The European Commission decided on Thursday 25 July to refer Belgium to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to properly implement EU electricity market rules (Electricity Directive 2009/72/EC) and EU gas market rules (Gas Directive 2009/73/EC).
Belgium did not correctly transposed certain rules relating to the powers of the national regulatory authority. More precisely, the Belgian regulator does not have the power to take binding decisions with regard to electricity and...