Brussels, 03/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has opened a formal investigation procedure into an aid project which Poland hoped to adopt to compensate electricity producers hit by the effects of the liberalisation of this market ("stranded costs"). This is the first procedure of its kind against one of the ten future Member States.
As part of the liberalisation of the electricity sector in the EU, Poland recently adopted a bill putting an end to long-term electricity...