Website: Report on progress in creating the internal gas and electricity market, November 2005

Member States must implement more effectively the market opening measures required under the EU’s gas and electricity Directives. This is the main conclusion of the report on the functioning of the Internal Market in electricity and gas adopted by the European Commission 15 November 2005. Many of the report’s main conclusions are confirmed and complemented by the initial findings of the competition sector inquiry presented to the Commission 15 November 2005. Responses from the energy industry and customers as part of the energy sector competition inquiry launched in June 2005 (see IP/05/716) confirm that European energy markets are not yet functioning on a competitive basis and that there are a number of serious malfunctions.

The website offers access to the text of the report, technical annexes, National regulators' submissions and Stakeholder submissions.