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The Council adopted a list of legislative proposals on acts adopted in accordance with the codecision procedure, which will be the subject of deliberations of the Council open to the public under the Netherlands Presidency (10714/04).

The Council approved a list of topics on which the Presidency proposes to hold public debates at Council meetings during the first half of 2004, and a list of the main legislative proposals subject to the Parliament-Council codecision procedure on which the Council may hold public deliberations (5229/1/04 + 5294/04)

- a list of issues which might be the subject of Council deliberations open to the public on the Commission's most important legislative proposals under the codecision procedure;

In order to ensure continuity of existing agreements and to avoid a legal vacuum, it is necessary to ensure that obligations for access and interconnection imposed under Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 14 of Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of open network provision (ONP) , obligations on special access imposed under Article 16 of Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment , and ob ...[+++]ligations concerning the provision of leased line transmission capacity under Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision to leased lines , are initially carried over into the new regulatory framework, but are subject to immediate review in the light of prevailing market conditions.

(12) In order to ensure continuity of existing agreements and to avoid a legal vacuum, it is necessary to ensure that obligations for access and interconnection imposed under Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 14 of Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of open network provision (ONP)(8), obligations on special access imposed under Article 16 of Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive ...[+++] environment(9), and obligations concerning the provision of leased line transmission capacity under Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision to leased lines(10), are initially carried over into the new regulatory framework, but are subject to immediate review in the light of prevailing market conditions.