Energy Community

Energy Community
Logo of Energy Community
Logo
Location of Energy Community
Secretariat Vienna, Austria
Member States European Union

 Albania
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Kosovo
 Moldova
 Montenegro
 North Macedonia
 Serbia
 Ukraine
 Georgia
 Armenia (observer)
 Norway (observer)

 Turkey (observer)
Leaders
• Presidency-in-Office 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
• Vice Presidency-in-Office
European Union European Commission
• Director of Secretariat
Poland Artur Lorkowski
Establishment
• signing of the Treaty
1 Oct 2005
• Treaty entry into force
1 July 2006

The Energy Community, commonly referred to as the Energy Community for South East Europe (ECSEE),[2][3] is an international organization consisting of the European Union (EU) and a number of non-EU countries. It aims to extend the EU internal energy market to wider Southeast Europe. The members commit to implement relevant EU energy acquis communautaire, to develop an adequate regulatory framework and to liberalize their energy markets in line with the acquis under the founding Treaty.[4]

  1. ^ https://www.energy-community.org/aboutus/institutions/MC/presidency.html [bare URL]
  2. ^ Johannes Pollak, Samuel R. Schubert, Maren Kreutler. "Energy Policy of the European Union". Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, p. 122
  3. ^ Reuters, Ukraine says Belarus has imposed trade barriers in plane row: May 28, 2021
  4. ^ Treaty on the Energy Community in South East Europe. Council of European Regulators, 2004 Annual Report.