Description
EU Energy Law
Volume VIII. The Energy Infrastructure Policy of the European Union
Language: EnglishSubjects for EU Energy Law:
Publication date: 09-2013
Description
/li>
Infrastructures are the backbone of any economy and energy is vital to our
way of life. Electricity transmission, gas and oil pipelines, smart grids,
storage of energy and later on CO2 transport are essential elements of our
present and future energy systems. The energy and climate policies
conducted by the European Union since 2007 have led to the third energy
package governing the internal electricity and gas markets, to the
directive setting the target of 20% of renewable sources of energy by
2020, to the energy efficiency directive and most recently to the
regulation establishing the guidelines on trans-European energy
infrastructures and to the new financing programme called “Connecting
Europe Facility”. In five years’ time, national energy policies have been
drastically reshaped by the EU directives and regulations, now based on
Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It is
now time to understand fully the importance of these regulatory changes
and the resulting “europeanisation” of the energy policy.
© 2024 LAVOISIER S.A.S.