Press Release: Telecoms: Commission welcomes new Slovak rules on independence of telecoms regulator; ends legal action

The European Commission welcomed on 24 June 2010 changes to Slovakia's law guaranteeing the independence of national telecoms regulator Telekomunikačný úrad Slovenskej Republiky (TÚSR), and closed the infringement proceeding against Slovakia on this issue opened in May 2009 (see IP/09/775). The Commission is satisfied that Slovakia's law now respects the requirement under EU law that the head of the national telecoms regulator can only be dismissed in very limited circumstances. This independence is essential to ensure that the regulator can make impartial assessments and decisions.