The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said in a ruling handed down on Thursday, 11 June, (case C-378/19) that the EU directive (2009/72) concerning the electricity market does not prohibit a Member State’s government from nominating or dismissing the chairman of the national regulatory authority, provided that the independence of the authority is duly guaranteed.
The ruling follows an action brought before the Slovak Constitutional Court in October 2017 by the former...