It was developed by the Association of Issuing Bodies[1] to provide a properly regulated platform for Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin, as proposed by the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
The Guarantee of Origin includes information about the energy attributes of the electricity production to which it relates to such as source, capacity, and age of the plant.
[2] The EECS was developed to serve as the standardization system for the European GOs.
[3] The organization maintains that the certification system is intended to secure "in a manner consistent with European Community law and relevant national laws, that systems operating within the EECS framework are reliable, secure and interoperable.
The EECS Rules set out the energy certificate issuing activities of members of the AIB at an international level; while the implementation of EECS at a national or regional level is set out in a series of Domain Protocols.