Mission & Strategy
Mission
”BEREC aims at fostering independent, forward looking, consistent and high-quality regulation of digital infrastructures and services for the benefit of Europe and its citizens.” (BEREC Strategy 2026-2030)
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (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 European Union (EU) regulatory framework and by aiming to promote an effective internal market in the telecoms sector, in order to bring even greater benefits to consumers and businesses alike.
Furthermore, BEREC assists the European Commission (EC) and the national regulatory authorities (NRAs) in implementing the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications. It provides advice on request and on its own initiative to the European institutions and complements, at the European level, the regulatory tasks performed by the NRAs at the national level.
The NRAs and the EC must take utmost account of any opinion, recommendation, guidelines, advice or regulatory best practice adopted by BEREC.
Strategy
The BEREC Strategy 2026-2030 covers a period of five years, providing guidance to organise and prioritise its work towards clearly defined objectives.
BEREC plans its multiannual work around the four general objectives of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC):
- Incentivising connectivity, access and take-up of Very High Capacity Networks.
- Promoting competition.
- Contributing to the development of the internal market.
- Ensuring the interests of the citizens of the Union.
In the process, and based on the strategy, BEREC gives special consideration to the five high-level strategic priorities listed below:
- Promoting full connectivity and the Digital Single Market.
- Supporting competition-driven and open digital ecosystems.
- Empowering end users.
- Contributing to environmentally sustainable, secure and resilient digital infrastructures.
- Strengthening BEREC's capabilities and continuous improvement.
Establishment
The legal basis for BEREC is set out in the BEREC Regulation. The current BEREC Regulation replaces Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009, which was part of the Telecoms Reform package.
The Telecoms Reform package has now been replaced by the EECC. The EECC establishes a significant number of new tasks for BEREC, such as issuing guidelines on several topics, reporting on technical matters, keeping registers, lists or databases, and delivering opinions on internal market procedures for draft national measures on market regulation. Overall, the EECC aims to create an internal market for electronic communications within the EU while ensuring a high level of investment, innovation and consumer protection through enhanced competition.