COMMISSION PLANS HEAVY INFORMATION SOCIETY AGENDA.

The European Commission published its work programme for 2001 at the end of January (document COM(2001)28). Communications and legislative proposals in the telecommunications and information society sectors, and the timetable for their adoption are as follows:- Proposal for a Decision on a replacement for the action plan on the promotion of safer use of the Internet (adoption anticipated for the 4th quarter);- Proposal for a Directive concerning mutual recognition of computer services and product safety assessment certificates (4th quarter);- Proposal for a Regulation on the revision of financing rules for trans-European energy, transport and telecommunications networks (March);- Communication on state aid in public service television (2nd quarter);- Communication on a new framework for the European Union's communication and information policy (April);- Communication on the eEurope initiative: its impact and priorities (28 February);- Report on the implementation of Commission Decision 128/1999/EC - UMTS decision (4th quarter);- Seventh report on the application of the Community Regulation on telecommunications (November);- eEurope 2002: Communication on guaranteeing accessibility to public Internet sites and their content for all European citizens (April);- eEurope 2002: Communication on the security of electronic communications and networks (October);- eEurope...