The new Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), established as a measure under the reform of European telecom rules which were approved in December 2009, held its first meeting in Brussels on 28 January 2010.
BEREC, which will take over from the European Regulators Group (ERG), is made up of the national communication regulatory authorities of the European Union’s twenty-seven Member States and is assisted by an office which provides it with necessary professional and administrative support.
At its inaugural meeting, John Doherty, chair of ComReg, the Irish communications regulator, was elected as the chairperson of BEREC for 2010 and Chris Fonteijn, chair of OPTA, the Dutch regulator, was elected chairperson for 2011 and automatically becomes a vice chair for 2010. In addition, two other vice chairs were elected for 2010. These are Reinaldo Rodriguez Illera, president of the Spanish regulator, CMT and Matthias Kurth, president of the German Regulator, BNetzA.
Meanwhile, approval was given to the launch of a public consultation on BEREC's draft 2010 work programme. Under this consultation, all interested parties have an opportunity to present their observations on the work which this regulator has planned for the current year.
Further information:
- BEREC - New EU CommunicatIons Body - is established http://berec.europa.eu/doc/publications/berec/bor_05_pr.pdf
- New EU Telecoms Regulator gets to work http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/62&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/implementation_enforcement/berec/index_en.htm
