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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8312

5 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
Council fixes objective of reaching agreement on liberalisation of gas and electricity markets for 25 November

Luxembourg, 04/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - Contrary to what some Community pundits had forecast, the EU Council of Energy Ministers meeting on 4 October did not reach an agreement on the legislative package on the liberalisation of the gas and electricity markets. The President of the Council, Bendt Bensen explained that according to conclusions from the European Summit of Barcelona, the objective of the Council was now to reach an agreement at its next session on 25 November. Notable progress...

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