EU Energy Law - vol.1 the Internal Energy Market by Christopher W. Jones - (Book review)
Article from: OGEL 3 (2005), in Book Reviews and Related Material
Introduction
EU Energy Law - vol.1 the Internal Energy Market by Christopher W. Jones Brussels : Claeys & Casteels, 2004 ISBN: 90-776-4401-6 Although the creation of a single European energy market accelerated rapidly in recent years, the process began very slowly. Electricity generation, distribution, grid expansion and selling, prior to 1980s, were undertaken by national, vertically integrated monopolies that were granted exclusive rights. The European Commission challenged the existence of such monopolies in the 1990s as being contrary to the Treaty's rules on the free ...