The European Commission has just decided to send reasoned opinions to three Member States - Italy, Poland and Romania - for breach of the rules on end-user price regulation. It follows from the rules on the internal energy market and the case law of the Court (See Federutility judgment, Case C-265/08), that retail prices must be subject as a general rule to competition, by confrontation of supply and demand. Regulated prices must remain the exception.
References: Press release, European Commission, IP/11/414.
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