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According to a CEER\u00a0( Council of\u00a0European Energy Regulators)\u00a0Report from June 2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">?The main differences between the two definitions relate to the rules on membership, admissible generation technologies, the geographic scope and the allowed activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">1\ufe0f\u20e3 According to Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018\/2001 \u201drenewable energy community\u201d means a legal entity:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) which, in accordance with the applicable national law, is based on open and voluntary participation, is autonomous, and is effectively controlled by shareholders or members that are located in the proximity of the renewable energy projects that are owned and developed by that legal entity;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) the shareholders or members of which are natural persons, SMEs (small and medium-size enterprise) or local authorities, including municipalities;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) the primary purpose of which is to provide environmental, economic or social community benefits for its shareholders or members or for the local areas where it operates, rather than financial profits\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 According to Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019\/944 \u201dcitizen energy community\u2019 means a legal entity that:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) is based on voluntary and open participation and is effectively controlled by members or shareholders that are natural persons, local authorities, including municipalities, or small enterprises;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) has for its primary purpose to provide environmental, economic or social community benefits to its members or shareholders or to the local areas where it operates rather than to generate financial profits; and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) may engage in generation, including from renewable sources, distribution, supply, consumption, aggregation, energy storage, energy efficiency services or charging services for electric vehicles or provide other energy services to its members or shareholders\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2714\ufe0fRECs can only include renewable energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2714\ufe0fShareholders or members of RECs must be located in the proximity of the renewable energy projects that are owned and developed by the REC (there is no geographic limitation for CECs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u2714\ufe0fCECs are limited to the electricity sector (RECs can cover any energy sector) but can cover more activities, namely generation, distribution and supply, consumption, aggregation, storage or energy efficiency services, charging services for electric vehicles or other energy services (RECs can only cover production, consumption and selling of energy).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25102\" src=\"https:\/\/euea-energyagency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EUEA-kopiya.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euea-energyagency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EUEA-kopiya.png 940w, https:\/\/euea-energyagency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EUEA-kopiya-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/euea-energyagency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EUEA-kopiya-30x25.png 30w, https:\/\/euea-energyagency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EUEA-kopiya-50x42.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: 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