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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