Under the terms of and for the purposes set out in paragraph 1 of article 98 of the Código do Procedimento Administrativo (Administrative Proceeding Code), it is announced as follows:
By determination of 23 December 2015, the Board of Directors of Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) has decided to commence the procedure to prepare a Regulation to govern operation of the radio data system (RDS) under the terms of and for the purposes of article 12 of Decree-Law no. 272/98 of 2 September (as amended by Decree-Law no. 248/2015 of 28 October).
The objective of this procedure is to define the technical specification of the RDS system, RDS system applications and respective conditions, to define procedures to be followed in obtaining authorisation to operate the RDS system and to set out the items to be included in the corresponding authorisation title, bringing the title into line with the legislative changes resulting from the publication of Decree-Law no. 248/2015 of 28 October.
Interested parties may submit written contributions and suggestions which they consider should be taken into account under the current regulatory procedure. These should be sent to ANACOM within 10 working days from the date of this publication to sugestoes-rds@anacom.ptmailto:sugestoes-rds@anacom.pt.
At a later stage, interested parties will have opportunity to comment on the draft Regulation, which will be submitted to public consultation in accordance with the provisions of article 10 of the Statutes of ANACOM (as approved by Decree-Law no. 39/2015 of 16 March) and with the provisions of article 101 of Código do Procedimento Administrativo (Administrative Proceeding Code).
The draft Regulation will be published on ANACOM's institutional website and in the 2nd Series of Diário da República (Official Journal), without notification made to interested parties under point c) of paragraph 3 of article 100 and paragraph 1 of article 101 of the Código do Procedimento Administrativo (Administrative Proceeding Code);
ANACOM will examine the contributions and suggestions advanced by interested parties, and upon approval of the Regulation in question, will produce a report making reference to all responses received and providing an overall assessment that reflects ANACOM's position thereon and the reasoning for the options taken.
Lisbon, 23 December 2015.
Consult:
- Regulation governing operation of the radio data transmission system (RDS) - public consultation https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1380370
- Draft regulation to govern operation of the radio data system (RDS) https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1380368
