Estonian legislator will adopt the existing term "vital service" from the current Emergency Act. According to the definition in the Emergency Act, A vital service is a service that has an overwhelming impact on the functioning of society and the interruption of which is an immediate threat to the life or health of people or to the operation of another vital service or service of general interest. A vital service is regarded in its entirety together with the building, equipment, staff, reserves and other similar facilities indispensable to the operation of the vital service. There are 45 vital services listed by law, but the list of providers of the vital services is not publicly available. According to the information on the website of Ministry of the Interior, there are currently 167 vital service providers. Section 3(2) of the draft CSA specifies, that a service provider mentioned in section (3)1 who operates in sectors mentioned in Annex II of the NIS Directive, is regarded as an operator of essential services. Section 3(1) refers to the term "vital service" in the current Emergency Act but also adds services in following areas 1) certain railway companies, 2) aviation (international aerodrome operators), 3) certain port operators, 4) communications companies providing cable service to more than 10 000 end users; 5) certain health care providers; 6) certain domain name register administrators, 7) Estonian Public Broadcasting, 8) provider of communications, maritime communications and operational radio network of critical importance. |