except in the cases of use of an individually assigned scarce resource.
Article 69. Public electronic communications shall be implemented by sole traders and by legal
persons.
Article 70. Electronic communications shall be implemented at all points within the national
territory, unless an authorization for use of an individually assigned scarce resource or the general
requirements for performance of the particular activity designate a limited territorial range.
Article 71. (1) (Redesignated from Article 71 and amended, SG No. 105/2011, effective
29.12.2011) An authorization for use of an individually assigned scarce resource shall be applicable for
an initial period of up to twenty years. The period of the authorization shall be extended according to the
procedure established by Article 114 (2) herein.
(2) (New, SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011) In determining the initial period referred to in
Paragraph (1), the Commission shall take account of the service concerned and the objectives pursued,
and shall also allow for a period for investment amortization.
Article 72. (1) The networks and/or services, over which public electronic communications are
implemented in compliance with general requirements, shall be indicated in a list adopted by the
Commission after a public consultation under Article 36 herein. The said decision of the Commission
together with the list shall be promulgated in the State Gazette.
(2) The List referred to in Paragraph (1) shall be modified on the initiative of the Commission or
on a proposal by an interested party after a public consultation under Article 36 herein.
Section II
Implementation of Electronic Communications in Compliance
with General
Requirements
Article 73. (1) (Amended, SG No. 17/2009, SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011) Any
undertaking, which has submitted a notification on implementation of public electronic communications
under Article 66 herein, shall comply with general requirements determined depending on the type of
electronic communications network and/or service. The general requirements shall be adopted by
decision of the Commission respecting the principles of transparency, non-discrimination and
proportionality.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 17/2009) The decision referred to in Paragraph (1) shall be adopted after
conduct of a public consultation under Article 36 herein and shall be promulgated in the State Gazette.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 17/2009) Depending on the type of electronic communications network
and/or service, the applicable general requirements, as approved by the decision referred to in Paragraph
(1), may contain all or some of the following requirements:
1. to negotiate and to provide access to and interconnection of the network of the undertaking with
the networks of other undertakings implementing electronic communications, including:
(a) to ensure interoperability of the services of the undertaking with the services of the other
undertakings;
(b) to maintain the integrity and to guarantee the security of the network of the undertaking;
(c) (new, SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011) to ensure protection of the public network
against unauthorized access to personal data;
(d) (renumbered from Littera (c), SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011) if possible, to provide
shared use of premises and co-location of premises and facilities of the network of the undertaking to
the other undertakings providing public electronic communications networks and/or services;
(e) (new, SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011) to create conditions to prevent electromagnetic
interference between electronic communications networks and/or services;