[PDF] Top 20 Report on progress in creating the internal gas and electricity market. Commission staff working document accompanying the report. SEC (2008) 460 final, 15 April 2008

... This report consists of comparative tables and graphs which, as in previous benchmarking exercises, draw together key indicators submitted by regulators unless indicated ...the electricity and gas ... See full document

... European gas markets, coordinated demand analysis and investment planning in the Iberian and South East European 12 gas markets, regulatory coordination towards harmonised regulatory decision-making across ... See full document

... Swiss electricity market, following essentially the concepts of the electricity directive, was rejected in a referendum by the Swiss population by a narrow ...the market at least for ... See full document

... technical report contains important background information relevant to the main 2008 Communication on the implementation of the electricity and gas Directives 1 ...for Electricity and ... See full document

... < 15 000 kWh 2008 s02 2009 s01 ∆ % 2008 s02 2009 s01 ∆ % CY 0,1754 0,1336 -23,83 CY 0,1809 0,1379 -23,77 PL 0,1005 0,0883 -12,14 RO 0,0921 0,0783 -14,98 RO 0,0920 0,0814 -11,52 PL 0,0951 0,0834 ... See full document

... energy market. A major upgrade of the electricity sector including a programme for rural electrification is ...four electricity substations in the West ...an electricity interconnection ... See full document

... transit gas pipeline was ...Arab gas pipeline which has now reached the border with ...made progress in expanding a gas pipeline to ...Trans-Saharan gas pipeline which would link ... See full document

... its internal organisation and human resources. In April 2007, it issued a “Strategic plan for the next 12 ...the market for mobile telephony, the authority proposed an auction process for granting 20 ... See full document

... for 2008, considering that at this stage it has not defined its interests in the negotiations with sufficient ...made progress in structural reforms, notably financial sector ...on internal control ... See full document

... Some progress has been made with regard to the internal energy ...July 2008, the country further aligned its legislation with the Community legislation in the energy ...the electricity ... See full document

... wholesale electricity market, thereby giving priority to small scale power ...the electricity and gas laws to promote the use of renewable energy sources including small ...the ... See full document

... conventional electricity generation units. In a deal on gas import prices, Gazprom increased its share in the gas utility ...on electricity interconnections with Iran and ...of ... See full document

... reserve. Gas production from the Shah Deniz field started up and the strategic transit gas pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum (Turkey) was put into operation, thus allowing first quantities of gas to ... See full document

... In April 2007 the government launched an anti-poverty plan aiming at reducing the number of poor families to ...labour market and the introduction of an obligatory ...of 2008. The legislation for the ... See full document

... the gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is another project of this ...the Commission in the form of exemption periods from the usual rules on third party ...The Commission is particularly supportive ... See full document

... around 15% of consumption. All imported gas, ...Russian gas, and it is more expensive than that supplied directly (the gas go West crossing Slovakia and then comes back East – it is sold to ... See full document

... However, despite these efforts, Roma continue to be the most vulnerable minority. Lack of civil registration of Roma continues to be problematic: many Roma families have no health insurance and cannot benefit from social ... See full document

... committees working exclusively under the management procedure ...the Commission applies the practice of using existing committees for new comitology ... See full document

... Despite positive steps, cases of torture and ill-treatment continue to be reported, in particular in pre-trial detention and prison facilities. Investigation into complaints of torture and ill-treatment and prosecution ... See full document

... One of the areas of ex ante regulation where the disparities in the terms and the effectiveness of remedies are most obvious is that of the choice of cost-orientation and cost accounting remedies. Even where an ... See full document