ELECTRABEL
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has referred to the Belgian competition authorities six merger cases involving the sale by Flanders local authorities of gas and electricity supply services to the country's energy giant Electrabel. The councils have been forced to offload the services to comply with Belgium's electricity and gas liberalisation legislation.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has referred to the Belgian competition authorities six merger cases involving the sale by Flanders local authorities of gas and electricity supply services to the country's energy giant Electrabel. The councils have been forced to offload the services to comply with Belgium's electricity and gas liberalisation legislation.
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