Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (Text with EEA relevance)
- In force
- CELEX number: 32015R2120
- Official Journal: JOL_2015_310_R_0001
- Form: Regulation
- Procedure number: 2013/0309(COD), 2013/0309/COD
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- ga
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - November 25, 2015
- November 26, 2015
- November 29, 2015
- Entry into force - Date pub. +3 See Art 10.1
- April 30, 2016
- Application - See Art 10.2
- April 30, 2016
- See Art 10.3
- December 31, 2016
- At the latest See Art 10.3
- April 30, 2019
- Review See Art 9
Modified by
Modified by:
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1309 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2024 on measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks, amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act) (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
- 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 (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
Repealed by:
- Regulation (EU) 2022/612 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
- 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)
Modifies
Modifies:
- Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) Text with EEA relevance
- Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive)
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 September 2021. Telekom Deutschland GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Electronic communications – Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 – Article 3 – Open internet access – Article 3(1) – End users’ rights – Article 3(2) – Prohibition of agreements and commercial practices limiting the exercise of end users’ rights – Article 3(3) – Obligation of equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic – Possibility of implementing reasonable traffic management measures – Additional ‘zero tariff’ option – Limitation on bandwidth. Case C-34/20.
- A03
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022. ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft v Lokomotion Gesellschaft für Schienentraktion mbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – International agreements – Rail transport – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) – Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of Use of Infrastructure in International Rail Traffic (CUI) – Article 4 – Mandatory law – Article 8 – Liability of the manager – Article 19 – Other actions – Jurisdiction of the Court – Damage to locomotives belonging to the carrier resulting from a derailment – Lease of replacement locomotives – Obligation on the infrastructure manager to reimburse leasing costs – Contract extending the parties’ liability by a reference to national law. Case C-500/20.
- A03P3
- A03
- Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 September 2021. Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Vodafone GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Electronic communications – Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 – Article 3 – Open internet access – Article 3(1) – End users’ rights – Article 3(2) – Prohibition of agreements and commercial practices limiting the exercise of end users’ rights – Article 3(3) – Obligation of equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic – Possibility of implementing reasonable traffic management measures – Additional ‘zero tariff’ option – Limitation on tethering. Case C-5/20.
- A03
- Case C-34/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 24 January 2020 — Telekom Deutschland GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- article 3 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 2 FR 3
- article 3 paragraph 2
- article 3 paragraph 3
- article 3 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 3
- article 3 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 2 FR 2
- article 3 paragraph 1
- article 3 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 3 PT (c)
- article 3 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 3 PT (a)
- article 3 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 3 PT (b)
- Case C-807/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 20 December 2018 — Telenor Magyarország Zrt. v Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke
- article 3 paragraph 2
- article 3 paragraph 1
- article 3 paragraph 3
- recital 7
- Case C-5/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2020 — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V. v Vodafone GmbH
- article 3 paragraph 1
- article 3 paragraph 2
- Case C-39/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 23 January 2019 — Telenor Magyarország Zrt. v Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke
- article 3 paragraph 1
- article 3 paragraph 2
- recital 7
- article 3 paragraph 3
- Case C-367/24, Telekom România Mobile Communications: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 23 May 2024 – Autoritatea Națională pentru Administrare și Reglementare în Comunicații v Telekom România Mobile Communications
- article 3
Legal basis
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE VII - COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS Chapter 3 - Approximation of laws Article 114 (ex Article 95 TEC)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Regulation of telecommunications
- Internal market - Principles
- Equal treatment
- Consumer protection
- Telecommunications
- Freedom to provide services
- Telephone charges
- Internet
- Single market
- Cross-frontier data flow
- Technology
- Transmission network
- Information technology, telecommunications and data-processing
- Universal service