European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) amendments. Effective from the new implementation date of the EECC.
The EECC, EU Directive 2018/1972, was due to comes into effect on 21 December 2020. The EECC sets out revisions to the existing telecoms regulatory framework. As the EECC is a European Directive, it needed to be transposed (or implemented into) Irish law to become effective here in Ireland. Three was informed by the Government that the implementation of the EECC would not take place on 21 December 2020. The EECC is now in effect since the commencement of the European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022 and the Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 on the 9 June 2023.
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