Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)

AdoptedProvisional agreementReference A9-0275/2023Committee ITREDigital

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The Left37

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S&D140

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Greens/EFA72

670

The European Parliament adopted by 594 votes to 7, with 15 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act).The European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure amends the proposal as follows:The proposed Regulation aims to facilitate and stimulate the roll-out of very high-capacity networks by promoting the joint use of existing physical infrastructure and by enabling a more efficient deployment of new physical infrastructure so that such networks can be rolled out faster and…