2009/140/EC;
- Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on
universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and
services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51), as last amended by
Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009
amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic
communications networks and services, Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the
protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, and Regulation (EC) No
2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of
construction protection laws (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 11) (hereinafter: Directive
2009/136/EC);
- Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002
concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic
communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201,
31.7.2002, p. 37), as last amended by Directive 2009/136/EC;
- Commission Directive 2002/77/EC of 16 September 2002 on competition in the markets for
electronic communications networks and services (OJ L 249, 17.9.2002, p. 21);
- Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on
the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly
available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and
amending Directive 2002/58/EC (OJ L 106, 13.4.2006, p. 54).
Article 3
(meaning of terms)
The terms used in this Act shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:
1. ‘Application program interface’ (API) shall mean a software interface between
applications, made available by broadcasters or service providers, as well as resources in
enhanced digital television equipment for digital television and radio services.
2. ‘Access point’ shall mean an element of an electronic communications network that
enables a connection to be established between an access network and the backbone network
of a natural person or legal entity providing electronic communications networks.
3. ‘Access network’ shall mean part of the electronic communications network that, directly
or via distribution points, connects end-users to the nearest access point.
4. ‘Electronic communications network’ shall mean transmission systems and, where
applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources, including inactive network
elements, which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, radio, optical or other
electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched,
including internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems (to the extent
that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals), networks used for radio and
television broadcasting, and cable TV networks, irrespective of the type of information
conveyed.
5. ‘Electronic communications equipment’ shall mean all the associated facilities of
electronic communications networks that enable electronic communications services. They
shall include, inter alia, the switching and routing equipment or all types of base stations or
electrical cable systems, when they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals in the
provision of electronic communications services, including radio and television broadcasting
and cable television and cable communications, irrespective of the type of information
conveyed.