Brussels, 13/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has warned Germany that it could face infringement proceedings if the Member State did not adjust a draft law to European rules. Commissioner Viviane Reding and Fabio Colasanti, Director General of DG “Information Society” met the German Minister for Economic Affairs, Joachim Würmeling, on Monday to convey their real concerns about the national draft law that a ims to exempt a new VDSL (very high speed internet access) of the German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom from European telecommunications directives. The general objective of these directives aims to open up the telecoms market to competition. The German law exempting Deutsche Telekom's VDSL network, would allow the operator to prevent its competitors having access to its network. Mr Würmeling acknowledged that Germany had listened to the arguments of Deutsche Telekom, according to which a return on investment would only be possible if the company restricted network access. Nevertheless, the Secretary of State did promise that Germany would adapt the draft in compliance with Community provisions. Commissioner Reding warned the Member State against any kind of protectionist or anti-competitive behaviour and underlined that it would be “a disastrous decision” to accept, in the current context, a reinforced monopoly, which would also be off-message to other crucial economic sectors, such as the energy sector, which should be more open and enjoy greater competition. Another meeting is planned soon between the German authorities and the Commission before adoption of the revised draft in April.