About CEER
CEER is the voice of Europe’s national energy regulators at EU and international level. Through CEER, national regulators cooperate and exchange best practice.
Objectives and Functions
The overall aim of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable internal market for gas and electricity in Europe. The CEER acts as a platform for cooperation, information exchange and assistance between Europe’s national energy regulators and is their interface at EU and international level.
On EU issues, CEER works very closely with (and supports) the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the EU Agency formed for the cooperation of energy regulators.
CEER also strives to share regulatory best practice worldwide through its membership in the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER) which brings together similar associations from across the globe including NARUC (America), ERRA (Central/Eastern Europe) and MEDREG (the Mediterranean region)
Governance structure
Values
CEER’s values are intended to guide and inform CEER’s culture, behaviour and all associated outputs, in the interests of European energy consumers.
Using the CEER acronym as a reminder, our values are:
Cooperation
We cooperate and collaborate, acting in solidarity in the European public interest.
Evidence
We use evidence to independently promote regulatory positions and well-functioning markets in the consumer interest.
Expertise
We value expertise and are dedicated to delivering excellent regulatory outcomes.
Respect
We act in a positive team environment with integrity and respect to all, also valuing equality and diversity.
Foundation
In March 2000, ten national energy regulatory authorities signed the “Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of the Council of European Energy Regulators”. They had voluntarily formed CEER to facilitate cooperation in their common interests for the promotion of the internal electricity and gas market. In order to cope with a growing number of issues and to improve cooperation at the operational level, the regulators decided in 2003 to formally establish themselves as a not-for-profit association under Belgian law and to set up a small secretariat in Brussels. The Statutes were published in the annex of the Belgian State Gazette on 21 October 2003 and have since been updated, including recently.