The new official website of BEREC, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications, has been launched with the aim of providing effective and timely information to all European citizens, businesses, stakeholders and to the BEREC community itself.

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has launched its new public website. According to Georg Serentschy, BEREC Chair 2012, the new website, with all its functionalities, will enable EU citizens to be more familiar with its tasks and organisation and with the supporting role of the BEREC Office. It is aimed at providing effective and timely information to all European citizens, businesses, stakeholders and to the BEREC community itself.

The new website has been structured with an information section which introduces BEREC and its Office explaining their competences, roles and main activities according to their establishing Regulation (EC) Nº 1211/2009; an up-to-date overview section regarding public events and documentation on BEREC meetings; a Register of documents section, where the entire body of BEREC official documentation is stored with a search engine to facilitate the access to the documents; a section about BEREC procedures concerning Article 7 and 7a of the revised EU regulatory framework on market remedies; and a section regarding the BEREC public consultations and news.

Since January 2010, BEREC contributes to the development and better functioning of the internal market for electronic communications networks and services. It does so, by aiming to ensure a consistent application of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications and by promoting an effective internal market in telecoms sector, in order to bring even greater benefits to consumers and businesses alike. The BEREC Office, an EU Body with legal personality and located in Riga (Latvia), provides professional and administrative support services to BEREC.