Further legislative measures to transpose the EU Third Energy Package

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Consultation opened on 11 January 2013. Closing date 22 February 2013.

Summary

Background information on the Third Package and action taken to implement a number of proposed amendments to
the Gas Order, the Energy Order, the SEM Order, the IME3 Regulations and the Competition and Service Order.

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EU Third Energy Package
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Consultation description

The key elements of the Third Package include

  • a range of greater consumer protection measures
  • stringent requirements for unbundling network operations from other activities
  • ensuring fairer competition between companies within the EU and those outside the EU
  • more powers and independence for national regulators
  • greater co-operation between Member States
  • the creation of a new European energy agency (the Agency for the Cooperation of European Regulators or ACER)

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