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The Universal Service Directive or formally Directive 2002/22/EC of the
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services addresses so called
universal service obligation Universal service is an economic, legal and business term used mostly in regulated industries, referring to the practice of providing a baseline level of services to every resident of a country. An example of this concept is found in the US Telec ...
s and users' rights related to
telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
s in the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
. The directive mandates that emergency services be accessible by dialing
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on phones in EU member states.


See also

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UK enterprise law United Kingdom enterprise law concerns the ownership and regulation of organisations producing goods and services in the UK, European and international economy. Private enterprises are usually incorporated under the Companies Act 2006, regulated ...
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Telecommunications in the European Union Telecommunications in the European Union may refer to telecommunications in the 27 member states of the European Union: * Telecommunications in Austria *Telecommunications in Belgium * Telecommunications in Bulgaria *Telecommunications in Croatia ...
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Universal service Universal service is an economic, legal and business term used mostly in regulated industries, referring to the practice of providing a baseline level of services to every resident of a country. An example of this concept is found in the US Telec ...
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Broadband universal service Broadband universal service, also known as "universal service obligation" (USO) or "universal broadband service", refers to government efforts to ensure all citizens have access to the internet. Universal voice service obligations have been expanded ...


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Text of the directive in HTML with headers
European Union directives Telecommunications law 2002 in law 2002 in the European Union {{Telecom-stub