| The article 16 of the proposal aims to guarantee this neutrality for every Internet user in the EU. We agree with the necessity of tending to achieve the implementation of such a principle. Nonetheless, it is already the purpose of the Regulation 2015/2021. Network neutrality is inscribed in the preamble of the regulation and in the Paragraph 3 of its Article 3.
Pluralism and Competition are two fundamental principles of the European Union. The internal market could not function without these principles. The Article 17 of the proposal highlights the importance of pluralism, cultural diversity and competition. Regarding the need to ensure pluralism and cultural diversity, the legal framework of the EU is already furnished with enough norms and principles to protect these principles.
Concerning the right to “competition”: it is clear that the EU norms and the work of the DG Competition of our institution apply to digital service providers and to the activities occurring in the digital area, so that we consider that a further legislative procedure in order to establish this Charta is not necessary.
The necessity to protect vulnerable persons is not to prove anymore. The aim
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