MISSION

The Energy Community extends the EU internal energy policy to non-EU members on the ground of legally binding framework, based on the EU acquis. It provides a stable investment environment, ties its members together with the EU and thereby contributes to security of supply in wider Europe.

 

SCOPE

As of July 2017, the Energy Community has ten members: the European Union and nine Contracting Parties - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine. Armenia, Norway and Turkey participate as Observers.

 

TASKS

The key tasks of the Secretariat are to:

• Assist the Contracting Parties to develop their national legislative framework in compliance with the EU acquis in the areas of electricity, gas, oil, environment, renewable energy, energy efficiency, security of supply, competition and statistics (further, common work in the area of  social issues oil is also performed)
• Monitor, assess and report about the implementation of the Treaty establishing the Energy Community
• Provide administrative support to the institutions under the Treaty

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•  Continuous steps towards Treaty implementation — the Secretariat helps the Contracting Parties to draft numerous EU compliable pieces of national law, both primary and secondary legislation
• Keeping abreast with the EU developments — extension of the Treaty acquis to include core EU legislation, such as security of supply (2007), energy efficiency (2009), Third Energy Package (2011) and Renewable Energy (2012). On 30 November 2021, the Energy Community Ministerial Council adopted the first set of Clean Energy for all Europeans package, covering new legislation in the area of energy efficiency, renewables, governance, electricity market design and electricity security of supply rules.
• A new geographical scope — on the ground of the original area of operation in the Western Balkans, the accession of Moldova (April 2010) and Ukraine (February 2011) granted the Energy Community a new geographical definition. Georgia followed the course in 2017. This signalises the political will towards further enlargement.