Report calls for ‘unbundling’ of EU energy groups to encourage cross-border competition

A High Level Group (HLG) on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment, composed of representatives from the European Union, national governments and business leaders, issued a report on 2 June 2006 calling for Europe’s large electricity and gas companies to split off transmission systems such as the pipelines and grids they control.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/06/729: High Level Group proposes urgent actions to promote a competitive and sustainable European energy system, 2.6.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/729&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: Competitiveness aspects of sustainable development: High-level group (HLG) on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/environment/hlg/hlg_en.htm

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