Abstract:
Over the last two years EC energy policy has become a key policy area in the creation of an internal market by 1992. The Commission is now proposing new Directives in the energy sector (public procurement, fiscal harmonization, freedom to provide goods and services, price transparency, and technical and environmental harmonization), which may well affect all energy industries in Europe. After a short description of present EC energy policies and objectives, the following article gives an overview of the main policy guidelines and policy actions in the EC on the way to an Internal Energy Market (IEM).