In June 2018, Niger’s Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law establishing a new telecoms watchdog known as the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Post (Autorité de Regulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste, ARCEP). It has been reported that the establishment of the new regulator will make the necessary adjustments to enable Niger to comply with additional directives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), in order to contribute to the creation of a common market for ICT in the community area. Among other things, the new law strengthens the sanctioning power of the ARCEP by giving it the option of reducing the duration and/or the scope of operating licences and authorisation.
Further to this change, ARCEP will now on be in charge of granting Type Approval. It is therefore understood that all previous Type Approval certificates remain valid, unless there is any modification on the product features.
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