NEW EU ENERGY REGULATORS’ SYSTEM APPROVED – BUT WILL IT DELIVER?
July 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) just loves setting up new agencies and statutory bodies. If there is a problem, then usually agreement can be struck at the European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers on creating a body of experts to deal with it.
This might seem like buck-passing, but there are always real consequences to these decisions. Expert European bodies involve themselves in detailed regulatory issues once the preserve of national governments - even when working within limits imposed by EU directives.
Because when it comes to creating ...
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