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, upon their request, 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 for paying of regulatory and monitoring fees by providers of electronic communications network and / or services is set forth in the Instruction 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 calculates the amount of regulatory and monitoring fee according to a formula prescribed in the Instruction and sends to the provider the invoice and the dispatch bill according to the calculated amount.

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. 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 2012 was established in Administrative Board Decision no. 26 of 25.10.2011, as 0,26% of the volume of revenues from electronic communications activities performed by networks and/or service providers. The new regulatory and monitoring fee is to be paid by providers starting from January 1, 2012.

Additional Information 251-336, e-mail: balic@anrceti.md.

Tariffs 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 Procedure for Telephone Numbering Resources Administration, approved by ANRCETI Administrative Board Decision no. 58 of 21.12.2010.

The document provides that after the decision to assign numbering resources is adopted, the Agency, within 3 working days from the decision date, sends (hands in) the invoice to the provider, to be paid for the year for which they are assigned. The payment is made within 30 calendar days from the date the invoice is issued.

The tariffs applied for assignment of numbering resources were approved by Administrative Board Decision no. 59 of 21.12.2010.

For additional information, please, contact: 251-319, e-mail: marina@anrceti.md.