Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 13 April 2000 on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Fifth Report on the Implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package (COM(1999) 537 Final), and the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions--Towards a New Framework for Electronic Communications Infrastructure and Associated Services, the 1999 Communications Review (COM(1999) 539 Final).