GREECE BREAKS EU LAW OVER LIGNITE
March 1st, 2008
By Alan Osborn
Greece has violated EU laws by maintaining rights that give the state-owned electricity company Public Power Corporation (PPC) quasi-exclusive access to lignite, the cheapest source of electricity in the country, said the European Commission. Brussels said Greece had infringed Article 86 of the EC Treaty, which ensures the application of competition laws to public corporations, and Article 82, which prohibits abuse of a dominant market position. It called on Athens to grant fairer access to lignite to PPC's competitors. Virtually all lignite ...
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