LEGISLATION HARMONIZATION IN THE ENERGY FIELD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACCESSION OF NEW STATES TO THE EU
LEGISLATION HARMONIZATION IN THE ENERGY FIELD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACCESSION OF NEW STATES TO THE EU

Summary/Abstract: The initiative to create the Internal Energy Market at the European level comprised a series of stages, supported in the legal European framework by the adoption of three Energy Packages which, initially, mainly targeted the increase of price transparency for the end consumers, the transport of natural gas and electricity through the important networks of the EU space, equal access of companies to the exploration and exploitation of the hydrocarbon reserves. An important objective constituting a new step towards the consolidation of the single market is represented by the liberalization of the electricity and gas markets; however, this objective has not been fully reached at the EU level, even though the deadline for achieving the Energy Internal Market has already been missed (2014). The paper comprises an analysis not only of the actions initiated by EU member states, but also of the actions performed by non-EU states, aspiring to this statute and members of the Energy Community, because the access of the countries around the EU to the internal energy market, especially of the states signatories of The Treaty establishing the Energy Community, presents special interest, less analyzed, emphasizing the fact that these states must intensify their efforts in order to fully use the potential of a truly integrated European market, however, in consideration of their national interests specific to their foreign policy.

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