CREATION! The Council of European Energy Regulators: Association which was founded in Brussels (Belgium) on March 7 th, 2000! Setting up Agreement: : Signed by the Regulators from 10 Member States of the EU and Norway (AEE).! Main objective: To encourage the development of an integrated European Market for Electricity and Gas.! Plan of action: To promote the full implementation of the Electricity and Gas European Directives
COMPOSITION AUSTRIA ELEKTRICITÄTS-CONTROL GmbH BELGIUM CREG - COMMISSION POUR LA RÉGULATION DE L'ELECTRICITÉ ET DU GAZ DENMARK DANISH ENERGY REGULATORY AUTHORITY (ENERGITILSYNET) FINLAND SKM - SÄHKÖMARKKINAKESKUS - THE ELECTRICITY MARKET AUTHORITY FRANCE COMMISSION DE RÉGULATION DE L'ELECTRICITÉ GREECE RAE-REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY
COMPOSITION IRELAND CRE - COMMISSION FOR ELECTRICITY REGULATION ITALY AEEG - AUTORITA PER L'ENERGIA ELETTRICA E IL GAS LUXEMBOURG INSTITUT LUXEMBOURGEOIS DE RÉGULATION NETHERLANDS DTE - DIENST UITVOERING EN TOEZICHT ELECTRICITEITSWET NORWAY NVE - NORGES VASSDRAGS-OG ENERGIVERK PORTUGAL ERSE - ENTIDADE REGULATORIA DO SECTOR ELECTRICO
COMPOSITION SPAIN CNE - COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE ENERGÍA SWEDEN ENERGIMYNDIGHETEN - SWEDISH NATIONAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN OFGEM - OFFICE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY MARKETS UNITED KINGDOM NORTHERN IRELAND OFREG - OFFICE FOR REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY & GAS
OBJECTIVES! Opening and integrating a European Energy Market taking into account the European regulation.!the efficiency promotion in the Gas and Electricity markets.!to encourage the liberalisation processes as well as competition, applying for transparency and non-discrimination rules.!to undertake studies, as well as technical, legal and economic analysis on regulation and on the energetic system s functioning, and make proposals on these topics to the EU, the Regulation Fora and Governments.!To promote technical co-operation and trade of information between its members
STATUS!The Association is run by a President elected in office for one year, renewable. President: Ing. Jorge Vasconcelos President of ERSE from Portugal!Technical Secretary s assistance!decision body: CEER s council!annual Operative Plan
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS Working Groups studying the following topics:! Electricity Area: " Service quality. " Cross-border transmission tarification. " Ancillary services.! Gas Area: Joint working group on the gas Forum issues: " Strategy paper. " TPA guidelines. " GTE reports - analysis.
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS Working Groups studying the following topics:! General Scope: " Bench-marking regulation " Environment and taxation.
INFORMATION There is a CEER Web Site available for users: www.ceer-eu.org! CEER s presentation! Institutional documents: Setting up Agreement! Documents on the European Energy Market, regulation and development! Links: Regulators Web Sites and Madrid and Florence Fora! Contact with the CEER Secretary
DOCUMENTS Date Title Full Text 2001/05/09 CEER Proposal for Cross Border Trading (Press Release) 2001/01/01 Proposal of the Council of European Energy Regulators to accelerate the liberalisation of the European energy market 2000/03/07 Memorandum of understanding for the establishment of the Council of European Energy Regulators 1997/01/30 (EU Official Journal L 027, p. 0020-0029) Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity 1998/07/21 (EU Official Journal L 204, p. 0001-0012) Directive 98/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas Since 1998 The Internal Market for Electricity: The Florence Process Since 1999 The Internal Market for Gas: The Madrid Regulatory Process
LINKS Country Web address Austria http://www.e-control.at Belgium http://www.creg.be/ Denmark http://www.ens.dk/uk/index.asp Finland http://www.energiamarkkinavirasto.fi/index.html France http://www.cre.fr Greece http://www.rae.gr Ireland http://www.cer.ie Italy http://www.autorita.energia.it Luxembourg http://www.etat.lu/ilr/ Netherlands http://www.nma-dte.nl Norway http://www.nve.no Portugal http://www.erse.pt Spain http://www.cne.es Sweden http://www.stem.se Great Britain http://www.ofgem.gov.uk Northern Ireland http://ofreg.nics.gov.uk/index.htm RELATED LINKS Name Web address EU DGTREN http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html