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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9957
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

Greece accedes to Commission demands on fair access to country's lignite deposits

Brussels, 06/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Athens has responded to Commission demands by proposing fresh commitments to ensure fair access to Greek lignite deposits. The Commission has accepted the proposals made by the Greek government which has undertaken to grant exploitation rights to four lignite deposits through public tenders excluding PPC, the former Greek electricity monopoly, to ensure that competitors in the Greek electricity market get access to lignite and to lignite-fired...