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European Electronic Communications Code

Directive (EU) 2018/1972 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code
32018L1972 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

Chapter I Subject matter, aim and definitions

• Article 1 — Subject matter, scope and aims
• Article 2 — Definitions

Chapter II Objectives

• Article 3 — General objectives
• Article 4 — Strategic planning and coordination of radio spectrum policy

Chapter I National regulatory and other competent authorities

• Article 5 — National regulatory and other competent authorities
• Article 6 — Independence of national regulatory and other competent authorities
• Article 7 — Appointment and dismissal of members of national regulatory authorities
• Article 8 — Political independence and accountability of the national regulatory authorities
• Article 9 — Regulatory capacity of national regulatory authorities
• Article 10 — Participation of national regulatory authorities in BEREC
• Article 11 — Cooperation with national authorities

Chapter II General authorisation

Section 1 General part

• Article 12 — General authorisation of electronic communications networks and services
• Article 13 — Conditions attached to the general authorisation and to the rights of use for radio spectrum and for numbering resources, and specific obligations
• Article 14 — Declarations to facilitate the exercise of rights to install facilities and rights of interconnection

Section 2 General authorisation rights and obligations

• Article 15 — Minimum list of rights derived from the general authorisation
• Article 16 — Administrative charges
• Article 17 — Accounting separation and financial reports

Section 3 Amendment and withdrawal

• Article 18 — Amendment of rights and obligations
• Article 19 — Restriction or withdrawal of rights

Chapter III Provision of information, surveys and consultation mechanism

• Article 20 — Information request to undertakings
• Article 21 — Information required with regard to the general authorisation, rights of use and specific obligations
• Article 22 — Geographical surveys of network deployments
• Article 23 — Consultation and transparency mechanism
• Article 24 — Consultation of interested parties
• Article 25 — Out-of-court dispute resolution
• Article 26 — Dispute resolution between undertakings
• Article 27 — Resolution of cross-border disputes
• Article 28 — Radio Spectrum Coordination among Member States
• Article 29 — Penalties
• Article 30 — Compliance with the conditions of the general authorisation or of rights of use for radio spectrum and for numbering resources and compliance with specific obligations
• Article 31 — Right of appeal

Chapter I

• Article 32 — Consolidating the internal market for electronic communications
• Article 33 — Procedure for the consistent application of remedies
• Article 34 — Implementing provisions

Chapter II Consistent radio spectrum assignment

• Article 35 — Peer review process
• Article 36 — Harmonised assignment of radio spectrum
• Article 37 — Joint authorisation process to grant individual rights of use for radio spectrum

Chapter III Harmonisation procedures

• Article 38 — Harmonisation procedures
• Article 39 — Standardisation
• Article 40 — Security of networks and services
• Article 41 — Implementation and enforcement

Chapter I Fees

• Article 42 — Fees for rights of use for radio spectrum and rights to install facilities

Chapter II Access to land

• Article 43 — Rights of way
• Article 44 — Co-location and sharing of network elements and associated facilities for providers of electronic communications networks

Chapter III Access to radio spectrum

Section 1 Authorisations

• Article 45 — Management of radio spectrum
• Article 46 — Authorisation of the use of radio spectrum
• Article 47 — Conditions attached to individual rights of use for radio spectrum

Section 2 Rights of use

• Article 48 — Granting of individual rights of use for radio spectrum
• Article 49 — Duration of rights
• Article 50 — Renewal of individual rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum
• Article 51 — Transfer or lease of individual rights of use for radio spectrum
• Article 52 — Competition

Section 3 Procedures

• Article 53 — Coordinated timing of assignments
• Article 54 — Coordinated timing of assignments for specific 5G bands
• Article 55 — Procedure for limiting the number of rights of use to be granted for radio spectrum

Chapter IV Deployment and use of wireless network equipment

• Article 56 — Access to radio local area networks
• Article 57 — Deployment and operation of small-area wireless access points
• Article 58 — Technical regulations on electromagnetic fields

Chapter I General provisions, access principles

• Article 59 — General framework for access and interconnection
• Article 60 — Rights and obligations of undertakings

Chapter II Access and interconnection

• Article 61 — Powers and responsibilities of the national regulatory and other competent authorities with regard to access and interconnection
• Article 62 — Conditional access systems and other facilities

Chapter III Market analysis and significant market power

• Article 63 — Undertakings with significant market power
• Article 64 — Procedure for the identification and definition of markets
• Article 65 — Procedure for the identification of transnational markets
• Article 66 — Procedure for the identification of transnational demand
• Article 67 — Market analysis procedure

Chapter IV Access remedies imposed on undertakings with significant market power

• Article 68 — Imposition, amendment or withdrawal of obligations
• Article 69 — Obligation of transparency
• Article 70 — Obligations of non-discrimination
• Article 71 — Obligation of accounting separation
• Article 72 — Access to civil engineering
• Article 73 — Obligations of access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities
• Article 74 — Price control and cost accounting obligations
• Article 75 — Termination rates
• Article 76 — Regulatory treatment of new very high capacity network elements
• Article 77 — Functional separation
• Article 78 — Voluntary separation by a vertically integrated undertaking
• Article 79 — Commitments procedure
• Article 80 — Wholesale-only undertakings
• Article 81 — Migration from legacy infrastructure
• Article 82 — BEREC guidelines on very high capacity networks

Chapter V Regulatory control of retail services

• Article 83 — Regulatory control of retail services
• Article 84 — Affordable universal service
• Article 85 — Provision of affordable universal service
• Article 86 — Availability of universal service
• Article 87 — Status of the existing universal service
• Article 88 — Control of expenditure
• Article 89 — Cost of universal service obligations
• Article 90 — Financing of universal service obligations
• Article 91 — Transparency
• Article 92 — Additional mandatory services
• Article 93 — Numbering resources
• Article 94 — Procedure for granting of rights of use for numbering resources
• Article 95 — Fees for rights of use for numbering resources
• Article 96 — Missing children and child helpline hotlines
• Article 97 — Access to numbers and services
• Article 98 — Exemption of certain microenterprises
• Article 99 — Non-discrimination
• Article 100 — Fundamental rights safeguard
• Article 101 — Level of harmonisation
• Article 102 — Information requirements for contracts
• Article 103 — Transparency, comparison of offers and publication of information
• Article 104 — Quality of service related to internet access services and publicly available interpersonal communications services
• Article 105 — Contract duration and termination
• Article 106 — Provider switching and number portability
• Article 107 — Bundled offers
• Article 108 — Availability of services
• Article 109 — Emergency communications and the single European emergency number
• Article 110 — Public warning system
• Article 111 — Equivalent access and choice for end-users with disabilities
• Article 112 — Directory enquiry services
• Article 113 — Interoperability of car radio and consumer radio receivers and consumer digital television equipment
• Article 114 — ‘Must carry’ obligations
• Article 115 — Provision of additional facilities
• Article 116 — Adaptation of annexes
• Article 117 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 118 — Committee
• Article 119 — Exchange of information
• Article 120 — Publication of information
• Article 121 — Notification and monitoring
• Article 122 — Review procedures
• Article 123 — Specific review procedure on end-user rights
• Article 124 — Transposition
• Article 125 — Repeal
• Article 126 — Entry into force
• Article 127 — Addressees