Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications

Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (or BEREC) was established by Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, as part of the Telecom Reform package.

http://berec.europa.eu/

It replaced the European Regulators Group for electronic communications networks and services which was established as an advisory group to the Commission in 2002.

BEREC is composed of the 27 national regulatory authorities NRAs.

Purpose
BEREC
 * assists the Commission and the (NRAs) in the implementation of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications,
 * gives advice on request and on its own initiative to the European institutions and
 * complements at European level the regulatory tasks performed at national level by the regulatory authorities, all in the aim of creating an internal market for electronic communications.