SWITZERLAND AND EU PLAN POWER DEAL
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to negotiate a comprehensive energy agreement with Switzerland, which would see the landlocked country participating in liberalised EU electricity markets. A memorandum from the council confirmed that the Swiss would have to sign onto EU electricity market rules, including those on trading power and allowing the purchase by EU operators of Switzerland generators. The talks' purpose "is to create an integrated market in electricity between the EU and ...
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