Prospects for EU Communications Market Authority Looking Bleak

Luxembourg, 12 June - EU ministers responsible for telecommunications agreed in Luxembourg on Thursday that before defining the legal status of a European Electronic Communications Market Authority (EECMA), it is first necessary to set down its tasks and objectives.

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reading (left), Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (centre), Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (right) and Maltese Minister for Communications and Projects Austin Gatt prior the start of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak (right) and Maltese Minister for Communications and Projects Austin Gatt prior the start of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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