Energy Community | |
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Secretariat | Vienna, Austria |
Member States | European Union Albania |
Leaders | |
• Presidency-in-Office 2024 | Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] |
• Vice Presidency-in-Office | European Commission |
• Director of Secretariat | Artur Lorkowski |
Establishment | |
• signing of the Treaty | 1 Oct 2005 |
• Treaty entry into force | 1 July 2006 |
Website www.energy-community.org |
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]