Clifford Chance
Key aspects of the Draft Bill on General Telecommunications in Spain
13 October 2020
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has commenced the public information and consultation stage with respect to the draft bill on general telecommunications in Spain (the "Draft Bill"), which ends on 13 October.
The main purpose of the Draft Bill is to transpose into Spanish legislation Directive 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code ("EECC"), while taking advantage of this opportunity to include in this new legal text various pre-existing rules of different ranks on electronic communications, such as Royal Decree 188/2016, of 6 May, on the marketing of radio equipment and Royal Decree 330/2016, of 9 September, on measures to reduce the deployment costs of high-speed electronic communication networks.
The transposition of the EECC must be completed by 21 December 2020.
