Energy News – 50th Issue-WB6 Monitoring Reports on Electricity and Sustainability ENERGY MARKETSEnC: WB6 Monitoring Reports on Electricity and Sustainability On 12 July 2017, the 2017 Western Balkan 6 (WB6) annual Summit was held in Trieste, Italy. The summit addressedseveral areas of cooperation, in particular in the connectivity agenda, and in the regional integration process....Read More

Energy News – 49th Issue-Amendment in the Law Regarding DESFA Energy Markets EnC: Secretariat Signs MoU with EBRD Montenegro: Public Debate on Resolving Disputes through Arbitration Electricity SEE CAO: Public Consultation on Set of Rules Albania: Decision on the Template Agreement for the Participation in the Market BiH: ERS Publishes Rules on Electricity Supply and...Read More

Energy News – 48th Issue-ACER and CEER Issue Three White Papers on Electricity ELECTRICITYEU: ACER and CEER Issue Three White Papers on Electricity In May 2017, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the Agency or ACER) and National RegulatoryAuthorities in the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) issued three joint Regulatory White Papers...Read More

Energy News – 47th Issue-NC on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms in Gas Transmission Systems OIL & GAS EU: NC on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms in Gas Transmission SystemsThe Regulation sets up CAM in gas transmission systems for existing and incremental capacity. It provides commercial and technical rules for TSO cooperation in order to facilitate capacity sales. It...Read More

Electricity market harmonisation with target model (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 27, 2017) Introduction After several years of preparation and analysis of different solutions for the reform of the electricity wholesale market and its harmonisation with EU law, (particularly with regard to...Read More

Opposition to energy projects (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Stavroula Antoniou, Stefania Chatzichristofi and Andriani Kantilieraki, published in the ILO OnDemand: Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter on March 27, 2017) Many new energy projects are supported and incentivised by national and regional governments, but meet with considerable opposition from the public due to safety, planning...Read More

“The ‘Dematerialized’ Insurance”, Distance selling and Cyber Risks from an International Perspective” “The ‘Dematerialized’ Insurance”, Distance selling and Cyber Risks from an International Perspective”, by Professors P. Marano, I. Rokas and P. Kochenburger – Editors, has recently been published by Springer International Publishing. The book examines the online sale of insurance and the way it...Read More

Energy News – 46th Issue-Network Code on Electricity Balancing Approved. ELECTRICITY EU/ENTSO-E: Network Code on Electricity Balancing Approved. On 16 March 2017, the Member States approved the last of the eight network codes, the Network Code on Balancing. The Balancing Code sets the rules for competitive and cross border market for electricity balancing with the...Read More

(Financial Regulation briefing – February 2017 / Download: Financial Regulation briefing) For the majority of European citizens, the acquisition of residential immovable property represents the most important purchase in their life, while at the same time the European mortgage credit market constitutes an essential part of the European economy. For those reasons, the European Commission...Read More

(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides and Stavroula Antoniou, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on February 6, 2017) Download: Recent developments in natural gas sectorRead More