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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7781

19 August 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 14
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
European Commission disputes German regional law on granting radio frequencies

Brussels, 18/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to send Germany a reasoned opinion for infringing the freedom of establishment within the internal market (Article 43 of the EC Treaty). It disputes certain provisions of the regional law on the media in Rheinland-Pfalz, which, it claims, play in favour of local operators when granting licences for the use of radio frequencies. Germany has two months to react, on reception of the opinion. Otherwise, the European...