The role of the European Union in private law relations of organizations operating in the internal electricity or gas market in medium and small size Member States

Nechvatal, I; Pilavachi, PA; Kakaras, E

dc.contributor.author	Nechvatal, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Pilavachi, PA	en
dc.contributor.author	Kakaras, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T11:47:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T11:47:19Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	03014215	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/38122
dc.subject	Electricity and gas	en
dc.subject	European Union	en
dc.subject	Private law legislation	en
dc.title	The role of the European Union in private law relations of organizations operating in the internal electricity or gas market in medium and small size Member States	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.063	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.063	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	This paper studies European Union (EU) legislation on private law relations for organizations operating in the internal electricity and gas market in medium and small size Member States. It consists of the analysis of both the EU primary (Treaties) and secondary (directives and regulations) legislation. A survey was sent to organizations operating in the internal energy market in four Member States: Greece, Czech Republic, Finland, and Malta. Through the survey, the paper identifies problematic areas of current EU legislation and compares them with new legislation applied as from 3 March 2011 (third liberalization package). It looks into all important EU energy legislation on private law relations of organizations operating in the internal energy market such as unbundling, procurement, procedural law, duties related to information and other legislation on energy contracts. The study concludes that, despite some small problems, the energy liberalization including the third liberalization legislative package progresses in a correct manner. There are nearly no problems in the access to the transmission and distribution systems. The functioning of the gas market is considered as the most important problem. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Energy Policy	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.063	en