30Therefore, Directive 2002/22 does not in principle preclude, by itself, the national legislature from acting as national regulatory authority within the meaning of the Framework Directive provided that, in the exercise of that function, it meets the requirements of competence, independence, impartiality and transparency laid down by those directives and that its decisions in the exercise of that function can be made the object of an effective appeal to a body independent of the parties involved.
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