Commission Report 2002 (Romania)

Chapter 19: Telecommunications and information technology

The adoption of legislation providing the regulatory framework is a major step towards transposition of the acquis on telecommunications, as foreseen in the Action Plan, and should allow Romania to meet its target date for full alignment with the acquis by the end of 2003. As regards postal services, legislation approved in January 2002 creates the general framework for postal service regulation and universal service provision. At the end of May 2002 the Government approved an Emergency Ordinance on the general framework for communications regulation. The legislation creates a national regulatory authority - the National Agency for Communications Regulation (ANRC). Romania is also implementing a programme designed to create the required administrative structures and capacity in order to ensure that the ANRC will be operational before the end of 2002, as foreseen in the Action Plan. The Accession Partnership priorities in the area of telecommunications and information technology have been met to large extent. Implementation of the measures under the Action Plan is largely on track.