TENS ENERGY
October 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLAMENDENTS to the latest proposed guidelines for European Union (EU) trans-European energy network grant applications would force the European Commission to consider the effect of subsidised projects on competition amongst EU utilities.The European Parliament has amended the criteria governing the award of grants to make sure that public subsidies to one electricity or gas operator do not negatively impact on a rival or lock out potential new competitors. In their first reading of the new guidelines, MEPs said that the "effects on competition ...
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