[P2P-F] Fwd: [opennetcoalition] La Quadrature du Net answers to BEREC EU consulation on Net Neutrality

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: La Quadrature du Net <contact at laquadrature.net>
Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:37 AM
Subject: [opennetcoalition] La Quadrature du Net answers to BEREC EU
consulation on Net Neutrality
To: opennetcoalition at laquadrature.net



Press Release

*Tags :* NET NEUTRALITY, BEREC, ZERO RATING, SAVE THE INTERNET

La Quadrature du Net — For immediate release

Permanent link:
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/answer-berec-net-neutrality-consultation
La Quadrature du Net answers to BEREC EU consulation on Net Neutrality

Paris, 18 July 2016 — *Today ends the BEREC consultation on Net Neutrality.
This consultation aimed at consulting the people on the guidelines
clarifying the implementation of the telecom regulation1
<https://www.laquadrature.net/en/answer-berec-net-neutrality-consultation#footnote1_fc9wupz>.
The version sent by La Quadrature du Net is the one written by the FDN
Federation
<https://www.ffdn.org/en/etude/2016-07-18/fdn-federation-contributes-berec-consultation-net-neutrality>,
we believe this answer is appropriate and we support its provisions.*

La Quadrature du Net would like to stress the following issues raised by
the FFDN answer:

   - in section 5, on zero-rating, the approach proposed, based on a clear
   reading of the Regulation and Directives, is the one which should prevail
   to protect the end-used free-speech and open society on an open network.
   - in section 7, the questions about how end-users or civil society
   organisations can protect their rights, about the procedures leading to
   litigation, are important; LQDN is a civil society organisation which aims
   to protect citizens rights and liberties in the digital environment, and
   the absence of those subjects in the present guidelines is worrying.
   - in section 8, the provisions proposed by BEREC to get end-user
   empowerment are too weak, and we do support the remarks from FFDN requiring
   stronger tools on this point.

Also, La Quadrature du Net would like to stress its dissatisfaction on the
fact that the consultation was only available for English-speaking citizens
which severely shrunk the pool of possible participants and hindering the
democratic nature of the consultation. Only very few European citizens
could participate to this consultation although all of them will be
affected by its results. This lead to the creation of a multilingual
citizen-lead consultation <https://savetheinternet.eu/> with the Save The
Internet coalition. This consultation gathered nearly half a million
comments that will be sent to the BEREC expressing the important interest
of EU citizens for this subject.

As stated in one of our press release
<https://www.laquadrature.net/en/NetNeutrality-BEREC>, the wording of the
guidelines and the very obscure procedure sum to the global lack of
transparency of this consultation. As La Quadrature du Net was present from
the very beginning of the legislative procedure, we regret the lack of
transparency of this stage of the procedure.

   - 1.
   <https://www.laquadrature.net/en/answer-berec-net-neutrality-consultation#footnoteref1_fc9wupz>
   The regulation was adopted on 25 November 2015 and entered into force in
   April 2016

About La Quadrature du Net

La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends the rights and
freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for
the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding
principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge.

>In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better
understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and
pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage
citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the
digital age.

La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international
NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society
Institute and Privacy International.

List of supporting organisations:
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net
Press contact and press room

contact at laquadrature.net – +33 (0)972 294 426

https://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room
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