communications services so that numbering plans and procedures are applied in a manner that gives equal treatment to all providers of public electronic communications services, in particular ensure that undertakings allocated a range of numbers do not discriminate against other providers of electronic communications services as regards the number sequences used to give access to their services; 5) to ensure, within the scope of its competence, that the equipment and devices used in the Republic of Lithuania are in conformity with the mandatory requirements in force in the Republic of Lithuania and ensure the electromagnetic compatibility of the equipment and devices; 6) to promote, within the scope of its competence, the development of the European Union’s internal market and a harmonised regulation of electronic communications in the European Union; 7) to cooperate with competent authorities including the State Data Protection Inspectorate to safeguard the inviolability of an individual’s private life with regard to personal data processing; 8) to ensure that the operators and providers of electronic communications services fulfil their obligations that may be imposed on them in the interest of national defence, national security and maintenance of public order as well as in cases of extraordinary circumstances; 9) ensure that providers of public electronic communications services implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard security and integrity of their public communications networks and/or public electronic communications services. Article 9. Tasks of the Communications Regulatory Authority The Communications Regulatory Authority shall: 1) exercise control over and implementation of the provisions of this Law and the legal acts implementing it, except where such control and implementation fall within the scope of competence of other state institutions as defined by this Law; 2) prepare and approve requirements for equipment and devices and the conditions of their use; in the cases provided for in legal acts, issue authorisations to use equipment and devices, import and use radio monitoring and radio communication suppression equipment; 19