording "Comments 2nd Roaming Guidelines" in the subject header. Also today, ERG published for consultation a detailed draft model data specification. This data specification will form the core data set required by NRAs in supervising and monitoring compliance with the roaming Regulation. ERG expects to publish a report, drawing on information gathered using this data specification, on the roaming regulation at the end of this year. Comments can be sent to the ERG Secretariat at erg@ec.europa.eu until 5 September with the wording "Comments Data Model - Roaming" in the subject header.
5 July 2007 The ERG has published today the first release of its guidelines on roaming, covering offers to customers and special tariffs. Please find here the press release, and the guidelines on offers and on tariffs. The guidelines are effective from today, but the ERG invites comments on this first release until 30 July. Comments can be sent to the ERG Secretariat at erg@ec.europa.eu with the wording "Comments Roaming Guidelines" in the subject header.
15 June 2007 Following the ERG 21st Plenary held in Oslo 31 May 2007 there was a public debriefing held in Brussels on 15 June 2007. Please find here the presentation from the ERG Chair.
12 June 2007 ERG has published a statement on international roaming, announcing a schedule for information collection and further guidance on key elements of the regulation.
1 June 2007 Following the ERG 21st Plenary Session held in Oslo, Norway 31 May 2007 please find attached here the Press Release issued today by the ERG and the documents on wholesale broadband access and wholesale local access, an updated snapshot on mobile termination rates and an updated report on regulatory accounting.
25 May 2007 Following the ERG 21st Plenary Session which is being held in Oslo 30-31 May 2007 a Public Debriefing will be held in Brussels on 8 June 2007 from 12h30 until 14h15. Please find the Agenda here. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required by 5 June 2007 at latest for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete the registration form, and return it by e-mail. We will then send you an official invitation letter along with location details and security measures to take.
7 May 2007 ERG launches its public consultation on Next Generation Access Regulatory Issues. Please find the related press release here. The document and further details can be found here.
17 April 2007 Turin ERG Workshop on Next Generation Networks: "NGN Regulation and Investment". Please find the programme and the slides from the ERG presentation, KPN, NGNUK, Fastweb, Telecom Italia, Vonage, and Arbinet.
27 February 2007 Today the European Regulators Group and Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, have adopted a Joint Statement on the forthcoming reform of the EU's Regulatory Framework for electronic communications. The Statement is based on the ERG's letter of advice and its annexes (annex 1 and annex 2) to the Commission, released today. Also included are letters of Correspondence between the ERG and the Commission.
26 February 2007 ERG 20th Plenary Public Debriefing. Following the ERG 20th Plenary Meeting (Brussels, 15-16 February), a public debriefing session was held in Brussels, on Friday 23 February. Please find in attachment the Presentation from the ERG Chair.
19 February 2007 Following the ERG's 20th Plenary held in Brussels 15-16 February 2007, please find attached Press Release issued by the European Regulators Group.
14 December 2006 ERG 19th Plenary Debriefing. Following the 19th Plenary meeting (Bratislava, 7-8 December), a public debriefing session was held in Brussels, on Thursday 14 December. Please also find a presentation on behalf of the ERG Chair and a press release.
1 December 2006 ERG Consultation on harmonization papers. The ERG has released for public consultation 4 documents on harmonization. They are available here.
27 October 2006 ERG has published its responses to the Commission consultation on the Review of the Regulatory Framework and the Recommendation on relevant markets. Please find here the responses to the Regulatory Framework and to the Recommendation.
7 November 2006 The ERG held a public hearing on Tuesday 7 November 2006 in Brussels to present its Draft Work Programme 2007. Please find here the slides used in the presentation.
12 October 2006 The ERG Plenary has adopted a number of documents for immediate publication, including a Press release and a Statement on ERG development, a report on Voice over IP and a report on Transparency of International Roaming retail tariffs. Other documents are released for public consultation and they are available here.
12 October 2006 ERG 18th Plenary Debriefing. Following the 18th Plenary meeting (Madeira, 5-6 October), a public debriefing session was held in Brussels, on Thursday 12 October. Please also find a presentation on behalf of the ERG Chair and a presentation of the ERG Draft Working Programme for 2007.
29 May 2006 The ERG Plenary has adopted a "Revised ERG Common Position (ERG (06) 33) on the approach to appropriate remedies in the ECNS regulatory framework", i.e. the "Remedies" document. An Explanatory Memorandum outlines changes to the Common Position agreed by ERG and also provides an explanation for rejecting input received from stakeholders on various issues. ERG is very grateful to all those who have contributed by direct submissions, by interventions at the public hearing or through informal input during one of the phases of the work.
24 May 2006 ERG 17th Plenary Debriefing. Following the 17th Plenary meeting (Vienna, 18-19 May), a debriefing session was held in Brussels, on Wednesday 24 May 2006. Please find the related press release here. Please also find a presentation on behalf of the ERG Chair.
11 May 2006 Press release - European Regulators respond to EC's proposed regulation on international roaming. Please find here the ERG's full response to the second phase European Commission's consultation on international roaming.
28 March 2006 Press release - European Regulators respond to EC's proposed regulation on international roaming. Please find here the ERG's full response to the European Commission's consultation on international roaming.
23 February 2006 European Regulators Group and Independent Regulators Group Response to 'Call for input' on the forthcoming review of the EU regulatory Framework for electronic communications and services, including review of the Recommendation on relevant markets.
23 February 2006 ERG 16th Plenary Debriefing. Following the 16th Plenary meeting (Paris, 8 February), a debriefing session was held in Brussels, on Thursday 23 February 2006. Please find the related press release here. Please also find a presentation on the I/ERG Response to Call for Input on revision to Regulatory Framework.
9 February 2006 European Telecoms Regulators to intensify work on International Roaming and nominate Chair for 2007
1 December 2005 ERG Press Release
30 November 2005 ERG begins its public consultation of the Revision to ERG Common Position on Remedies. For details please click here.
4 October 2005 Commissioner Reding announces a new website with information on International Roaming prices for consumers. Please find the link here.
27 May 2005 The European regulators group adopted today a Common position on international roaming. NRAs will now proceed with analysis of their national markets. The press release is available here.