Certain tasks pursuant to the Directive, such as ex ante market regulation, including the imposition of obligations for access and interconnection, and the resolution of disputes between undertakings are tasks which should be undertaken only by national regulatory authorities, namely, bodies which are independent both from the sector and from any external intervention or political pressure.
Níor cheart ach do na húdaráis rialála náisiúnta, eadhon comhlachtaí atá neamhspleách ar an earnáil agus ar aon idirghabháil sheachtrach nó brú polaitiúil, cúraimí áirithe de bhun na Treorach a ghabháil de láimh, amhail rialáil margaidh ex ante, lena n-áirítear oibleagáidí le haghaidh rochtana nó idirnascadh a fhorchur agus díospóidí idir gnóthais a réiteach.