Secretariat issues its Opinion on the Albanian regulatory authority’s certification of TAP, 11 Feb 2016

Today the Energy Community Secretariat published its first Opinion on the certification of a transmission system operator under the Third Energy Package. The Opinion agrees with certification of TAP AG now and invites ERE, the Albanian regulatory authority, to open a new certification procedure once TAP becomes operational. The certification of TAP AG relates to a rather untypical unbundling case: […]

ECS transfers complaint against Nord Stream 2 project to European Commission, 05 Jan 2016

Today, the Energy Community Secretariat passed on to the European Commission a complaint submitted by the Ukrainian National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine under Article 90 of the Energy Community Treaty. The complaint concerns the alleged violation of Energy Community law by the so-called ‘Nord Stream 2’ pipeline project. The complaint was transferred on the basis of Procedural Act […]

Secretariat requests four Contracting Parties to rectify failure to impose legislative thresholds on sulphur content of liquid fuels, 21 Dec 2015

Today the Energy Community Secretariat submitted four Reasoned Opinions as the next step in the dispute settlement cases against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine. In one case, namely for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the only remaining issue is the missing sampling and analysis of the fuels as required by Energy Community […]

EU Parliament defines Energy Community as integral part of the Energy Union and pivotal arm of EU’s external energy policy, 16 Dec 2015

In a resolution adopted on 15 December, the European Parliament invites the Commission to come forward with concrete proposals based on the Report of the High Level Reflection Group to further reform the Energy Community in order to establish a true pan-European Energy Community. The focus should be better governance and enhancement of Energy Community institutions, including the establishment of […]

The Board of Appeal dismisses as inadmissible the appeals brought by E-Control and Austrian Power Grid seeking the annulment of ACER’s Opinion No 09/2015

On 23 November 2015, the Board of Appeal received two appeals, lodged by the Austrian energy regulator E-Control and by the Austrian Power Grid (APG), seeking the annulment of ACER (the Agency) ’s Opinion No 09/2015 of 23 September 2015 on the compliance of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs)’ decisions, approving the methods of allocation of cross-border electricity transmission capacity in […]

ECS Secretariat publishes first CESEC report on gas market integration, 18 Dec 2015

Today the ECS Secretariat published its first monitoring report on the execution of the Action Plan under the Central and South-Eastern European Gas Connectivity (CESEC) Memorandum of Understanding on a “Joint approach to address the natural gas diversification and security of supply challenges”. Its signatories, which comprise the European Union, five Energy Community Contracting Parties* and nine EU Member States, […]

MPs prepare for Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum, 15 Dec 2015

Meeting in Vienna on 14 December, Members of Parliament of the eight Energy Community Contracting Parties gathered together to discuss the future work programme and procedural rules of the Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum. Established by a decision of the 2015 Energy Community Ministerial Council, the plenum will bring together two representatives from each national parliament of the Contracting Parties and […]

EU Parliament defines Energy Community as integral part of the Energy Union and pivotal arm of EU’s external energy policy, 16 Dec 2015

In a resolution adopted on 15 December, the European Parliament invites the Commission to come forward with concrete proposals based on the Report of the High Level Reflection Group to further reform the Energy Community in order to establish a true pan-European Energy Community. The focus should be better governance and enhancement of Energy Community institutions, including the establishment of […]