interception and tracing equipment within their Telecommunications Networks to enable the competent Security Agencies pursuant to the laws in force to carry out their duties, in realization of the requirements of national security. (c) Each Licensee must respond to the interception and tracing requests received from any of the Relevant Security Agencies, pursuant to a warrant issued by a competent judicial authority, according to the laws and regulations in force. (d) A Licensee must deal in confidentiality with all data related to such requests for interception and tracing that it receives in accordance with the provisions of this Law, to prevent unauthorized access to or leakage of said data. (e) No Telecommunications Network Operator, Service Provider, the affiliates thereof, and the Users of such services shall utilize any encryption of Telecommunications Services devices, without obtaining the Authority’s prior approval, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense and the Relevant Security Agencies. (f) The Authority shall develop, together with the Ministry of Defense and the competent State agencies, the Telecommunications Operators, an emergency plan for the operation of Telecommunications Services to be implemented in case of emergency, natural or environmental disasters, the announcement of a general or partial mobilization, or in any other case involving national security. The Emergency Plan shall be reviewed and updated periodically. Telecommunications Service Providers and Operators must abide by and implement this plan. (g) The Council of Ministers shall issue by resolution, based on a proposal of the Authority, the procedures to be observed in cases in which there is a request for intercepting or tracing communications, including: (h) 1) The required technical capabilities within Public Telecommunications Networks for the tracing of telecommunications. 2) The entities authorized to request such information from Licensees pursuant to this Law. 3) The procedures that must be stipulated in the Licensees’ internal regulations, including employment bylaws, on how to respond to interception and tracing requests pursuant to the provisions of this Law. 4) The manner in which a Licensee must submit the required information. 5) The procedures that must be taken by the Licensees to prevent illegal access to data. The financial obligations incumbent on Licensees authorized to provide Telecommunications Services shall be reduced to the extent they are directly or 33