The FIA European Rally Trophy was born in 2014 and came to substitute the European Rally Cup. In its current frame, this is a European motor-racing trophy that is divided between seven geographical regions. These are: the Alpine zone, which encompasses countries around the Alps such as France, Italy and Switzerland; the Balkan zone, accounting for countries in the Balkan Peninsula, such as Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Serbia; the Baltic zone, for countries bordering the Baltic Sea, such as Latvia, Estonia and Sweden; the Benelux zone for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg; the Celtic zone, designed for Ireland and the United Kingdom; the Central zone, for Central European countries such as Austria, the Czechs Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland and Germany, and, last, but not least, the Iberian zone, for Portugal and Spain.

In all these zones, champions are picked not only at the absolute level (ERT1), but also for RC2N and some RGT (ERT2) vehicles, racers on two driving-wheel cars (ERT3) and Junior, for pilots aged fewer than 27. From all these stages, the first five classified racers, in each group or echelon, are also cleared for the Final. It is at the Final that the overall title is attributed. In 2019 the Final will take place at the Rallye International du Valais, hosted by Switzerland between the 16.th and the 19.th of October, but was hosted, these last two years, by Rali Casinos do Algarve, in Portugal.