National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology of the Republic of Moldova

Providers of electronic communications networks and/or servicess authorized by the Agency are liable, under the Law on Electronic Communications no.241-XVI of 15.11.2007, to pay regulatory and monitoring fees to the Agency, whereas where the Agency issues licenses for the use of numbering resources – fees for the assigned numbering resources. These fees as well as other financial sources prescribed by law make the Agency budget.

Regulatory and Monitoring Fees

The mechanism of payment of regulatory and monitoring fees by providers of electronic communications network and / or services is set forth in the Instruction (doc. in state language) on regulatory and monitoring fees, approved by Administrative Board Decision no. 17 of 02.06.2010.

Under the Instruction, providers submit to the Agency, on quarterly basis, until the 10th of the month following the quarter under consideration, a report on revenues generated by the activity in electronic communications, filling in a standard form, (Annex to the Instruction). The Agency will calculate the amount of regulatory and monitoring fee according to a formula prescribed in the Instruction and submit to the provider an invoice (bill) and the dispatch bill according to the amount calculated.

Providers transfer the amounts to the current account of the Agency, only on basis of the invoice (bill) submitted by the Agency, on quarterly basis, before the 15th of the month following the current quarter, or within 3 working days after receipt of invoice (bill). If the fee amount calculated by the Agency is less than 500 lei, the invoice and the dispatch bill are submitted cumulatively, for a longer timeframe, but not exceeding the current year.

The quantum of regulatory and monitoring fees for 2010 was established in Administrative Board Decision no. 258 (doc. in state language) of 27.10.2009, as 0,17% of the volume of revenues generated by activities in electronic communications.

Additional Information 251-332, e-mail: balic@anrceti.md.

Fees for Numbering Resources

The procedure of payment for the use of numbering resources requested by providers of electronic communications networks and/or services is prescribed in the Regulations on Administration and Management of National Numbering Plan, approved by ANRCETI Administrative Board Decision no. 25 of 03.11.2008.

The Regulation provides that after the Agency takes the decision to issue a license for the use of numbering resources, the applicant is provided with a notification about the decision and the invoice (bill) for the numbering resources allocated or reserved in accordance with the tariffs in force. The payment is made within 30 calendar days after the Agency issues the invoice (bill).

The tariffs applied for assignment of numbering resources were approved by Administrative Board Decision no. 47 of 23.12.2008.

For additional information, please, contact: 251-313, e-mail: madan@anrceti.md.