Europe

The European Radiocommunications Office (ERO) was formally opened on 6 May 1991 and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. ERO is the permanent office supporting the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of the CEPT. ECC is the Committee that brings together the radio- and telecommunications regulatory authorities of the 48 CEPT member countries. ERO was established on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In 1996 this MoU was replaced by the “Convention for the establishment of the European Radiocommunications Office” which has to this date been signed by 30 CEPT administrations and which defines the terms of reference for ERO and the funding arrangement. The management function for ERO is performed by the Office Councils, consisting of representatives from the contracting administrations. With effect from January 2001, ERO's sister office, the European Telecommunications Office (ETO), was merged with ERO, which took over some of the functions previously carried out by ETO and now performs these tasks on behalf of the ETO Administrative Council. Another change in the CEPT organisation took place in October 2001, when the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) was established, replacing the European Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs (ECTRA) and the European Radiocommunications Committee (ERC).