Legal provisions of COM(2001)742-2 - Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council revising Annex I of Decision No 1336/97/EC on a series of guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks

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Article 1

Decision No 1336/97/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1: "For the purpose of this Decision, telecommunications infrastructure shall refer to the electronic data transmission networks and the services which make use of them."

2. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 8

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure."

3. Article 14 is hereby amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: '1. Before 31 January 2005, the Commission shall submit a report on the implementation of this Decision during the period July 2000 to June 2004, to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.'

(b) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: '4. In the absence of a decision by 31 December 2006, Annex I shall be deemed to have lapsed except in respect of calls for proposals which have already been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities before that date.'

4. Annex I shall be replaced by the text of the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.