Introduction

The ninth meeting of the European Electricity Regulatory Forum was held in Rome from 17-18 October 2002.[1] One of the papers posted in advance of the meeting is the ETSO proposal for a 2003 CBT Mechanism which proposes certain changes to the existing cross-border tarification[2] mechanism introduced on 1 March 2002.[3] According to the proposal, ‘ETSO will be able to apply this method from 1 January 2003, providing the endorsement by the concerned regulatory bodies and the European Commission in due time.’ A two-page press release was posted on 15 October 2002 ...