17. Calls on the Commission and Member States, in cooperation with the industry, to explore the merit of developing a 'red button' which can be included on (mobile) consoles or game devices and computers and which disables a certain game or which can control access to a game during certain hours or certain parts of the game;

Moreover, the Commission and Member States in cooperation with the industry should explore the merit of developing a 'red button' which can be included on (mobile) consoles or game devices and computers and which disable a certain game or which can control the access to certain parts of a game during certain hours.

Interoperable Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies which prevent unauthorised use of protected content and ensure the enforcement of the rights involved, and adequate payment for protected digital content to rightsholders, could provide a significant opportunity for the new mobile content market.

A. whereas auctions of UMTS licences in some Member States have led to financial problems - sometimes acute - in the sector, with a consequent risk of considerable delays to the roll-out of third-generation (3G) networks and services, and whereas some Member States now want to take unilateral aid measures, thus creating obstacles to the harmonised development of the single telecommunications market, calling on the Commission to take advantage of the Spring European Council in 2003 to submit an action plan aimed at the creation of a level playing field for 3G infrastructure, applications and services in the EU, and whereas the allocation of 3G licences in Europe has led to distortion of competition and fragmentation of the ...[+++] European mobile communications market,

A. whereas auctions of UMTS licences in some Member States have led to financial problems, sometimes acute, in the sector, with a consequent risk of considerable delays to the roll-out of 3G networks and services, and whereas some Member States now want to take unilateral aid measures, thus creating obstacles to the harmonised development of the single telecommunications market, calling on the Commission to take advantage of the Spring European Council in 2003 to submit an action plan aimed at the creation of a level playing field for 3G infrastructure, applications and services in the EU, and whereas the allocation of 3G licences in Europe has led to distortion of competition and fragmentation of the European ...[+++]mobile communications market,

This interpretation would deprive a mobile consumer, who already does not enjoy the protection of Article 5, of the safety valve offered by the public order acts.