Given that the request is urgent and that it will not therefore be possible to collate all the information immediately, it shall not be necessary to fill all the fields of the P form. However, efforts shall be made to collate the information relating to the main headings: 041, 042, 043, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167 and 169.

This should not prevent the competent authorities from asking for further clarification even after the time period set for completing the requested information or allowing the proposed acquirer to submit additional information at any time during the maximum assessment period, provided that this time period is not exceeded. Neither should this prevent the competent authorities from opposing the proposed acquisition, where appropriate, at any time during the maximum assessment period.

This should not prevent the competent authorities from asking for further clarification even after the time period set for completing the requested information or allowing the proposed acquirer to submit additional information at any time during the maximum assessment period, provided that this time period is not exceeded. Neither should this prevent the competent authorities from opposing the proposed acquisition, where appropriate, at any time during the maximum assessment period.

"During the second phase, support will be given to bringing together the industries and parties concerned such as content providers, regulatory and self-regulatory bodies, software and Internet rating organisations and consumer associations, in order to foster conditions propitious for developing and implementing rating systems which are easy for content-providers and for consumers to understand and use, which provide European parents and educators with the necessary information to make decisions in accordance with their cultural and linguistic values, and which take account of the convergence of telecommunications, audiovisual media and ...[+++] information technology".

- In order for the authorities to gather all necessary information in view of identifying the Member State responsible and, if need be, in order to inform orally the applicant about the application of the Regulation, a provision on the organisation of a compulsory interview is inserted.

Data is severely lacking in this area and organisations like the European Environment Agency and the national statistical and information bodies need to turn their attentions to basic information gathering in this area.