Initiative to ensure integrity of EU wholesale energy market

Our readers are invited to give their opinions on the European Commission’s current initiative to ensure the integrity of wholesale energy markets in Europe. The target groups for this consultation are public authorities, EU Member States authorities, private organisations, industry associations, SMEs, citizens, consumer organisations, and environmental organisations.

Wholesale energy markets are at the core of the liberalisation and integration of European gas and electricity prices. The prices paid by Europe’s citizens and businesses reflect the outcomes on these markets.

Therefore markets must be trusted not just by its participants but also by the general public. In order to create this trust, the Commission is currently developing an initiative to ensure the integrity of wholesale energy markets. The objective of the consultation is to seek interested parties’ views on possible options for such an initiative. This will feed into an Impact Assessment which will define the most appropriate policy option and the way forward.

Interested parties will find below the consultation document and a number of relevant documents helping to put the consultation in context.

How to submit your opinions

Our readers are invited to comment on the questions raised in the consultation document [94 KB] by attaching your contribution to the email address corresponding to your type of organisation:

If you are answering this consultation as a citizen
If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a public authority

Companies, associations, organisations, NGOs can provide their opinions via two channels. If your organisation is registered in the Register of Interested Representatives, choose „registered organisation.“ If not, choose „non-registered organisation.“ (If you wish to regularly have your voice heard, we also invite you to register your organisation here: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin/welcome.do?locale=en)

If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a registered organisation
If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a non-registered organisation

Kindly submit your response to this public consultation by 23 July 2010 at the latest.

Received contributions will be published on the Internet by the European Commission. It is important to read the specific privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with. Non-registered organisation responses will be published separately.

Contact details

Responsible service : ENER.DDG1.B.2

E-mail : ENER-MARKET-INTEGRITY

Postal address :

European Commission DG Energy – ENER.DDG1.B.2 ‘Market Integrity’
Rue De Mot 24-26
B-1049 Bruxelles Belgium

Related documents

View the consultation document

You are advised to read the consultation document [94 KB] before completing your contribution.

View the reference documents

Advice from Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) on market abuse [301 KB]

Discussion paper by DG TREN on transparency and integrity of wholesale markets in electricity and gas [32 KB] which was presented in December 2009 in the 17th meeting of the European Electricity Regulatory Forum

Stakeholders’ reactions to the discussion paper