The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Italy and 19 other member countries, sending a letter of formal notice for the late receipt of the new community regulation on telecommunications. Countries "have not yet notified measures to fully implement the new EU rules into national law", as seven member states (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom) have done. The deadline for the transposition had been set by the European Parliament and the EU Council as 25 May.
The new package includes greater data protection, greater clarity on the offers and services purchased, as well as the possibility for the user to change operator within 24 hours without changing their number. The states now have two months to respond, before Brussels passes to the "reasoned opinion", with which it formally obliges them to apply the legislation in question.
