A Brief Overview Of The EU Electronic Communications Code

On 17th December 2018, Directive 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (the 'EECC') was published and it entered into force on December 20^th 2018. This Directive relates mainly to the protection of end-users in the field of telecommunications law and was designed to improve upon the current protection provided to end-users under the present telecommunications framework. 

Directive 2018/1972 provides for a number of changes to the field of telecommunications law. Some of these changes include, inter alia, that EU Member States are to establish an independent method of comparing similar telecommunications services which are provided by different providers, and the setting up of subscriber contracts of a limited duration, namely of up to 24 months or shorter. Such shorter periods are to be determined at the discretion of the Member States.