The Liberalization of Electricity and Natural Gas in the European Union

This edited work features perspectives on the principal issues raised by the liberalization of the electricity and natural-gas markets in the EU. The analyses are collected under four headings: Competition; Transmission and Trading; Environment and Consumer Protection; and National Experiences.

List of contents

Foreword. Introduction. I: Competition. Competition Law Issues Arising from the Liberalisation Process; M. Albers. The Impact of Liberalisation on Long-Term Energy Contracts; P.J. Slot. II: Transmission and Trading. Network Access and Transmission and Distribution Pricing; W. Fritz. Energy Trading in the EU: Commoditisation of Electricity and the Emergence of Energy Exchanges; S. Schulte-Beckhausen. III: Consumer and Environment Protection. Consumers and Energy Liberalisation; F. McGowan. The Interface between Electricity Liberalisation and Environmental Protection: The German Example; A. Heinen. IV: Country Reports. Belgium; D. Vandermeersch. France; N. Charbit. Germany; A.-R. Borner. Italy; G.C. Scarsi. The Netherlands; M. Roggenkamp.

Product details

• Authors: Geradin, Damien Geradin
• Assisted by: Damien Geradin (Editor)
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9789041115607
• ISBN: 978-90-411-1560-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Series: Legal Aspects of International; Legal Aspects of International; European Monographs Series Set
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law