Section 6 Equation with the State ARCOM shall, in the exercise of its responsibilities, assume the rights and obligations vested in the State by the applicable legal and regulatory provisions, notably in regard to: (a) Coercive levy of fees, service income and other dues; (b) Protection of its facilities and personnel; (c) Public utility of the communications services, their monitoring, definition of their respective offences and imposition of relevant penalties; (d) Electromagnetic monitoring and notifications, imposition of penalties, and all other acts resulting therefrom. Section 7 Exemptions ARCOM is exempt from fees, charges or emoluments of any nature in court proceedings or notarial acts to which ARCOM is a party. Section 8 Provisional norms 1. The norms and rules of procedure in force within the Directorate of Telecommunications, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the present Decree-Law and the attached Statutes, shall remain valid; 2. In the budgetary year 2002/2003, the budget apportioned to the Directorate of Telecommunications, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Public Works, is considered, for all legal purposes, to have been allocated to ARCOM. 3. Pending the establishment of the High Administrative, Tax and Audit Court, the competencies vested in this Court by the attached Statutes shall be exercised by the Court of Appeal. Section 9 Revocatory clause 1. Laws and regulations, in the field covered by this Decree-Law, which have been brought into the domestic legal order under the terms as established by section 165 of the Constitution, are hereby repealed, except the provision of the following subsection: 2. UNTAET Regulation 2001/15 is hereby repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with any provision of the present Decree-Law. Section 10