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{{Short description|European regulatory agency umbrella organization}}
{{independent sources|date=September 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox organization
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| logo_caption = CEPT logo, designed by [[Michael Goaman]]
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| formation = {{Start date and age|1959|06|26|df=y}}
| membership = 46 countries
| leader_title = Co-presidency
| leader_name = The Chairman of ECC, The Chairman of CERP and the Chairman of Com-ITU
| website = {{Official URL}}
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The '''European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations''' ('''CEPT''') was established on 26 June 1959 by nineteen European states in [[Montreux]], Switzerland, as a coordinating body for [[Europe]]an state [[telecommunications]] and [[postal organizations]]. The [[acronym]] comes from the French version of its name, {{lang|fr|Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications}}.

CEPT was responsible for the creation of the [[European Telecommunications Standards Institute]] (ETSI) in 1988.

== Organization ==
CEPT is organised into three main components:
* Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) – responsible for radiocommunications and telecommunications matters and formed by the merger of ECTRA (European Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs) and ERC (European Radiocommunications Committee) in September 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cept.org/ecc/what-we-do|title=CEPT.ORG – ECC – About ECC – What we do|date=2017-05-24|website=cept.org|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
**The permanent secretariat of the ECC is the European Communications Office (ECO)
* European Committee for Postal Regulation (CERP, after the French ''"Comité européen des régulateurs postaux"'') – responsible for postal matters
* The committee for [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]] Policy (Com-ITU) is responsible for organising the co-ordination of CEPT actions for the preparation for and during the course of the ITU activities meetings of the council, Plenipotentiary Conferences, World Telecommunication Development Conferences, World Telecommunication Standardisation Assemblies

The entity is based on the concept of a [[Postal, telegraph and telephone service]] entity.

==Member countries==
''As of March 2022: 46 countries.''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cept.org/cept/membership-and-observers| title = CEPT Membership and Observers (2023)}}</ref>

Albania, [[Andorra]], Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, [[Latvia]], [[Liechtenstein]], Lithuania, [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], Moldova, Monaco, [[Montenegro]], Netherlands, [[North Macedonia]], Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, [[San Marino]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovak Republic]], [[Slovenia]], Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, [[Vatican City]].  The [[Russia|Russian Federation]] and [[Belarus]] memberships were suspended indefinitely on 17 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CEPT.ORG-CEPT-News Storage-Suspension of the Russian Federation and Belarus from CEPT Membership |url=https://www.cept.org/cept/news/suspension-of-the-russian-federation-and-belarus-from-cept-membership/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=cept.org}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Europa postage stamp]]
* [[CEPT Recommendation T/CD 06-01]] (standard for videotex)
* [[E-carrier]] (standard for multiplexed telephone circuits)
* [[International Telecommunication Union]]
* [[LPD433]]
* [[PMR446]]
* [[Short-range device#SRD860|SRD860]]
* [[Universal Postal Union]]
* [[WiMAX]]
* [[African Telecommunications Union]] (ATU)
* [[Asia-Pacific Telecommunity]] (APT)
* [[Caribbean Postal Union]] (CPU)
* [[Caribbean Telecommunications Union]] (CTU)
* [[Inter-American Telecommunication Commission]] (CITEL)
* [[Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal]]
* [[List of members of the Universal Postal Union]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[http://www.cept.org/ecc ECC website]
*[http://www.cept.org/ECO ECO website]
*[http://www.cept.org/CERP CERP website]
*[http://www.cept.org/Com-ITU Com-ITU website]

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