The further termination rates move away from incremental cost, the greater the competitive distortions between fixed and mobile markets and/or between operators with asymmetric market shares and traffic flows.

Based on advanced information and communication technologies, RIS will include, amongst others, information regarding the navigation conditions of the waterways, the actual traffic situation in the immediate vicinity of a vessel as well as strategic traffic information important for planning of voyages, including lock, port and terminal scheduling.

The parent companies intend to transfer to the joint venture their respective wholesale business concerning mobile telecommunication devices, in particular mobile phones, and related value added services by way of transferring to the joint venture all shares of Dangaard Holding AS (owned by Fleggaard Holding and Fleggaard Partner) and all business shares of FreeCom GmbH (a joint venture company of BHS and debitel).

(21) Whereas the second generation cellular digital mobile communications systems were originally defined in Council Directive 87/372/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (12) as operating in the 900 MHz bands; whereas DCS-1800 has to be considered as part of the GSM family and of such second generation; whereas the Community should build on the success of the current generation of mobile digital technology including GSM both in Europe and in the world, taking into consideration interworking be ...[+++]tween UMTS and second-generation systems; whereas there should be, pursuant to Community law, no discrimination between GSM operators and new entrants in UMTS markets; whereas UMTS should develop in one seamless environment including full roaming with GSM as well as between the terrestrial and satellite components of UMTS networks, which is likely to make hybrid terminals such as dual mode/band GSM/UMTS terminals and terrestrial/satellite terminals necessary;

The French government will transfer 15.000 traffic movements and 1.2 million passengers from Orly Sud to Orly West so as to better balance the traffic distribution between the two terminals.

DRAFT COMMISSION DIRECTIVES ON - MOBILE AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS - IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL COMPETITION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS The Council held a wide-ranging exchange of views on the above draft Directives based on Article 90(3) of the Treaty; it then adopted the following conclusions: "The COUNCIL - NOTES that the Commission requested, on 3 August 1995, any comments from the Council on the draft Commission Directive amending Directive 90/388/EEC as regards mobile and personal commun ...[+++]ications; sent the President-in-Office of the Council, on 29 September 1995, the draft Commission Directive amending Directive 90/388/EEC as regards the implementation of full competition in telecommunications markets; - NOTES also the public consultation launched by the Commission following the publication of the two draft Directives in the Official Journal of the European Communities; - REAFFIRMS that it is important that the conditions governing the definition of the Community's future policy on the liberalization of telecommunications services and infrastructures should result from a political agreement based on the compromise of December 1989 and takes note of the Commission's support for this approach; - RECALLS in this connection the political agreement reached at the Telecommunications Council meeting on 17 November 1994, which was given concrete form in the Council Resolution of 22 December 1994 and in the statements made on that occasion; RECALLS that this Resolution recognizes in particular the principle of liberalization of telecommunication infrastructures on 1 January 1998, on the understanding that an additional transitional period is granted to certain Member States; - POINTS OUT that the Commission must also take account in its approach of the responsibilities of the European Parliament and the Council for the legislative provisions designed, on the basis of Commission proposals, to establish the European regulatory framework for telecommunications, parti ...