1. ARCOM’s legal capacity covers the rights and obligations necessary for the fulfilment of its purpose. 2. ARCOM may not carry on activities or use its powers outside the remit of responsibilities or devote its resources to purposes other than the ones that have been entrusted to it. CHPATER II Responsibilities and powers Section 6 Responsibilities 1. ARCOM’s responsibilities are: (a) To assist the Government, at the request of the latter or on its own initiative, in defining strategic guidelines and general policies for the communications sector and the activity by communications operators, as well as in issuing opinions and drafting legislation in the field of communications; (b) To ensure the regulation and supervision of the communications sector; (c) To ensure the management of the electromagnetic spectrum, involving the planning and apportionment of spectral resources and the supervision thereof, as well as to ensure co-ordination between civilian and military communications; (d) To ensure the fulfilment of obligations inherent in the universal communications service; (e) To grant communications operators access to the networks, in conditions of transparency and equality, under the terms as established by law; (f) To promote competitiveness and development in the communications market, notably within the context of the convergence of communications, of the media and of the information technologies; (g) To co-ordinate the application of the competition law in the communications sector with the competent entity; (h) To protect consumer interests, especially those of users of the universal service, in conjunction with the relevant entities, promoting, namely, consumer awareness, ensuring the dissemination of information regarding the public use of communications; (i) Grant titles for the exercise of the postal and telecommunications activity; (j) To conduct compliance evaluation of equipment and materials, as well as to define their trading requirements; (k) To promote technical normalisation within the communications sector and related areas, in consultation with other organisations; (l) To promote public consultation and expression of interest procedures, notably in the area of introduction of new services or technologies;