Statement by Vice-President Ansip and Commissioner Oettinger welcoming guidelines on EU net neutrality rules by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

On the 30 August 2016, a statement was released by Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President responsible for the Digital Single Market, and Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, on the publication of guidelines on European Union net neutrality rules by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC).

The guidelines provide detailed guidance for the consistent application of the net neutrality rules by national regulators across the European Union in order to avoid fragmentation in the single market and create legal certainty for businesses to work across border.

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EurActiv, 30.08.16: Internet activists hail ‘historic’ EU net neutrality rules http://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/internet-activists-hail-historic-eu-net-neutrality-rules/

ESO: Background information: Net Neutrality: New EU Regulatory Guidelines http://www.europeansources.info/record/net-neutrality-new-eu-regulatory-guidelines/

ESO: Background information: BEREC seeks views on guidelines to implement new net neutrality rules http://www.europeansources.info/record/berec-seeks-views-on-guidelines-to-implement-new-net-neutrality-rules/

BEREC: News, 30.08.16: BEREC launches Net Neutrality Guidelines http://www.berec.europa.eu/eng/news_and_publications/whats_new/3958-berec-launches-net-neutrality-guidelines

BEREC: BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation by National Regulators of European Net Neutrality Rules http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/regulatory_best_practices/guidelines/6160-berec-guidelines-on-the-implementation-by-national-regulators-of-european-net-neutrality-rules

The Conversation, 05.01.18: Net neutrality may be dead in the US, but Europe is still strongly committed to open internet access https://theconversation.com/net-neutrality-may-be-dead-in-the-us-but-europe-is-still-strongly-committed-to-open-internet-access-89521

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