How does the sector inquiry fit with the other policy initiatives in the energy field?
The Communication of the EC to the 2006 Spring Council concerning the renewed Lisbon strategy puts the formulation of an efficient and integrated energy policy at the heart of the EC’s priorities. The strengthening and deepening of the internal market for energy to promote competitiveness and security of supply are central to this ambition. It recognises explicitly the energy sector inquiry as one of the instruments to promote more competition in the gas and electricity markets. Other policy initiatives include the high-level group chaired by EC Vice President Verheugen and the forthcoming Green Paper on Energy due in March 2006.
