Brussels, 30/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Meeting on Tuesday with Portugal's Finance/Economy Minister Joacquim Pina Moura in the Chair, the Energy Council agreed to pursue efforts to speed up liberalisation of the electricity and gas sectors and reacted favourably to the Commission's proposals for the promotion of renewable energy.
In its conclusions on the gas and electricity markets, the Council welcomed the progress achieved in liberalisation of these sectors, while calling for measures to...