European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services)(Framework) Regulations 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services)(Framework) Regulations 2003.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 25 July 2003.
Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires:
“Access Directive” means Directive 2002/19/EC2 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of electronic communications networks and associated facilities;
“Access Regulations” means the European Communities (Electronic Communications)(Access) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2003 );
“Act of 2002” means the Communications Regulation Act 2002 (No. 20 of 2002);
“application program interface (API)” means the software interfaces between applications, made available by broadcasters or service providers, and the resources in the enhanced digital television equipment for digital television and radio services;
“associated facilities” means those facilities associated with an electronic communications network, an electronic communications service or both such network and service which enable, support or both enable and support the provision of services via that network or service and includes conditional access systems and electronic programme guides;
“Authorisation Directive” means Directive 2002/20/EC3 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services;
“Authorisation Regulations” means the European Communities (Electronic Communications)(Authorisation) Regulations, 2003 ( S.I. No. 306 of 2003 );
“conditional access system” means any technical measure, arrangement or both such measure and arrangement whereby access to a protected radio or television broadcasting service in intelligible form is made conditional upon subscription or other form of prior individual authorisation;
“consumer” means any natural person who uses or requests a publicly available electronic communications service for purposes which are outside his or her trade, business or profession;
“Data Protection Directive” means Directive 2002/58/EC4 of the European Parliament and the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector;
“electronic communications network” means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, by radio, by optical or by 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 television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed;
“electronic communications service” means a service normally provided for remuneration which consists wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals on electronic communications networks, including telecommunications services and transmission services in networks used for broadcasting, but excludes —
(a) a service providing, or exercising editorial control over, content transmitted using electronic communications networks and services and
(b) an information society service, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 98/34/EC, which does not consist wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals on electronic communications networks;