While BEREC welcomed that net neutrality remains a fundamental principle in the Digital Networks Act proposal, it criticised the absence of some recitals and expressed concern about the European Commission adopting implementing acts on specialised services.

Ireland will use its upcoming Council presidency to push forward negotiations on the Digital Networks Act (DNA), but deep divisions between member states on issues such as spectrum policy and copper switch-off could make progress challenging. Policymakers, regulators and industry representatives discussed the proposal during an event in Dublin, which highlighted broad support for the ambitions of the DNA, but continued disagreement over how the future EU telecoms framework should be designed.

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) recommends aligning supplier phase-out obligations for telecoms operators with network lifecycle planning, and introducing risk-based timelines tailored to specific network components.

The assembly of European telecoms regulators adopted 16 position papers on the DNA, with three more to come, during its plenary meeting of 2–3 June 2026.

The Commission criticised that BNetzA grants a markup to compensate Telekom Deutschland for a potential loss to competitors and urged the regulator to finalise the procedure to approve Telekom’s reference offer.

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