TELECOMMUNICATIONS : TELECOMS PACKAGE FINALLY APPLIED BY ALL 27 MEMBER STATES.

• Position: Brief article

Better late - nearly two years late - than never: all of the EU telecoms rules are now being applied by the 27 member states. Accordingly, the European Commission plans to withdraw, on 20 February, the last infringement proceedings against five member states for failure to respect the implementation deadline of the telecoms package adopted in 2009.

On 31 May 2012, the EU executive asked the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) to fine Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia for failure...