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Third Legislative Package on Energy Liberalization Published

Three regulations and two directives implementing the third energy liberalization package were published in the EU Official Journal on 14 August 2009 (L 211). These are: Regulation (EC) No. 713/2009 of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators; Regulation (EC) No. 714/2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity (repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1228/2003); Regulation (EC) No. 715/2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks (repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1775/2005); Directive 2009/72/EC of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity (repealing Directive 2003/54/EC); Directive 2009/73/EC of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (repealing Directive 2003/55/EC). I will comment the main changes brought by these texts in a comming message.