Romania Faces Infringement Procedures On Late Implementation Of New EU Telecom Rules

The Commission has sent information requests to the 20 EU states which have not yet notified measures to fully implement new EU telecom rules into national law, reads the press release.

The deadline to transpose the new rules into national legislation was May 25, 2011.

The states facing infringement procedures are Romania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Commission did not mention what amendments these states must adopt to avoid further legal actions.

The new telecom norms give companies and consumers new rights regarding phones, mobile services and Internet access. These include the right for customers to switch telecom operators in just one day without changing their phone number, the right to more clarity about the services customers are offered and better protection of personal data online, said the EC.

According to the EC, only seven EU member states, namely Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the UK, have informed the Commission that they have fully implemented the new rules.

The 20 EU states have two months to reply to the letters sent by the EC. If they fail to answer or the Commission is not pleased with the information received, the EC may send the respective states a formal request to implement the legislation and ultimately refer them to the EU Court of Justice.

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