8 CAP. 399.] ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) the Authority is entitled to enforce, including such resources to enable the Authority to actively participate in and contribute to BEREC and to any functions related to international cooperation. (3) In fulfilling its functions and duties under this Act and under any other laws relating to electronic communications which the Authority is entitled to enforce, the Authority shall actively support the goals of BEREC of promoting greater regulatory coordination and consistency in the application of the Electronic Communications Code, and shall also take the utmost account of the guidelines, opinions, recommendations, common positions, best practices and methodologies adopted by BEREC when the Authority is adopting decisions for national markets. (4) In the exercise of its functions and duties under this Act and under any other laws relating to electronic communications which the Authority is entitled to enforce, the Authority shall take utmost account of the relevant European Commission recommendations. With reference to recommendations issued in accordance with Article 38 of the Electronic Communications Code, the Authority shall, if it chooses not to follow a recommendation, inform the European Commission, giving the reasons for its position. Objectives of the Authority. Substituted by: XVIII. 2000.31; VII. 2004.15. Amended by: IX. 2011.3, 5; VIII. 2014.41. Substituted by: LII. 2021.14. 4. (1) In the carrying out of its tasks at law, the Authority shall, to the extent that it is empowered at law, pursue and take the utmost account of each of the following policy objectives: (a) promote connectivity and access to, and take-up of, very high capacity networks, including fixed, mobile and wireless networks, by all citizens and businesses of the European Union; (b) promote competition in the provision of electronic communications networks and associated facilities, including efficient infrastructure-based competition, and in the provision of electronic communications services and associated services; (c) contribute to the development of the internal market by removing remaining obstacles to, and facilitating convergent conditions for, investment in, and the provision of, electronic communications networks, electronic communications services, associated facilities and associated services, throughout the European Union, by developing common rules and predictable regulatory approaches, by favouring the effective, efficient and coordinated use of radio spectrum, open innovation, the establishment and development of trans-European networks, the provision, availability and interoperability of panEuropean services, and end-to-end connectivity; (d) promote the interests of the citizens of the European Union, by ensuring connectivity and the widespread availability and take-up of very high capacity networks, including fixed, mobile and wireless networks, and of electronic communications services, by enabling maximum benefits in terms of choice,