24. 5. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 133/19 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 12 February 1997 concerning the granting of additional implementation periods to Portugal for the implementation of Commission Directives 90/388/EEC and 96/2/EC as regards full competition in the telecommunications markets (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (97/310/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Agreement establishing the Euro- pean Economic Area, Having regard to Commission Directive 90/388/EEC of 28 June 1990 on competition in the markets for telecom- munications services ('), as last amended by Directive 96/19/EC (%), and in particular Article 2 (2} thereof, Having regard to Commission Directive 96/2/EC of 16 January 1996 amending Directive 90/388/EEC with regard to mobile and personal communications (*) and in particular Article 4 thereof, Having given notice () to interested parties to submit their comments in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Dir- ective 90/388/EEC and Article 4 of Directive 96/2/EC, () OJ No L 192, 24. 7. 1990, p. 10. OJ No L 74, 22. 3. 1996, p. 13. OJ No L 20, 26. 1. 1996, p. 59. O] No C 189, 29. 6. 1996, p. 9 and OJ No C 260, 7. 9. 1996, P Whereas: ) A. THE FACTUAL AND LEGAL BACKGROUND L. The requests of the Portuguese Government Pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 96/2/EC, the Portuguese Government, by letter of 14 May 1996, has requested the following implementation periods: — until 1 January 1998 as to the lifting of restric- tions on operators of mobile and personal communications systems with regard to the establishment of own infrastructure. This de-restriction was supposed to be implemented without delay under Article 3 (c) of Directive 50/388/EEC, — until 1 January 1999 as regards the direct inter- connection of mobile telecommunications networks. This provision was supposed to be implemented without delay under Article 3 (d) of Directive 90/388/EEC. The Portuguese Government considers these addi- tional implementation periods necessary for the following reasons: 1.1 As regards the lifting of restrictions on oper- ators of mobile and personal communications systems with regard to the establishment of own infrastructure and the use of third party