This conference was organised in 1959 by 19 countries (now there are 48) and initially united the national administrations charged with the postal and telecommunications sector. CEPT co-ordinated the co-operation between the member states in terms of commercial, operational, regulatory and standardisation issues. Since 1992 CEPT has been solely occupied with subjects of a regulatory nature. Within CEPT two committees have been established : CERP (European Committee for Postal Regulation) and the ECC (Electronic Communications Committee). The ECC has a permanent representation : ECO (European Communications Office).
BIPT participation :
- in the CEPT plenary meeting;
- in the ECC plenary meetings and various ECC working groups;
- in the ECO Board of Management;
- in the CERP pleanry meetings and various CERP working groups.