The Gambia has 1.7 million inhabitants and 4 mobile operators. It was common that people use prepaid cards purchased on the street, without revealing their identity. In January 2012, the telecommunications regulatory authority, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) enacted the obligation to identify the holder of a mobile phone; this declaration must be made before June 15, 2015. It is not possible since January to buy prepaid SIM cards and from June, if the identification is not made, the line will be suspended. Associations are protesting, seeing in this device a mechanism for monitoring of the population.
The press and television Murdoch group is sued for getting information in an illicit manner, by violating the privacy of personalities, having established connections within the police in order to be informed, etc. Concerning, the television media, activity can be practised because of the prior allocation of a broadcasting license by the regulator. However, the British regulator Ofcom, said April 24, 2012 that he was studying the question of whether the operator could maintain its license in view of the findings made during the parliamentary investigation establishing phone tapping fixed by it.
On June 2nd 2010, the European Union (EU) Commission shared its 2010-2011 time-table and action plan for financial markets. It proposed to improve supervision of Credit Rating Agencies, it launched debate on corporate governance in financial institutions and it published a communication on Financial Services 2010-2011 ("Regulating financial Services for sustainable growth"). Indeed, any of these three aspects answer to the EU’s G20 commitment to create a safer regulatory framework for financial markets –itself participating to economic recovery- and implement such system as to prevent future crisis to go off. As Commission President José Manuel Barroso said on that day: "Today the Commission is launching the final push to complete the EU's financial services reform. This is part of our wider agenda to stabilize, consolidate and restore sustainable growth to the European economy".
FRANCAIS
Article: Lancement de "la dernière impulsion pour compléter la réforme des services financiers": La Commission suit-elle le bon chemin?
Le 2 Juin 2010, la Commission Européenne (CE) a rendu public son agenda 2010-2011 ainsi que son plan d'action pour les marchés financiers. A cette occasion, elle a proposé d'améliorer la surveillance des agences de notation, a lancé un débat sur le gouvernement d'entreprise dans les établissements financiers, et a publié une communication sur les services financiers 2010-2011, intitulée "La réglementation des services financiers au service d'une croissance durable". Ces trois aspects en effet répondent aux engagements du G20 de créer un cadre régulatoire plus sûr pour les marchés financiers, pour permettre la reprise économique, et, dans l'éventualité d'une crise future, pour éviter que cette dernière ne dérape. Comme l'a précisé le Président de la Commission Européenne José Manuel Barroso ce jour-là: "aujourd'hui la Commission lance la dernière impulsion pour compléter la réforme des services financiers en Europe. Ceci fait partie d'un agenda plus global pour stabiliser, consolider et restaurer une croissance durable pour l'économie européenne."
GERMAN
Artikel: Lancierung "des letzten Schrittes zur Vervollständigung der EU-Finanzdienstleistungensreform": ist die Kommission auf dem richtigen Weg?
Am 2. Juni 2010 hat die Europäische Kommission ihre Agenda 2010-2011 veröffentlicht, sowie ihre Vorschläge zu den Änderungen der EU-Vorschriften zu Ratingagenturen vorgelegt und eine öffentliche Konsultation zur Reform der Corporate Governance in Finanzinstituten eingeleitet. Die Kommission hat auch eine allgemeinere Mitteilung 2010-2011 über den Finanzdienstleistungssektor verabschiedet („Regulierung der Finanzdienstleistungen für nachhaltiges Wachstum“). So was entspricht der Verpflichtung der Kommission beim G20-Gipfel, ein sicherer und stabiler Finanzsystem sicherzustellen. Kommissionspräsident José Manuel Barroso erklärte aus diesem Anlass: "Die Kommission lanciert heute den letzten Schritt zur Vervollständigung der EU-Finanzdienstleistungensreform. Dies ist Teil eines breitangelegten Programms zur Wiederherstellung von nachhaltigem Wachstum, sowie der Stabilisierung und Konsolidierung der europäischen Wirtschaft“
ITALIAN
Articolo: Verso la “spinta finale per completare la riforma dell’Unione europea dei servizi finanziari”: la Commissione è sulla strada giusta?
Il 2 giugno 2010, la Commissione del’Unione Europea (UE) ha svelato il suo calendario ed il suo piano d’azione per il 2010-2011 in materia di mercati finanziari. La Commissione ha proposto di migliorare la supervisione delle Agenzie per la valutazione dei crediti, ha aperto il dibattito sulla corporate governance nelle istituzioni finanziarie ed ha pubblicato un comunicato sui servizi finanziari 2010-2011 (“Regolamentare i servizi finanziari per uno sviluppo sostenibile”). Tuttavia, nessuno di questi tre aspetti corrisponde all’impegno, preso dall’UE durante il G20, di creare un quadro di riferimento più sicuro per i mercati finanziari – partecipando alla ripresa economica – e di attuare un sistema tale da evitare una crisi futura. Lo stesso giorno, il Presidente della Commissione José Manuel Barroso ha affermato: “Oggi la Commissione sta dando la spinta finale per completare la riforma dei servizi finanziari. Questo fa parte della nostra ampia agenda, al fine di stabilizzare, consolidare e riavviare una crescita sostenibile dell’economia europea”.
CHINESE
欧盟委员会“推动完成欧盟金融服务业改革”是在正确的道路上提出的吗?
The European Union (EU) Commission（欧盟委员会）于2010年6月2日公布了其关于金融市场2010-2011年的时间表和行动计划。欧委会建议完善针对Credit Rating Agencies（信用评级机构）的监管，它发起了有关金融机构公司治理的讨论并且公布了金融服务行业2010-2011年度通讯("Regulating financial Services for sustainable growth")。事实上，这三方面中的任何一项都是欧盟针对二十国集团为金融市场建立一个安全可靠的监管体系所作承诺的回复-自身参与经济重建以及建立应对经济再度衰落的预防体系。正如委员会主席José Manuel Barroso（若泽·曼努埃尔·巴罗佐）在同一天所讲：执委会今天正在推动完成欧盟金融服务业改革，这是我们关于欧洲经济稳定、巩固以及恢复其可持续增长更广泛议程的一部分。
SPANISH
El lanzamiento del “empuje final para completar la reforma de servicios de la Unión Europea”: ¿ira por buen camino la Comisión?
El 2 de junio del 2010 la Comisión de la Unión Europea compartió con el público su calendario y plan de acción para los mercados financieros en el periodo 2010-2011. Ha propuesto mejorar la supervisión de las agencias de notación, ha lanzado un debate sobre la gerencia corporativa en las instituciones financieras y ha publicado una comunicación sobre los servicios financieros del 2010-2011 (“La reglamentación de los servicios financieros al servicio de un crecimiento durable”). Cada uno de estos tres aspectos responde al compromiso de la UE G20 de crear un marco regulatorio más seguro para los mercados financieros – contribuyendo en sí mismo al relance de la economía – y de implementar un tal sistema para prevenir crisis similares en el futuro. En las palabras del Presidente de la Comisión José Manuel Barroso: “Hoy la Comisión lanza el empuje final para completar la reforma de los servicios financieros de la UE. Esto forma parte de nuestra agenda para estabilizar, consolidar y restaurar el crecimiento durable de la economía europea.”
The French regulator of telecommunications (The French regulatory authority of telecommunications and Posts - ARCEP) has developed a draft report to the Parliament and the French Government on the issue of Internet neutrality. By providing it to everyone on its site on May 16, 2012, the regulator opens a public consultation, which will be closed on June 22, 2012. The regulator said that the Internet is a "collective good of general interest" and that the increase in its use requires very significant investments. It is in this context that the question of the neutrality of the Internet must be discussed.
The Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (ARCEP - French regulator of Telecommunications and Posts) granted a licence for a new entrant, Free, what was widely challenged. This allocation was made in exchange f a number of commitments of recipient, especially towards the virtual mobile networks operators (MVNO). Indeed, FREE must allow them to use its facilities and its authorisation, the satisfaction of the commitment which has the effect of fostering competition in the mobile phone market. However, some virtual mobile networks operators (MVNO) complained that Free would not respect its commitments in that the offer of host that FREE have made in exchange, of a higher price of retail price, which is contrary to the principle of opening up competition. The regulator opens proceedings against FREE.
Complete reference : Randall LUTTER, How Well Do Federal Regulations Actually Work? The Role of Retrospective Review, Mercatus Center, Working Paper - April 2012, 26 p.
The paper suggests that the neo-realistic theory of Regulation encompasses both regulatory legal rules as well as an authoritarian supervisory monitoring of their application by market participants. Further, supervision should not merely encompass microeconomic supervision but rather integrate that financial market’s interconnectedness (finance, banking and insurance) entails a reform of its current architecture, in order to preserve from market failures the system as a whole. Regulation is transversal and should not be understood as sector-specific but rather as a governance mechanism for whole systems.
FRENCH
Quand régulation rime avec supervision: l'exemple de la nouvelle architecture de supervision européenne
L'article suggère que la théorie néo-réaliste de la régulation inclut à la fois les règles légales régulatoires ainsi que la supervision autoritaire de leur application par les acteurs du marché. De plus, la supervision ne doit pas comprendre uniquement la supervision microéconomique, mais doit plutôt intégrer que l'interconnectivité propre aux marchés financiers (finance, banque et assurance) suppose une réforme de son architecture actuelle afin de prémunir le système dans son ensemble des défaillances de marché. La régulation est transversale et ne devrait pas être comprise comme spécifique à un secteur, mais comme un mécanisme de gouvernance pour le système dans son ensemble.
GERMAN
Wenn Regulierung mit Überwachung reimt: das Beispiel der neuen europäischen Überwachungsarchitecktur.
Dieser Artikel deutet an, dass die neo-realistische Theorie der Regulierung beide die juristischen Regeln der Regulierung sowie die autoritärische Überwachung ihrer Anwendung integriert. Ausserdem soll unter dem Begriff Überwachung nicht nur die mikroökonomische Überwachung verstanden werden, aber auch die Verbindungen zwischen Finanzmärkte (Finanz, Bank, Versicherung), was eigentlich die Reform der heutigen Architektur bedeuten soll, um dem System von Märtkeversagen zu schützen. Die Regulierung ist transversal, und soll nicht nur mit Hinweis auf dem Sektor verstanden werden, sondern als ein Mechanismus für die Führung des Systems im breiten Sinne.
SPANISH
Cuando la Regulación rima con la supervisión: el ejemplo de la arquitectura de la nueva estructura de supervisión.
Este informe sugiera que la teoría neo-realística de la Regulación abarca tanto las reglas legales regulatorias como la supervisión autoritaria monitoreada de su aplicación por los participantes en el marcado. Además, la supervisión no debería solamente abarcar la supervisión microeconómica, sino que también debería integrar la naturaleza interconectada del mercado (financiera, bancaria y de seguros) lo cual requeriría de reformas de su arquitectura actual para poder preservarse de los fallos de mercado del sistema en general. La regulación es transversal y no debería conocerse como sector-específico sino como un mecanismo de gobierno para sistemas enteros.
ITALIAN
Articolo: Quando regolazione fa rima con supervisione: l’esempio della nuova organizzazione europea di supervisione.
L’articolo suggerisce che la teoria neorealista della regolazione racchiude sia norme legali di regolazione che una supervisione della loro applicazione da parte degli operatori del mercato. Inoltre, la supervisione non dovrebbe semplicemente includere una supervisione microeconomica quanto piuttosto introdurre un’interconnessione (finanza, banca e assicurazioni) del mercato finanziario, cosa che implica una riforma dell’organizzazione attuale, al fine di proteggere il sistema nel suo complesso da un mancato funzionamento del mercato. La regolazione é trasversale e non dovrebbe essere intesa come un meccanismo di settore ma piuttosto come un meccanismo globale di governance.
The Government of Haiti will refer to Parliament so that a regulation Act of the insurance industry could be adopted. So far, it was quite undeveloped. Such a law is expected to facilitate its development without risk. These prospects have been raised in a symposium held in Haiti on May 11, 2012.
