Brussels, 12/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On the day before the European Commission's adoption of its draft “telecoms package” reform, including the policy on radio-spectrum reform management (EUROPE 9540), the Union of European Radio-broadcasters (UER) outlined their position. They believe that proposals to make the neutral service (opportunity to provide all services in all frequency bands) a binding principle, risked posing a number of serious problems involving interference. As opposed to other technologies that are likely to use the UHF frequency band (ultra high frequency), such as mobile communication services, only terrestrial television is expected to necessarily use this part of the spectrum. The UER warns that band sharing allocated to radio-broadcasting and other services in question could provoke an unacceptable level of interference, and should not simply depend on economic considerations but take the public and society's interest into account. Approximation of European-wide rules should be voluntary and instigated by member states themselves in order to respect each specific situation and their different needs. The UER says member states should be able to keep control over radio broadcasting frequency in order to be able to meet their service of general interest objectives, such as guaranteeing media plurality and cultural and linguistic diversity. (I.L.)