The Regulatory Policy Institute
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Regulating network utilities in the EU
Jorge Vasconcelos
This paper addresses the questions of how and why do European energy regulators co-operate.It is divided into five sections: a description of the legal framewrorks and market structures of electricity and natural gas in the …
ViewKatharina Gassner
An overview of the recent liberalisation of the telecommunications, electricity, and railways sectors in Germany.
ViewClaude Henry and Michel Matheu
This is an introduction to a book (edited by Claude Henry, Michel Matheu and Alain Jeunemaitre and published by OUP 2001) assessing new forms of public regulation in Europe and indicating what has already been …
ViewMichel Matheu and Nicolas Curien
This study highlights limits to real reform in the electricity and telecommunications sectors in Spain
ViewDominique Bureau and Nicolas Curien
Although telecommunications and electricity are not the only secotors in France affected by liberalisation and market-oriented EU directives, they are two exemplary sectores for studying the emergence of independent regulatory authorities, the subject of this …
ViewLuc Baumstark
Sweden's railway reform, which preceded the European Directive of 1991, constitutes an ideal observatory for other countries and stands in contrast with British reform. In Sweden, openness to competition has not led to withdrawal of …
ViewBruno Johannes and Pierre-Alain Roches
In France, the debate on regulation of public services often excludes the water sector, one of the few sectors not affected by post-war nationalisation. The industry is decentralisied, with quality and price placed on the …
ViewSir Ian Byatt
This is a draft of chapter 8 of book, 'Regulation of Network Utilities' (edited by Claude Henry, Michel Matheu and Alain Jeunemaitre and published by OUP 2001) assessing new forms of public regulation in Europe
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