Network neutrality in the European Union: A communications policy process analysis

Figures & data

Table

Document type category	EU-level	national level
Documents official sources Laws, Directives, Regulations (e.g. Universal Service Directive 2002/22/EC)	12	7
Court cases	3	2
EU institution documents (Council, EP, EC)	22	–
National institutions documents	–	15
Regulatory reports and guidelines	19	8
Stakeholder papers, manifesto	6	3

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Category	Interview partner	Main regional context	Code for Quotation
Governments Ministries Politicians	Austrian Ministry for Telecom Affairs	Austria	GOV1
	European Commission DG Connect 2 interviews	EU	GOV2 GOV3
	European Parliament 1x ITRE committee 1x CULT committee	EU	GOV4 GOV5
Regulatory Authorities	RTR – Austrian national regulatory body	Austria	REG1
	BEREC – Body of European Regulator for Electronic Communications 1x Expert working group – Network Neutrality 1x BEREC chair 2018	EU	REG2 REG3
	AKOS – Slovenian national regulatory body	Slovenia	REG4
	ACM – Dutch national regulatory body	Netherlands	REG5
Industry	ETNO – telecom providers’ association	EU	IND1
	EuroISPA/ISPA – Internet service providers’ association	EU/Austria	IND2
Civil Society	Epicenter.works – national civil society organisation	Austria	CIV1
	EDRi – European Digital Rights	EU	CIV2

Figure 1. Milestones network neutrality EU. Own illustration.

Figure 2. Development of the Telecom Single Market (TSM) Directive. Procedure 2013/0309/COD. Own illustration, based on EUR-Lex. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/1041202.