Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

Type Directive
Publication 2018-12-17
Last updated 2024-10-18
State In force
Department Council of the European Union, European Parliament
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articles 126
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  • Any car radio receiver integrated in a new vehicle of category M which is placed on the market for sale or rent in the Union from 21 December 2020 shall comprise a receiver capable of receiving and reproducing at least radio services provided via digital terrestrial radio broadcasting. Receivers which are in accordance with harmonised standards the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union or with parts thereof shall be considered to comply with that requirement covered by those standards or parts thereof.

ANNEX XII

Part A

Repealed Directives with list of the successive amendments thereto

(referred to in Article 125)

Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33) Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33)
Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 37) Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 544/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 12) Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 32) Article 10
Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 21) Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 21)
Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 37) Article 3 and Annex
Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 7) Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 7)
Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 37) Article 2
Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51) Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51)
Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 11) Article 1 and Annex I
Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1) Article 8

Part B

Time-limits for transposition into national law and dates of application

(referred to in Article 125)

Directive Time-limit for transposition Date of application
2002/19/EC 24 July 2003 25 July 2003
2002/20/EC 24 July 2003 25 July 2003
2002/21/EC 24 July 2003 25 July 2003
2002/22/EC 24 July 2003 25 July 2003

ANNEX XIII

CORRELATION TABLE

Directive 2002/21/EC Directive 2002/20/EC Directive 2002/19/EC Directive 2002/22/EC This Directive
Article 1(1), (2) and (3) Article 1(1), (2) and (3)
Article 1(3a) Article 1(4)
Article 1(4) and (5) Article 1(5) and (6)
Point (a) of Article 2 Point (1) of Article 2
— — — — Point (2) of Article 2
Point (b) of Article 2 Point (3) of Article 2
Point (c) of Article 2 Point (4) of Article 2
— — — — Point (5) of Article 2
— — — — Point (6) of Article 2
— — — — Point (7) of Article 2
Point (d) of Article 2 Point (8) of Article 2
Point (da) of Article 2 Point (9) of Article 2
Point (e) of Article 2 Point (10) of Article 2
Point (ea) of Article 2 Point (11) of Article 2
Point (f) of Article 2 Point (12) of Article 2
Point (g) of Article 2 —
Point (h) of Article 2 Point (13) of Article 2
Point (i) of Article 2 Point (14) of Article 2
Point (j) of Article 2 —
Point (k) of Article 2 —
Point (l) of Article 2 —
Point (m) of Article 2 Point (15) of Article 2
Point (n) of Article 2 Point (16) of Article 2
Point (o) of Article 2 Point (17) of Article 2
Point (p) of Article 2 Point (18) of Article 2
Point (q) Article 2 Point (19) of Article 2
Point (r) Article 2 Point (20) of Article 2
Point (s) Article 2 Point (31) of Article 2
— — — — Point (22) of Article 2
Article 3(1) Article 5(1)
— — — — Article 5(2)
Article 3(2) Article 6(1)
Article 3(3) Article 6(2)
Article 3(3a) first subparagraph Article 8(1)
— — — — Article 8(2)
— — — — Article 7(1)
Article 3(3a) second subparagraph Article 7(2) and (3)
Article 3(3a) third subparagraph Article 9(1) and (3)
— — — — Article 9(2)
Article 3(3b) Article 10(1)
Article 3(3c) Article 10(2)
Article 3(4) Article 5(3)
Article 3(5) Article 11
Article 3(6) Article 5(4)
Article 4 Article 31
Article 5 Article 20
— — — — Article 22
Article 6 Article 23
Article 7 Article 32
Article 7a Article 33
— — — — Point (c) of Article 33(5)
Article 8(1) and (2) Article 3(1) and (2)
Article 8(5) Article 3(3)
Article 8a(1) and (2) Article 4(1) and (2)
— — — — Article 4(3)
Article 8a(3) Article 4(4)
— — — — Article 29
Article 9(1) and (2) Article 45(1) and (2)
— — — — Article 45(3)
Article 9(3) Article 45(4)
Article 9(4) and (5) Article 45(5) and (6)
Article 9(6) and (7) —
Article 9a —
Article 9b(1) and (2) Article 51(1) and (2)
Article 9b(3) Article 51(4)
— — — — Article 51(3)
Article 10(1) Article 95(1)
Article 10(2) Article 95(3)
— — — — Article 95(2)
— — — — Article 95(4)
— — — — Article 95(5)
— — — — Article 95(6)
Article 10(3) Article 95(7)
Article 10(4) Article 95(8)
Article 10(5) —
Article 11 Article 43
Article 12(1) Article 44(1)
Article 12(2) —
Article 12(3) Article 61(2)
Article 12(4) —
Article 12(5) Article 44(2)
Article 13 Article 17
Article 13a(1), (2) and (3) Article 40(1), (2) and (3)
Article 13a(4) —
— Article 40(5)
— — — — Article 40(4)
Article 13b(1), (2) and (3) Article 41(1), (2) and (3)
— — — — Article 41(4)
Article 13b(4) Article 41(7)
— — — — Article 41(5)
— — — — Article 41(6)
Article 14 Article 63
Article 15(1),(2),(3) Article 64(1), (2), (3)
Article 15 (4) — — — —
— — — — Article 66
Article 16 Article 67
Article 17 Article 39
Article 18 —
Article 19 Article 38
Article 20 Article 26
Article 21(1) Article 27(1)
Article 21(2) first and second subparagraphs Article 27(2)
Article 21(2) third subparagraph Article 27(3)
Article 21(2) fourth and fifth subparagraphs Article 27(4)
— Article 27(5)
Article 21(3) —
Article 21(4) Article 27(6)
Article 21a Article 29
Article 22(1) Article 118(1)
Article 22(2) Article 118(3)
Article 22(3) Article 118(4)
— — — — Article 11(2)
— — — — Article 118(5)
— — — — Article 117
Article 23 Article 119
Article 24 Article 120(1) and (2)
Article 25 Article 122(1)
Article 26 Article 125
Article 28 Article 124
Article 29 Article 127
Article 30 Article 128
Annex II —
Article 1 Article 1(1)
Article 2(1) —
Article 2(2) Point (22) of Article 2
— — — — Point (23) of Article 2
— — — — Point (24) of Article 2
— — — — Point (25) of Article 2
— — — — Point (26) of Article 2
Article 3(1) Article 12(1)
Article 3(2) first sentence Article 12(2)
Article 3(2) 2nd, 3rd and 4th sentences Article 12(3)
Article 3(3) Article 12(4)
— — — —
Article 4 Article 15
Article 5(1) Article 46(1)
— — — — Article 46(2) and (3)
Article 5(2) first subparagraph Article 48(1)
Article 5(2) second subparagraph first sentence Article 48(2)
Article 5(2) third subparagraph Article 48(5)
Article 5(2) second subparagraph second sentence Article 48(3)
— — — — Article 48(4)
Article 5(3) Article 48(6)
Article 5(4) and (5) Article 93(4) and (5)
Article 5(6) Article 52
— — — — Article 93
Article 6(1),(2),(3) and (4) Article 13
— — — — Article 47
Article 7 — — Article 55
Article 8 Article 36
Article 9 Article 14
Article 10 Article 30
— — — —
Article 11 Article 21
Article 12 Article 16
Article 13 Article 42
— — — — Article 94
Article 14(1) Article 18
Article 14(2) Article 19
Article 15 Article 120(3) and (4)
Article 16 —
Article 17 —
Article 18 —
Article 19 —
Article 20 —
Annex Annex I
Article 1 (1 and 2) Article 1(2) and (3)
Point (a) of Article 2 Point (27) of Article 2
Point (b) of Article 2 Point (28) of Article 2
Point (c) of Article 2 Point (29) of Article 2
Point (d) of Article 2 —
Point (e) of Article 2 Point (30) of Article 2
Article 3 Article 59
Article 4 Article 60
Article 5 Article 61
Article 6 Article 62
—
Article 8 Article 68
Article 9 Article 69
Article 10 Article 70
Article 11 Article 71
— — — — Article 72
Article 12 Article 73
Article 13 Article 74
— — — — Article 75
— — — — Article 76
Article 13a Article 77
Article 13b Article 78
— — — — Article 80
— — — — Article 81
Article 14 —
Article 15 Article 120(5)
Article 16(1) —
Article 16(2) Article 121(4)
Article 17 —
Article 18 —
Article 19 —
Article 20 —
Annex I Annex II
Annex II —
— — — — Annex III
Article 1 Article 1(4) and (5)
Point (a) of Article 2 —
Point (c) of Article 2 Point (32) of Article 2
Point (d) of Article 2 Point (33) of Article 2
Point (f) of Article 2 Point (34) of Article 2
— — — — Point (35) of Article 2
— — — — Point (37) of Article 2
— — — — Point (38) of Article 2
— — — — Point (39) of Article 2
— — — — Article 84
— — — — Article 85
Article 3 Article 86(1) and (2)
Article 4 —
Article 5 —
Article 6 —
Article 7 —
Article 8(1) Article 86(3)
Article 8(2) Article 86(4)
Article 8(3) Article 86(5)
Article 9 —
— — — — Article 87
Article 10 Article 88
Article 11 —
Article 12 Article 89
Article 13 Article 90
Article 14 Article 91
Article 15 Article 122(2) and (3)
Article 17 —
— — — — Article 99
— — — — Article 101
Article 20(1) Article 102
Article 20(2) Article 105(3)
Article 21 Article 103
Article 22 Article 104
Article 23 Article 108
Article 23a Article 111
Article 24 Article 113
Article 25 Article 112
Article 26 Article 109
Article 27 —
Article 27a Article 96
Article 28 Article 97
Article 29 Article 115
Article 30(1) Article 106(2)
Article 30(2) Article 106(4)
Article 30(3) Article 106(4)
Article 30(4) Article 106(5)
Article 30(5) Article 105(1)
Article 31 Article 114
Article 32 Article 92
Article 33 Article 24
Article 34 Article 25
Article 35 Article 116
Article 36 Article 121
Article 37 —
Article 38 —
Article 39 —
Article 40 —
Annex I Annex V
Annex II Annex VII
Annex III Annex IX
Annex IV Annex VI
Annex V —
Annex VI Annex X
Annex IV

[^E0001]: () Commission Directive 2008/63/EC of 20 June 2008 on competition in the markets in telecommunications terminal equipment (OJ L 162, 21.6.2008, p. 20).

[^E0002]: () Regulation (EU) 2018/1971 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office), amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009 (see page 1 of this Official Journal).

[^E0004]: () Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU (OJ L 348 20.12.2013, p. 1).

[^E0005]: () Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38).

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