The Andean Community (CAN), made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, approved the Decision that establishes the update of various guidelines for the protection of user rights in telecommunications, the integrating body reported.
The statement clarified that such determination It includes aspects such as personal data, security, transparency, rights and duties of consumers, as well as the obligations of operators or suppliers.. In addition, it includes those related to the confidentiality, privacy, integrity and inviolability of communications, access to an open Internet, network neutrality and international roaming services.
He also stated that Decision 897 It was adopted during the 155th Extraordinary Session of the CAN Commission on Thursday (14.07.2022), in which the Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and representative of the Pro Tempore Presidency of Ecuador, Daniel Legarda, the Vice Ministers of Foreign Trade of Bolivia, Benjamín Blanco, of Colombia, Andrés Cárdenas, of Peru, Ana Cecilia Gervasi and the Secretary General of the Andean Community, Jorge Hernando Pedraza, participated.
The head of the agency highlighted the rule that Updates Decision 638 of 2006, for which the fundamental support of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) was counted on, which provided cooperation in order to have the input and study that served as a basis for the analysis and work carried out by the Andean Committee of Telecommunications Authorities (CAATEL),
"This is a new milestone achieved by the CAN, as it benefits 112 million citizens of the four Member Countries and promotes the periodic updating of the Andean legal heritage, with a view to having an integrated and harmonized regional market in telecommunications," he added.
Reactivation of Andean tourism
During the CAN Commission, the following was also adopted: 898 Decision which seeks to boost the reactivation of the tourism sector, promoting the consolidation of multi-destinations towards priority markets, generating sources of employment, growth of tourist flows and contributing to the reduction of gaps with the communities.
The initiative called “Andean paths"Promoted by Ecuador as PPT and which will be presented to the Community Initiatives Fund (FIC), it will allow the Andean heritage and identity to be made visible together.
Other themes
The Andean countries also approved the budget 2022 of the General Secretariat of the CAN and the Budget 2022 and 2023 of the Court of Justice of the CAN.
In addition, the Secretariat made a presentation on possible actions by the Andean Community in the face of the current situation of fertilizer marketing in the region. The Director General, Diego Caicedo, who made the presentation, detailed the proposal to establish a Working Group within the framework of the Andean Agricultural Committee for the development of recommendations for joint actions, to propose viable mechanisms for the acquisition of fertilizers. fertilizers and develop regional regulations that establish the requirements and efficient and agile procedures for the registration of fertilizers.
Finally, the General Secretariat of the CAN presented the Andean Digital Agenda Declaration approved in April of this year by the four countries and Ecuador reported on the proposal to create a Working Group on Gender and Tradesystem. (CAN statement)
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