Overview

The EU has adopted sweeping new legislation that introduced new rules and repealed earlier legislation governing the EU electricity and gas sectors. This requires a review and rethinking of existing law and practice in all of the Member States and the ten new Member countries. It builds on a dramatic increase in regulation in recent years, arising from the introduction of competition in a highly sensitive and strategic sector of the EU economy, as well as a shift to regulation by national agencies in all 25 states, and an emerging role for the European Commission as a federal-style regulator. The new legislation will, among other things, modify the competences of the European and national regulatory authorities, creating new potential for tensions and problems in implementation and observance by the wide range of players now involved, including governments, regulators, and industry. It will also add to the potential for conflict between energy and non-energy regulatory authorities, especially with respect to the implementation of competition law and environmental law. Taking the latest developments as a starting point, the book focuses on those areas of national regulatory practice that raise important issues of a wider European significance, and which may provide lessons for improved regulatory co-operation in future. The book draws on the experience of prominent energy lawyers to provide an analysis of their own national experiences. The authors describe and comment on the key regulatory issues of third-party access, interconnector access, cross-border trade, the harmonisation of tariff methodology, congestion management, security of supply and public service obligations, the liberalisation v regulation debate, and the interface between the EU and national authorities.

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Author:   Peter Cameron
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9780199279630

ISBN 10:   0199279632
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   01 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1: Peter Cameron: Introduction Part 1 - The New European Regime 2: Peter Cameron: Completing the Internal Market in Energy: An Introduction to the New Legislation 3: Michael Albers: The New EU Directives on Energy Liberalisation: From a Competition Point of View 4: Burkard Eberlein: Regulation by Co-operation Part 2 - National Approaches to Implementation 5: Peter Cameron: Introduction 6: Kornel Kossuth: Austria 7: Thierry M Lauriol: France 8: Kai-Uwe Pritzsche, and Stefan Klauer: Germany 9: Marina Kolia: Greece 10: Patrick McGovern: Ireland 11: Rino Caiazzo: Italy 12: Vincent Aarts: The Netherlands 13: Manuel Protaiso and Catarina Pinto Correia: Portugal 14: Emiliano Garayar: Spain 15: Justyna Bremen: The United Kingdom 16: Peter Cameron: Central Europe: An Introduction 16A: Peter Kaderjak and Gyoergy Antall: Hungary 16B: Marcin Olejnik: Poland 16C: Roman Kotiers: Slovakia 17: Peter Cameron: Conclusion Appendices The Electricity Directive 2003 The Gas Directive 2003 The Electricity Regulation 2003 The Gas Regulation 2004

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Peter Cameron is Professor of International Energy Law and Policy at the University of Dundee, UK and at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence. He is the author of Competition in Energy Markets: Law and Regulation in the European Union (OUP, 2002). He has written widely on issues of energy regulation and has been adviser to various regulatory agencies in the EU.

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