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A. Basic telecommunications legislation

1. Regulations for access to the activity of public telecommunications network operator and public use telecommunications service provider
- Decree-Law no. 92/99, of 23 of March http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981627
- Ministerial Order no. 1230/99, of 25 of January http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=976156
- Statement of Rectification no. 7-D/98, of 31 of March http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981619
- Statement of Rectification no. 1-B/98, of 31 of January http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981608
- Decree-Law no. 381-A/97, of 30 of December http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981378

2. Regulations for interconnection between public telecommunications networks and general principles applying by the National Numbering Plan
- Decree-Law no. 415/98, of 31 of December http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981631
- General principles and guidelines of the National Numbering Plan
  - Order no. 5872/99, of 23 of March http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981659
- Introduction of operator portability
  - Order no. 12809/2000, of 23 of June http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981664

3. Universal telecommunications service
- Decree-Law no. 458/99, of 5 of November http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981855

4. Public telecommunications service concession
- Bases of the public telecommunications service concession
  - Judgements of the Administrative Supreme Court http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=991734
    (Processes 043343 and 043544)
  - Joint Ministerial Order no. 1014/2001, of 20 of November http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981921
  - Statement of Rectification no. 12/1995, of 28 of February http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=980484
  - Decree-Law no. 40/95, of 15 of February http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=980475
- Deductions from the annual fee to be paid to the State under the terms of Article 24 of the Concession Bases
  - Joint Order of 15.03.95, published on 28 of March http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=980513
- Price Agreement entered into by DGCC, ICP and Portugal Telecom, S.A
  - Agreement no. 101-A/97, of 31 of December http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981944

5. Telecommunications networks
- a) Public network
- b) Private networks

6. Telecommunications services

7. Conditional access
- 1 . Regulatory framework applicable to the provision of conditional access for television, radio and information society services, respective legal protection, and associated user equipment items
  - Decree-Law no. 287/2001, of 8 of November http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=983607

8. Personal data
- Transposing into the Portuguese legal system Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December - Regulates the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector
  - Law no. 69/98, of 28 of October http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=983632

9. Mobile networks and services
- UMTS working group (WG-UMTS)
  - Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 3/2001, of 8 of January http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=976115
    Revoked
- Extend up to 31 December 2002 the time limit given to UMTS operators qualified to operate systems of international mobile telecommunications (IMT 2000-UMTS)
  - Ministerial Order no. 111/MES/2001, of 24 of October http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=976127
    Revoked

10. Emergency communications
- National System for the Emergency Civil Planning
  - Decree-Law no. 128/2002, of 11 of May http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=974615
    Revoked by Decree-Law no. 73/2012, of 26 of March
  - Decree-Law no. 153/91, of 23 of April http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=974590
    Revoked by Decree-Law no. 73/2012, of 26 of March
- Sistema Integrado das Redes de Emergência e Segurança de Portugal (SIRESP) (Integrated System for Portugal's Security and Emergency Networks)
  - Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 26/2002, of 5 of February http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=974908
    Revoked by Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 56/2003, of 8 of April

11. Information society
- National coordination of Lisbon strategy
  - Resolution no. 38/2005, of 19 of July http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=980907

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