1. COMPANY LAW 1

• CHILE Second capital market reform 1

2. COMPETITION 2

• GERMANY Federal Supreme Court permits deep linking 2

3. CONSUMER PROTECTION 2

• GERMANY Europe-wide privacy protection 2

4. DATA PROTECTION 2

• ARGENTINA National registry of data bases 2
• GERMANY Scope of EU Data Protection Directive 3

5. INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICY 3

• BRAZIL Consolidated rules on Internet Management Committee 3
• EU The liberalisation of the European gambling market 3

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3

• FINLAND Off-the-shelf software found to be sold, not licensed 3

7. MARKET ACCESS 4

• ITALY Fair access to broadband networks 4
• TURKEY Improved interconnection regime 4
• TURKEY Telecoms liberalisation 4

8. NUMBERING 5

• AUSTRIA Mobile number portability 5

9. PRIVACY 5

• BRAZIL New Anti-Spam Bill 5
• FINLAND Bill on privacy in electronic communications 5
• GERMANY Seizure of e-mail on Internet provider server 6

10. TAX 6

• INDIA Payment for importing software held not a royalty 6

11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 7

• BRAZIL New telecom services rules 7
• MEXICO COFETEL's role 7
• MEXICO Unpredictable future for the proportional return system 7
• MEXICO WI-FI services lack enabling regulation 7
• PORTUGAL Communications Code on the way 8
• SOUTH AFRICA Independent Communications Authority findings 8
• UK OFCOM consultation on co-regulatory bodies 8

12. UNIVERSAL SERVICE 9

• BRAZIL New public service 9

Commentaries 9

• BRAZIL Administrative Sanctions in the Telecom Industry 9
• EUROPEAN UNION Gaps in the new EC regime for the communications sector 10

EDITOR / EDITORIAL BOARD 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS BY COUNTRY 13