Ecomet Information

ECOMET was created end of 1995. ECOMET is an Economic Interest Grouping under Belgian law located in Brussels. After having confirmed its intention to do so in September 1997, the European Commission (Directorate-General Competition) approved the ECOMET arrangements in October 1999. The NMS's have developed in ECOMET a legal framework to establish equal competition conditions for the public as well as for the private sector. Why was ECOMET created? Development of legislation by the European Commission led to review of the traditional practices of the NMS's . Particularly in the field of competition and the open market concept the practices of the NMS's wanted to be harmonized with the European Law. By applying the ECOMET rules, the NMS's, being governmental organizations, comply with the competition rules, as defined by the European Legislation. What are the objectives of ECOMET? The overall aims of ECOMET are: To maintain a level playing field for commercial activities in Europe To operate and maintain an administrative framework to increase and facilitate the access to data and products throughout Europe (for the ECOMET Members and Third Parties) To act as data policy advisors towards the community and interested actors regarding the exchange of meteorological data and products in Europe What are the benefits from ECOMET?