What happened?
On July 16 2020, the Luxembourg Minister of Communications and
Medias presented draft Law No. 7632 on the European
Electronic Communications Code (the "Draft
Law") to the Chamber of Deputies. The Draft Law aims
at implementing into Luxembourg law the Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of 11
December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications
Code (the
"EECC Directive")
1.
What is it about?
The EECC Directive aims to harmonise the regulation of
electronic communications networks, electronic communications
services and associated facilities and services through the
European Union. It also outlines the tasks incumbent on the
national regulatory authorities (in Luxembourg,
the Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation). At
national level, the Draft Law implementing the EECC Directive
intends to repeal and replace the amended Law of 27 February 2011 on networks
and electronic communications services while keeping some of the
specific
