Title: The internal energy market: the hour of wisdom
Authors: Claude Desama
Addresses: Member of the European Parliament, Former President of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology, Rue de la Banque, 38, 4800 Verviers, Belgium
Abstract: Between immobility and outright action, there are evidently many middle roads that can be taken by the Council, the Parliament and the Commission. The formula of an interim framework-directive appears to us to be the most adequate, indeed the only realistic one. Based on the many consultations conducted by the Parliament and the report that it has approved, this framework-directive should be articulated around six guidelines.
Keywords: competition mechanisms; Europe; EU energy policy; general interest; network access; energy security; energy supply; subsidiarity; European Union.
DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1995.063440
International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1995 Vol.8 No.1/2/3, pp.276-279
Published online: 14 Jul 2014 *
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