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The Telecom package agreed in December in Europe has also established BEREC that the acronym of 'Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications. BEREC comes into operation today, although the telecom package will be in place by June 2011.

Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Telecommunications, said that "The creation of a new European body represents a milestone for telecommunications in Europe. All institutions, Parliament, Council and Commission were in agreement on the need to create this new body for the European single market for telecommunications. BEREC will help national regulators and the European Commission to establish consistent rules and a level playing field across the Union, to strengthen the European telecoms services, rapidly evolving areas such as mobile internet connections, and to boost recovery business in Europe. "

From the press release:

BEREC is composed of the heads of 27 national telecommunications and is assisted by an office that provides the necessary professional and administrative support. Most decisions are taken at two-thirds majority and simple majority in the case of opinions requested BEREC in the analysis of measures notified to the Commission by regulators rational.

BEREC replaces the "European Regulators Group" which brought together national regulators could operate only by consensus, without being involved in the regulatory process at EU level.

Source: Europe

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