Council of European Energy Regulators
organization
The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is a non-profit organization in which Europe's national energy regulators co-operate to protect consumer interests and to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, and sustainable internal market for gas and electricity in Europe.
Foundation and mission
In March 2000, ten national energy regulatory authorities voluntarily signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of CEER. CEER's objective is to facilitate cooperation among Europe's energy regulators in promoting a single-EU electricity and gas market. In 2003, CEER was formally established as a non-profit organization under Belgian law, with its own Brussels-based Secretariat. CEER represents 30 Members - the national energy regulators from the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Great Britain as CEER Members, and the regulators of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and the Swiss Confederation as Observers. CEER works closely with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). ACER is a European Community body with legal personality. ACER became fully operational on 3 March 2011. ACER's seat is located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Organization Objectives
CEER seeks to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable market for gas and electricity in Europe.
Some other objectives:
Facilitate consultation, coordination, and co-operation of national regulatory authorities, contributing to a consistent application of legislation in all Member states
Set up co-operation, information exchange, and assistance amongst regulators
Contribute to the advancement of research on regulatory issues
Operate a training academy for energy regulators
CEER acts as a platform for cooperation, information exchange, and assistance between national energy regulators and is their interface at European level with the EU Institutions.
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