The EU regulation of electronic communications networks and services

Abstract

This book chapter, written for the Research Handbook on EU media law and policy, summarises the EU regulation of telecommunications networks and services. It explains the main parts of the new regulatory framework established the European Electronic Communications Code, which is applicable since December 2020: the scope of application, objectives and principles; the institutional framework; the rules on market entry (in particular the rules on spectrum); the obligations aimed to stimulate competition (in particular access obligation); the rules on universal service and must-carry; and the end-users rights (in particular net neutrality). For each part, the chapter also summarises the case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU.