New proposal for roaming

21.9.2016

Rights & Rules

Commission: No time limit

The EU Commission changed its mind on limiting free roaming. As promised by the president of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, at his speech about the state of the Union, the respective proposal was withdrawn and reworked.

Today, a new draft was presented. According to it, the new modell should base on the place of residence or other strong ties of a consumer to a certain Member State. A time or volume limit is not foreseen. Those were the most criticised points of the proposal that was withdrawn by Juncker after just a few days (ECC Austria reported).

Roaming charges will be abolished in June 2017. The final proposal of the respective rules will be presented in December 2016.

Find more information here.

Links zum Thema

Kommission: Pressemeldung zu Roaming
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-3111_de.htm

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