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Phone: +32 (0)2 775 98 00
Fax: +32 (0)2 775 98 01
Email: info@encharter.org
http://www.encharter.org

The Energy Charter Conference is served by a small permanent Secretariat based in Brussels. The Secretariat is staffed by energy sector experts from various countries of the Conference’s constituency, and is headed by a Secretary General. The Energy Charter Conference, an inter-governmental organization, is the governing and decision-making body for the Energy Charter process, and was established by the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty..

The Secretariat’s functions are:

• to monitor implementation of the Energy Charter Treaty and Protocol’s obligations
• to organise and administer meetings of the Conference and its subsidiary bodies
• to provide analytical support and advice to the Conference and its subsidiary bodies on all aspects of the Energy Charter process
• to represent the Energy Charter Conference in the development of its relations with non-member states and other relevant international organizations and institutions
• to support negotiations on new instruments mandated by the Conference.

1. Actor:

   International and regional organisations

2. Sector:

   Energy

3. Activity:

   Worldwide

1. Abstract:

   The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is an international agreement which provides a multilateral framework for energy trade, transit and investments. Originally, the Energy Charter process based on integrating the energy sectors of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe at the end of the Cold War into the broader European and world markets.

2. External Links:

   • Wikipedia
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3. Categories:

   Energy policy, International energy organizations, Treaties concluded in 1994, Energy treaties