Press Release: EU telecoms rules: Commission takes steps to ensure that emergency services can locate callers

The non-availability of caller location information to emergency authorities in 11 Member States was at the centre of a new round of infringement proceedings started by the European Commission in the first week of April 2006. In another 4 cases that had been initiated previously, the European Commission had now sent reasoned opinions to Belgium, France, Poland and Slovenia. At the same time, the European Commission was closing 9 cases from previous infringement rounds as the Member States concerned had meanwhile ensured that the EU telecoms rules were properly implemented.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/158: Infringement proceedings in the field of telecoms and electronic communications: What are the issues at stake in this round?, 6.4.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/158&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

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