To allow for the necessary flexibility in the implementation of this Action Plan, the Working Party on e-Law (e-Justice) may also decide to introduce new initiatives or to move projects from one category to another in the light of new developments.

Are you willing to agree that all new authorisations that have been granted over this latest period and the issue of MON810 should be reviewed in the light of these new guidelines?

· renaming the platform to "online signposting platform", in order to more explicitly describe its function ("signposting") and its scope (covering as an online tool both online and offline transactions);

3.8 Although the regulation states the ODR platform will have the function of ‘enabling the parties and the ADR entity to conduct the dispute resolution procedure online’ (Article 5(3)(d)), the EESC had hoped that the foundations would be laid for an ODR system that would contribute to the legitimacy of online or electronic justice; it would hope that the system would be shaped in such a way as to re-use and copy existing infrastructure and technological resources, synchronous or asynchronous, such as chat, electronic forums, mailing ...[+++] lists, email, tele-conferencing, audio- and video-conferencing, virtual meeting rooms etc.; that it would improve justice applications and advocate first- and second-generation ODR tools for the process (online negotiation, mediation and arbitration), promoting e-mediation between the parties, a more robust production process and more easily observable and predictable procedures.

calls, therefore, on the Commission, in view of the likely failure of the market to supply rural, insular and mountainous areas with NGA networks, to incorporate new organisational models, providing in particular for the involvement of local authorities, such as citizens’ networks and publicly run networks or those acquired using public funds, for the provision and financing of high-speed and ultra-high-speed networks as an option into the Community Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to rapid deployment of broadband networks in order to make broadband functions accessible to all Europeans and ensure that urban ...[+++]and rural areas will be treated equally and coverage can extend to sparsely populated areas and to guarantee the same standards as regards quality, access, and pricing;

In particular, one result of this work has been a Memorandum of Understanding, setting out the minimum functions and operational guidelines for the clearing-houses, which is now close to finalisation.