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

On October 18, 2023, during their visit to Riga, Latvia, to attend the 5G Techritory Forum 2023 the leadership of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) had a bilateral meeting with the representatives of BEREC Office (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications). The meeting was also attended by a delegation from the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Latvia, led by Andrian Roșa, the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Latvia.

The agenda of the bilateral meeting included discussions on several topics of common interest, as well as the actions to be taken by ANRCETI in order to join the activities of BEREC/ BEREC Office as an observer.

Furthermore, with the support of BEREC, a hybrid multilateral session took place with the representatives of the EU Commission and mobile communication operators from Latvia. During this session, ANRCETI delegation presented the main provisions of the Roaming Tariff Reduction Declaration signed on May 31, 2023, by European and Moldovan operators, along with the premises and objectives that underpinned its signing, as well as the necessary actions for Latvian operators to join this Declaration.

It is worth noting that on September 22, four groups of mobile communication operators from the European Union and three providers from the Republic of Moldova signed the Annex to the Joint Declaration that establishes price caps for roaming services among the signatories of the Declaration, which will be applied starting January 1, 2024. This declaration is open to interested operators from the EU/EEA and will be in effect until December 31, 2025, possible to be renewed after this date.

October 19, 2023.