Without any surprise, rumors have been confirmed and the seat of the newly created Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has been attributed to Ljubljana (Slovenia). Two other cities were in the run, namely Bucharest (Romania) and Bratislava (Slovakia) (the strongest of the other contestants). In its preparatory documents to the Energy Council of 6-7 December, the Commission expressed its preference for keeping the transitional seat of ACER (the first five year's term of the Director to start in June/July 2010) either in Brussels or Luxemburg. But the Presidency announces an entry into function in Ljubljana already for March 2011. The latter date is more probably the moment when ACER will function totally. Details of ACER objective and functions to come in a new message.
References: Press release from the Swedish Presidency, 7 December 2009; Press release from the European Commission; EUobserver article, 7 December 2009.
Legal text: Decision 2009/913/EU taken by common agreement between the representatives of the governments of Member States of 7 December 2009 on the location of the seat of ACER (OJ L 322 of 9.12.2009 p.39).
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