EU ENERGY HIGH LEVEL GROUP REPORT
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
VALUABLE support for the European Commission's tough competition inquiry in the gas and electricity industries has come from a new and influential European Union (EU) 'high-level group' on competitiveness, energy and the environment. Brussels' raids of key energy companies and its threat of legal action to clip the wings of dominant national champions have upset influential political forces, such as the French government. However the high-level group, which links experts, with utility representatives and regulators, has backed the Commission's ...
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