Brussels, 07/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) expressed its concern for the definition, by the European Parliament, of the notion of "market power", a significant part of the "package" of reforms for the telecommunications regulatory framework (three Directives that are part of this package have been adopted, last Thursday, by the European Parliament: see EUROPE of 3 March). ETNO feels that this concept, as it appears in the Parliament's amendments (Article 134 of the framework Directive), "replaces the Commission's proposal with an incoherent text lacking objective criteria", and which, in particular, does not provide any legal certainty ("which is a precondition for new investment in the sector") and, according to it, opens the door to limitless regulation of the industry. On the other hand, ETNO favourably welcomes certain aspects of the new Directive and in particular the Parliament's support for the European Commission's right to block decisions by the National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) and the general aim of European policy concerning telecommunication as defined by the framework Directive. The ETNO Director, Michael Bartholomew, stated that "the NRA will acquire far more autonomy in the new regime. Against this background, the final say of the Commission represents a fail-safe mechanism, which is essential to guarantee a minimum degree of harmonisation in the EU market".