Law number 51/2011 has been published in the 1st Series of the Official Gazette, introducing the 6th amendment to Law number 5/2004, of 10 February, which establishes the legal regime applicable to electronic communications networks and services and to associated facilities and services, and defines the assignments of the national regulatory authority - ANACOM - in this field.
This amendment to the ECL transposes to the national legal order the regime laid down in the following Community Directives:
- Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 25 November 2009, amending Directive 2002/22/EC, on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive);
- Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 25 November 2009, amending Directives 2002/21/EC, on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive), Directive 2002/19/EC on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access and Interconnection Directive), and Directive 2002/20/EC on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive).
Law number 51/2011, of 13 September, also amends Decree-Law number 177/99, of 21 May, which regulates access to and provision of audiotext services and value-added message-based services.
Consult:
- Electronic Communications Law https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=333114
