Electronic communications: The Government transposes through ordinance the third “telecom package” into French Law

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Order 2011-1012 of 24 August 2011 on electronic communications, JORF n°197 of 26 August 2011, p. 14473 On 24 August 2011, France transposed the European directives (Directives 2009/140/EC and 2009/136/EC of 25 November 2009) making up the third "telecoms package" by means of an order that is the subject of this column. As a reminder, on 19 July 2011, the European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to 20 Member States, including France, for failure to transpose (the deadline for transposition of the third "telecoms package" was 25 May 2011). France has finally fulfilled its obligation by issuing an order that meets four general objectives: (i) to