Press Release: Telecoms: Commission asks Romania to separate regulatory and ownership functions in telecoms

On 29 October 2009 the European Commission started legal action against Romania for not respecting EU rules that require the separation between those making telecoms rules and those providing telecoms services. The Commission sent Romania a letter of formal notice, the first phase of an infringement proceeding. This is the second infringement proceeding the Commission has launched against Romania over the independence of its telecoms regulator. The first case, also ongoing, was launched in January 2009 over the regulator's dismissal.