Directive 2003/54 - Common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC - Statements made with regard to decommissioning and waste management activities

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This directive was in effect from August  4, 2003 until March  2, 2011 and should have been implemented in national regulation on July  1, 2004 at the latest.

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Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC - Statements made with regard to decommissioning and waste management activities
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2003/54
Original proposal COM(2001)125 EN
CELEX number i 32003L0054

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Document 26-06-2003
Publication in Official Journal 15-07-2003; Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Polish: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 12 Volume 002,OJ L 176, 15.7.2003
Effect 04-08-2003; Entry into force Date pub. + 20 See Art 31
End of validity 02-03-2011; Repealed by 32009L0072
Transposition 01-07-2004; At the latest See Art 30.1

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32003L0054

Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC - Statements made with regard to decommissioning and waste management activities

Official Journal L 176 , 15/07/2003 P. 0037 - 0056

Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 26 June 2003

concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 47(2), Article 55 and Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposals from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee(2),

Having consulted the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),

Whereas:

  • (1) 
    Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity(4) has made significant contributions towards the creation of an internal market for electricity.
  • (2) 
    Experience in implementing this Directive shows the benefits that may result from the internal market in electricity, in terms of efficiency gains, price reductions, higher standards of service and increased competitiveness. However, important shortcomings and possibilities for improving the functioning of the market remain, notably concrete provisions are needed to ensure a level playing field in generation and to reduce the risks of market dominance and predatory behaviour, ensuring non-discriminatory transmission and distribution tariffs, through access to the network on the basis of tariffs published prior to their entry into force, and ensuring that the rights of small and vulnerable customers are protected and that information on energy sources for electricity generation is disclosed, as well as reference to sources, where available, giving information on their environmental impact.
  • (3) 
    At its meeting in Lisbon on 23 and 24 March 2000, the European Council called for rapid work to be undertaken to complete the internal market in both electricity and gas sectors and to speed up liberalisation in these sectors with a view to achieving a fully operational internal market. The European Parliament, in its Resolution of 6 July 2000 on the Commission's second report on the state of liberalisation of energy markets, requested the Commission to adopt a detailed timetable for the achievement of accurately defined objectives with a view to gradually but completely liberalising the energy market.
  • (4) 
    The freedoms which the Treaty guarantees European citizens - free movement of goods, freedom to provide services and freedom of establishment - are only possible in a fully open market, which enables all consumers freely to choose their suppliers and all suppliers freely to deliver to their customers.
  • (5) 
    The main obstacles in arriving at a fully operational and competitive internal market relate amongst other things to issues of access to the network, tarification issues and different degrees of market opening between Member States.
  • (6) 
    For competition to function, network access must be non-discriminatory, transparent and fairly priced.
  • (7) 
    In order to complete the internal electricity market, non-discriminatory access to the network of the transmission or the distribution system operator is of paramount importance. A transmission or distribution system operator may comprise one or more undertakings.
  • (8) 
    In order to ensure efficient and non-discriminatory network access it is appropriate that the distribution and transmission systems are operated through legally...

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