Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs attends the opening the central institution of the Energy Community

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs together with the President of the EU Energy Council, Dr. Martin Bartenstein, on 26 June 2006 visited the Treaty Secretariat in Vienna, the central co-ordinating body of the Energy Community Treaty. The Secretariat was set up to run the day to day work of the Energy Community and undertake analytical work, both tasks under the co-ordination of the Commission. The first Director of the Secretariat was to be Mr Slavtcho Neykov, a Bulgarian, who was instrumental in negotiating Bulgaria’s accession process in the energy sector and who has also worked previously in the Energy Charter Secretariat.

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/412: Opening Secretariat of the Energy Community Treaty, 26.6.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/412&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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