Article 3 of the European Electronic Communications Code complements the regulatory policy objectives to be pursued by the national regulatory authorities with a new objective of widespread access to and take-up of very high capacity connectivity across the EU.

Achieving very high-capacity connectivity in Europe became a key goal alongside the existing ones of promotion of competition, of the internal market and of end-user interests.

However, the regulatory approaches to promoting high-speed broadband connectivity historically have varied greatly across Member States in the context of different policy priorities, market structures and technological choices.