Association of European Radios
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
3
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.45 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Association of European Radios (AER) is the Europe-wide trade body for commercial radio, representing the interests of companies operating thousands of commercial radio stations to the EU Institutions. AER promotes the development of commercially-funded radio broadcasting in Europe, by ensuring a fair and sustainable economic framework for radio so it can continue to thrive.
EU Legislative Interests
They include: the European Media Freedom Act, the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the Media and Audiovisual Action Plan, the European Democracy Action Plan, advertising and consumer protection related proposals and consultations (Consumer Credit Directive, ePrivacy, political advertising, etc.), legislation on Copyright (Collective Rights Managements and Term Directives etc.) and consultation (Targeted consultation on the conditions for the remuneration of music performers and record producers from third (non-EU) countries for recorded music played in the EU), spectrum related proposals and consultations (Radio Spectrum Policy Programme and Radio Spectrum Policy Group Opinion on ITU-R World Radiocommunication Conference 2023), European Commission's policies towards tackling the spread of online Disinformation and funding, telecoms and network fees, including exploratory consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector, European Electronic Communications Code, Digital Networks Act, social dialogue in the audiovisual sector, generative artificial intelligence, cookie pledge, the European Democracy Shield.
Communication Activities
AER organises an annual conference often dealing with the issues presented above under "Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed by your organisation". Last AER annual conference was held in the European Parliament in 2019. AER organised a roundtable in the European Parliament on 4 November 2025 hosted by MEP Suncana Glavak.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
European Advertising Standards Alliance European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance European Internet Forum WorldDAB Forum Advertising Information Group Wider Spectrum Group Representative in the European Social Dialogue for the Audiovisual sector Observer in World Intellectual Property Organisation Partner with UNESCO World Radio Day Partner with Radiodays Europe
Organisation Members
http://www.aereurope.org/aer-members-eu/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.