Institutional autonomy : The European Court of Justice specified the conditions under which a Member State may merger national regulation authorities in accordance with the European Law (Ormaetxea Garai, Lorenzo Almendros)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In a judgment of 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice interpreted the Framework Directive on electronic communications to specify the conditions under which a Member State may merge national regulatory authorities (NRAs) in accordance with the principles of independence, impartiality and transparency (Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, Framework Directive, OJ L 108, 24 April 2002, p. 1). 33, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, OJEU L 337, 18 December 2009,