Towards a European Energy Community: A Policy Proposal
Étude | 01/04/2010 
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Notre Europe's report:
Towards a European Energy Community"
Policy proposal by Jacques Delors



The think tank Notre Europe published its report on the future of European energy policy in April 2010 entitled "Towards a European Energy Community : A policy proposal". Initiated by Jacques Delors, this report is the harvest of the work of the Task Force of high-level European experts established by Notre Europe to study the feasibility of a European Energy Community.

The report was elaborated by Marc van der Woude and Leigh Hancher as co-chairs and Sami Andoura as rapporteur. The report gives an overview and assessment of the policies developed at European level so far and examines whether the existing European energy policy is capable of pursuing its three key objectives of "affordable access to energy"; "sustainable development" of energy production, transport, and consumption; and "security-of-supply" in a consistent and credible manner.

Relying on the conclusions that the existing European energy policy is suboptimal, the report puts forward a policy proposal for a genuine "European Energy Community". It explains why and what type of action is required to develop such Energy Community, identifying both the substantial elements which it should ideally cover and the legal and institutional policy instruments at the EU's disposal for developing it. The report finally examines how this model could be best achieved and develops several recommendations to that effect.




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Authors
Sami Andoura
Senior Research Fellow. Energy Policy, Europe and World Governance EU External Relations/Foreign policy. Email: sandoura@notre-europe.eu
Leigh Hancher
Professor of European law at the University of Tilburg, she specialises in European and Dutch law relating to network sectors including gas, electricity, telecoms, transport, post and water. Leigh is also Of Counsel to Allen & Overy.
Marc Van der Woude
Professor of Competition Law at the University of Rotterdam, he practices European law at the Brussels Bar, with a specific focus on the energy sector. Marc is also member of the Supervisory Board of Gasunie.
In view
"Towards a new European Energy Community" Joint Declaration by Jerzy Buzek and Jacques Delors
Jerzy Buzek, Jacques Delors | 06/05/2010
Joint Declaration by Jacques Delors and Jerzy Buzek for a New European Energy Community. Almost sixty years ago, six European states created the European Coal and Steel Community. Their purpose was to replace conflict with cooperation, and antagonism with prosperity. Today, energy is still on the political and economic agenda, but the rules that ensured equal access to common resources no longer exist.
See also
Background Paper : Energy Trends in Europe
Note by Sami Andoura, Csilla Végh | 17/11/2009
The numerous factors blocking the creation of a genuine common energy policy, together with doubts over the current capacity of the EU and its Member States to meet the challenge, lead us to ask whether the Union disposes of the necessary legal foundations to conduct such a common policy.
Project
Towards a European Energy Community for the 21st Century
Research project