Basic Principles of EU Energy and Climate Law 2200-EU001
The Sources of EU Energy Law
- The role of the EU treaties
-- White Book “An Energy Policy for the EU” (1995)
-- Treaty of Lisbon (Chapter XXI – Art. 194 Energy)
- Application of EU primary law
-- EU competences (Art. 194, 192, 114, 115, 122)
-- Limitations for the exercise of EU competences: subsidiarity and
free choice of energy mix
- Application of EU secondary law: Energy market liberalisation
-- 1st Generation of Directives (1992)
-- 2nd Internal Energy Market Package (2003)
-- 3rd Internal Energy Market Package (2009)
-- Energy Union (2014)
-- 4th Internal Energy Market Package: Clean Energy for All Europeans (2019)
-- Fit for 55 Package (2023/2024)
The decision making process
- Actors:
-- EU institutions,
-- EU Agencies,
-- Member States,
-- NRA’s,
-- Stakeholders
- Procedures:
-- ordinary and specific legislative procedures
-- delegated acts
-- implementing acts
Judicial Review
- The role of the Court of Justice of the EU
- Leading cases
-- C-348/20 Nordstream 2 v. EP and Council - “Annulment Gas Directive”
-- T-101/18 Austria v. COM - “Hinkley Point”
-- T-684/19 MEKH v. ACER - “Pipeline HU – AT”
-- T-399/19, T-616/18 Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownicto v. COM
- “Abuse of dominant position by Gazprom”
-- C-177/19 P Allemagne, Ville de Paris e.a. v. COM - EU competence regarding emmission standards setting”
-- C-741/19 Moldau v. Komstroy – “Energy Charta Treaty”
-- C-848/19P Germany v. Poland – “OPAL case”
-- C-329/15 ENEA SA – “Polish RES support scheme”
-- C-718/18 COM v. Germany “Independence of NRAs”
Energy Security
- External aspects:
-- Energy Charta
-- Energy Community
-- Unilateral EU measures to protect energy security
- Internal aspects:
-- Security of gas supply, notably SoS Regulation
-- Security of electricity supply
- National authority
EU Energy environmental law
- Climate law
- EU participation in international climate treaties
- Energy Partnerships
Energy efficiency
- Targets
- Efficiency first principle
- Key measures
Renewable energy sources
- Renewable electricity
- Renewable gases
- Regulatory framework
- Support schemes
Competition law
- The role of competition law in the energy sector
- Abuse of a dominant position
- State Aid
-- State aid guidelines
-- Temporary Crisis Framework
-- Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework
- means of implementation of climate policy
EU Funding instruments
- Innovation Fund
- EU Invest
- Horizon Europe
- Connecting Europe Facility
- Recovery and Resilience Fund
- Just Transition Fund
- Regional Funds
- Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI)
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: the graduate knows and understands
- concepts of energy and climate law and the most relevant EU and national legal acts;
- economic conditions related to energy transformation;
- the most relevant regulatory measures and the objectives they serve, the characteristic of regulatory authorities;
- the position and roles of relevant authorities in the energy sector enshrined in energy and climate law;
Skills: the graduate is able to
- define concepts of energy and climate law and indicate the most relevant EU and national legal acts;
- analyse on its own issue related to energy transformation in terms of its legal land economic aspects;
- indicate the most relevant regulatory measures and the objectives they serve, as well as the characteristic of regulatory authorities;
- name the position and roles of relevant authorities in the energy sector enshrined in energy and climate law;
Bibliography
-- C-348/20 Nordstream 2 v. EP and Council - “Annulment Gas Directive”
-- T-101/18 Austria v. COM - “Hinkley Point”
-- T-684/19 MEKH v. ACER - “Pipeline HU – AT”
-- T-399/19, T-616/18 Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownicto v. COM
- “Abuse of dominant position by Gazprom”
-- C-177/19 P Allemagne, Ville de Paris e.a. v. COM - EU competence regarding emmission standards setting”
-- C-741/19 Moldau v. Komstroy – “Energy Charta Treaty”
-- White Book “An Energy Policy for the EU” (1995)
-- Treaty of Lisbon (Chapter XXI – Art. 194 Energy)
- Application of EU primary law
-- EU competences (Art. 194, 192, 114, 115, 122)
-- Limitations for the exercise of EU competences: subsidiarity and
free choice of energy mix
- Application of EU secondary law: Energy market liberalisation
-- 1st Generation of Directives (1992)
-- 2nd Internal Energy Market Package (2003)
-- 3rd Internal Energy Market Package (2009)
-- Energy Union (2014)
-- 4th Internal Energy Market Package: Clean Energy for All Europeans (2019)
-- Fit for 55 Package (2023/2024)
-- C-848/19P Germany v. Poland – “OPAL case”
-- C-329/15 ENEA SA – “Polish RES support scheme”
-- C-718/18 COM v. Germany “Independence of NRAs”
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