GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Nikos Nikolinakos, Dina Kouvelou and Alexis Spyropoulos, Nikolinakos & Partners Law Firm
capacity. Where applicable, the category also includes switching or routing equipment and other resources (including network elements that are not active) used to convey signals, operated for public or private use, including wireless net - works (eg, mobile, Wi-Fi), cable (eg, IP broad - band network) and electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable television networks, regardless of the type of information conveyed. ECSs encompass any service normally provided for remuneration via ECNs, including the fol - lowing types of services, with the exception of services providing or exercising editorial control over content transmitted using ECNs and ECSs: • internet access service; • interpersonal communications service; and • services consisting wholly or mainly of the conveyance of signals such as transmission services used for the provision of machine-to- machine services and for broadcasting. Licensing In order to provide any kind of electronic com - munications networks and/or services within the territory of Greece (except for number-independ - ent interpersonal communications services), operators shall acquire a General Authorisation, in the form of a Registration Declaration to EETT. Where the electronic communications activity is subject to the granting of rights to use numbers or radio frequencies, the person concerned must also obtain the required rights to use numbers or radio frequencies. Where no granting of indi - vidual rights to use radio frequencies is required, operators must meet the conditions set in the relevant regulation issued by EETT. Spectrum licences and the applicable secondary legisla -
tion specify the permitted use and the technical characteristics of the equipment that may be used, taking into account the principle of pro - portionality and technological neutrality. Where applicable, operators shall obtain the appropriate licences for every antenna they use. The relevant framework was reviewed with Law 4635/2019 and EETT’s Regulation 919/26/2019. Cybersecurity Requirements Apart from the cybersecurity risk-management measures provided for in Article 21 paragraph 2 of NIS 2 Directive to manage the risks in the security of network and information systems, based on the provisions of Law 5160/2024, the essential and important entities, including tel - ecoms providers, shall also: • designate an Information and Communication Systems Security Officer; • keep a single cybersecurity policy, which includes all the other individual measures, policies and procedures followed; and • keep a comprehensive record of tangible and intangible information and communication goods, which are ranked according to their criticality. Article 29 of the Law introduces provisions relat - ed specifically to providers of public electronic communications networks or providers of pub - licly available electronic communications servic - es. Within the framework of its competences, ADAE may oblige providers of public ECN or publicly available ECS to take enhanced cyber - security measures, in addition to those arising from other provisions. Until the issuance of the relevant Regulation by ADAE – and in any case no later than 27 May 2025 – ADAE decision no 28/2024 shall apply, to the extent that it con -
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