Recent change to French Electricity Legislation
Article from: OGEL 3 (2005), in Electricity Law and Regulation
Introduction
Changes to the energy law in France will affect companies located in the UK trading electricity over the interconnector with France. Some of them will need to take steps quickly to comply with new administrative requirements to file a declaration. Sanctions for non-compliance can be severe. Under previous legislation, only companies "located" in France and intending to carry out an electricity trading activity had to file a declaration with the Ministry of Energy. While the term "located" was not defined, its was generally accepted that a trader with neither an office nor ...