Competition in Energy Markets: Law and Regulation in the European Union - Hardcover

Cameron, Peter Duncanson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198257708 ISBN 13: 9780198257707

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2002

Synopsis

Recent years have seen a major growth in the European law concerning the operation of the energy industry, especially with respect to electricity and gas. Several directives have been adopted that are aimed at the promotion of competition in this key sector of the European economy. At the same time, the jurisprudence of the European Court had developed further on matters such as access to networks, import and export monopolies and security of supply. In this book the authors examine the principal legislation, Treaty provisions and decisions of the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance of the EU as they related to the promotion of competition in European energy markets. In particular, two chapters are devoted to a detailed analysis of the provisions of the two directives that set out common rules for the creation of an internal market in the electricity and gas sectors. In each case, the analysis is set in the context of the various programmes of energy market liberalization and privatization in the Member States, which are summarized in this book. However, the authors also take the wider pan-European context into account, explaining the requirements and the implications of the European Economic Area Agreement, the Energy Charter Treaty and the Europe Agreements with countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The approach adopted by the authors is both analytical and historical. They locate the legislation in the context of the EU Internal Market programme that began in the late 1980s and explain the roles played by the various parties (energy industries, consumers and EU institutions) in shaping the final legislation. Importantly, they explain how the framework character of the energy directives has led to further important rule-making in the implementation of the directives across the EU. They conclude that a co-ordinated response between the European Commission and the national regulators will be essential to resolve problems arising in the transition to a competitive energy market in the EU.

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Review

..and updated to include the recent Energy Package, should be set reading for EU energy lawyers. The book, one of the most comprehensive treatments of EU competition law and regulation issues in the energy field, is further evidence of the threats now facing liberalisation. (Dafydd ab Iago, www.europolitics.info)

A new study of EC law and regulation, 'Competition in Energy Markets', by Peter Cameron, suggests that the challenges it faces require more than new legislation and that a revival of energy liberalisation may not be possible before 2010 at the earliest. (Oxford Analytica)

About the Author

Peter Cameron is currently holder of a personal chair in International Energy Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. He is co-editor of the Journal of Energy and natural Resources Law and Chairman of the International Bar Association Academic Advisory Group on Energy Law. He has advised the European Commission on many issues concerning European law and the energy industries.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198257708
• ISBN 13: 9780198257707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536