Communications Regulatory Authority

for conflict of interests), € 22,330,338.99 of AGCOM’s own resources
resulting from the Economy and Finance Minister’s decree of 22 July 2005 (published
in the Official Journal of the Italian Republic no. 174 of 28 July 2005), the contribution
as pursuant to article 6 of the regulations concerning the satellite broadcasting of
television programmes (resolution of 18 December 2002, published in the Official
Journal of the Italian Republic no. 9 of 13 January 2003) as well as interest receivable
accrued on the bank current account at AGCOM’s treasurer institution (San Paolo
Banco di Napoli).
4.5. DOCUMENTATION SERVICES
AGCOM’s activity concerning study and documentation is developed into two
main directions: the first focuses on the promotion and the execution of activities of
analysis, study and documentation on the regulatory, market and technological
scenarios related to electronic communication, also in order to carry out and circulate
scientific publications, the second is based on the typical management services of the
scientific library and on the provision of related services.
As far as the first aspect is concerned, AGCOM ensures the update of the
collection of rules and regulations relating to its institutional action taking into account
the different regulatory resources concerning international, EU and domestic laws. Such
activity requires the involvement of internal specialist resources as well as of
international, EU and domestic institutions with which ongoing and fruitful cooperation
has been established (cf. paragraphs 3.1. and 3.2.). In this regard, AGCOM’s internal
staff prepared papers aiming at the acquisition of information and documents
concerning electronic communication, market and technological developments. In
particular, fact-finding inquiries were conducted on technologies and architectures for
the provision of mobility TV services and on the systems currently in use for the
collection of data concerning television ratings.
Furthermore, through the development of the update activity from the legal,
technological, economic-financial, social and statistic viewpoint, AGCOM aims at
contributing to the setting up of a centre for specialized research – in line with the
European scenario – which can both satisfy experts and researchers of the sector and
strengthen the cooperation with documentation and study departments of government
and parliamentary institutions in addition to the various private and public research
centres and institutions. Therefore, in 2005 as well, valuable wealth of documents
relating to electronic communications was made available by AGCOM to experts and
researchers which are highly qualified and demanding users.
During the first quarter of 2006, a number of internal workshops for in-depth
study and refresher courses were held for Members of the Council, executives working
in the technical secretariats of Commissioners and Heads, with a view to focus attention
on some of the most topical and strategic aspects of AGCOM’s activity and scope. In
detail, the following workshops were carried out: “The review of the new regulatory
framework concerning electronic communications: the UK and the EU experience” and
“Complementarity and replaceability of advertising channels: empirical aspects and
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