Hans-Gert POETTERING, EP President, and Angela MERKEL, Federal German Chancellor and President-in-Office of the Council, signed Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming on public mobile networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, as adopted by the Council on 25.06.2007.

Brussels

roaming (T)

lex signing

EU - Germany (T)

MERKEL, Angela (DE)

signature

PÖTTERING, Hans-Gert (EPP, DE)

RÜBIG, Paul (EPP, AT)

German Presidency of the EU (T)

Roaming on public mobile networks: extracts from the LEX signature ceremony on regulation by Hans-Geert POETTERING, EP President and Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor

Title: Roaming on public mobile networks: extracts from the LEX signature ceremony on regulation by Hans-Geert POETTERING, EP President and Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor

Angela MERKEL, German Chancellor and Hans Gert POETTERING, EP President, entering the hemicycle 

Angela MERKEL, showing the GSM she stressed the importance of the Roaming regulation entering in to force and the fact that EU peoples will now have good conditions to phone when travailing abroad.

Signing ceremony : shots of the signature 

Paul RÜBIG, Rapporteur, I' m very glad, because was a difficult fight. At the begging everybody said it is not possible to have such a low, but we continue to fight for, and now, a year after we are ready.

Paul RÜBIG, This legislation will be in action as from 30 June, the telecom operator have to make an offer to their costumers, if you do nothing, as within three month it will be automatically 

cutaway close up with mobiles phones; Mr, RÜBIG entering the hem 