Law no. 51/2011 was published on 13 September and came into
force immediately on the following day. This law alters the legal
rules on electronic communication networks and services for the
sixth time. It also changes the definition of the powers of the
regulatory authority in this area (Law no. 5/2004 of 10 February,
or the "Electronic Communications
Law/ECL")1.
In parallel with a significant number of small changes (in
particular, changes in terminology made in the interests of
uniformity, updating of the applicable legal framework and
correction of legal cross-references called for because of the
renumbering of the legislation in question), the new law makes
substantial changes to the legislation applicable to electronic
communications. It is true that the revision of the legislation was
done first of all to respond to the pressing need to transpose the
European Directives adopted at the end of 2009 for the protection
of consumers of electronic communication
