The cabinet has adopted changes to the electronic communications act in a bid to deal with the European Commission's concerns regarding the independence of the national telecommunications regulatory authority.
The changes are aimed at clarifying parts of the 2004 act that have landed Slovenia in trouble with the EU in the past because of their vagueness. Moreover, the changes also propose improvements that are to make the bill more effective, the office said following Thursday's session of the cabinet.
In addition, the proposed law will implement EU regulations on compulsory data retention for telephone calls, which the bloc confirmed earlier this year.
The European Commission issued last October a warning to Slovenia over its failure to ensure full independence of the national telecommunications regulatory authority.
The warning was prompted by a supposed conflict of interest regarding regulatory tasks in the telecommunications sector.
However, Slovenia answered that the problem rested in a confusing formulation in one of the articles of the electronic communications act which could be interpreted as meaning that some regulatory powers rested with the minister for the economy instead of the Agency for Post and Electronic Communications.
In response, Slovenia pledged to change the provision in order to clear up the confusion.
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