Body of European regulators for electronic communications
Committee of European Regulators for Electronic Communications BEREC, English BEREC |
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English name | Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications |
Organization type | European Union Agency |
Seat of the organs | Riga ( Latvia ) |
Chair | Jeremy Godfrey |
founding |
November 25, 2009 |
BEREC |
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications ( BEREC , English B ody of E uropean R egulators for E lectronic C ommunication s, BEREC ) was founded in 2010 and is in cooperation with the European Commission operates. The agency was established by Regulation (EC) No. 1211/2009. The seat of the Secretariat is in Riga ( Latvia ). The authority is based at the European Commission, which some important states wanted to prevent until the end. Above all, Germany's grand coalition and Spain only wanted to grant BEREC the status of a “private association”.
composition
BEREC consists of representatives of the respective national regulatory authorities of all EU countries. The EU Commission , the EFTA surveillance authority and other European countries (Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia and Turkey) each send an observer.
Jeremy Godfrey ( ComReg ) was elected chairman for 2019 . His deputies are Dan Sjöblom ( PTS ), Tanja Muha ( AKOS ), Marcin Cichy ( UKE ) and Konstantinos Masselos ( EETT ).
See also
- Group of European Regulators for Electronic Communications Networks and Services (ERG) - predecessor organization from 2002 to 2009
Web links
- EU bodies: BEREC
- BEREC website
- Accepted texts. Establishment of the body of European regulators for electronic communications (European Parliament, 6 May 2009)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1211/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the establishment of the body of European regulatory bodies for electronic communications (BEREC) and the office , accessed on 15 June 2013
- ↑ “EU decides on a new telecommunications regulator” , ORF Futurezone, March 31, 2009.
- ↑ BEREC member list , accessed on June 12, 2015.
- ↑ BEREC, Composition and organization , accessed on February 15, 2017.