Press Release: Ljubljana designated as seat of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

Member States decided on 6 December 2009 that the new Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) will have its seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs welcomed this decision as it paves the way for the timely setting up of the Agency and thus the effective implementation of the Third Legislative Package on the Liberalisation of the Energy Markets. According to the founding regulation of ACER, the Agency needs to be fully operational as of 3 March 2011. ACER will then complement and coordinate the work of National Regulatory Authorities. Its competences will include the participation in the creation of European network rules, taking binding individual decisions on cross border energy infrastructure and giving advice on various energy related issues to the European institutions.

European Commission: DG Energy: Gas and electricity: Agency for theCooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) http://ec.europa.eu/energy/gas_electricity/acer/acer_en.htm

http://www.acer.europa.eu/The_agency/Pages/default.aspx http://www.acer.europa.eu/The_agency/Pages/default.aspx

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