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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8476

5 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/energy
European Parliament adopts legislative package for liberalisation of internal energy market at second reading

Strasbourg, 04/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - As anticipated, the European Parliament on Wednesday adopted at second reading, by a vast majority, the legislative package on the liberalisation of the internal energy market. The Parliament thus gives its green light to the opening up of the electricity and gas markets to business customers as of 1 July 2004, and to all consumers as of 1 July 2007. Loyola de Palacio, Energy Commissioner, said "liberalisation linked to market integration will be of...

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