Introduction

The date of the 3rd St.Gallen International Energy Forum (IEF) in late October could not have taken place at a better time with respect to the «Third Energy Package» that entered into force in September and the forthcoming UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December. Prof. Dr. Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court and Director of the Institute of European and International Business Law at the University of St.Gallen, and Dr. Dirk Buschle, Legal Counsel of the Energy Secretariat Community and Vice-Director of the Institute of European and ...