1999/792/EC: Commission Decision of 8 July 1999 concerning the application of France for a transitional regime under Article 24 of Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity (notified under document number C(1999) 1551/2) (Only the French text is authentic)
1999/792/EC: Commission Decision of 8 July 1999 concerning the application of France for a transitional regime under Article 24 of Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity (notified under document number C(1999) 1551/2) (Only the French text is authentic)
Directive 96/92/EC · Decision · 4 articles
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This Decision concerns France's application for a transitional regime pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 96/92/EC, notified to the Commission on 19 February 1998 and supplemented on 4 November 1998. This notification concerns:
(a) contracts for the purchase by Électricité de France (EDF) of the electricity produced by the "peak" independent producers;
(b) EDF's commitments linked to the Superphénix fast breeder reactor;
(c) the commitments linked to the financing of the special pension scheme for employees of the electricity and gas industries.
The transitional regime notified by France concerning the commitments entered into by EDF linked to the contracts for the purchase of the electricity produced by the "peak" independent producers, and the commitments entered into by EDF linked to the Superphénix fast breeder reactor, contains no measures which would constitute derogations from Chapters IV, VI or VII of Directive 96/92/EC, as defined by Article 24(2) thereof. Article 24 of Directive 96/92/EC is, therefore, not applicable to the transitional regime notified by the French authorities.
The provisions concerning the commitments linked to the financing of the special pension scheme for the employees of the electricity and gas industries are not approved by this Decision, in accordance with Article 24 of Directive 96/92/EC.
This decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 1999.
For the Commission
Christos PAPOUTSIS
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 27, 30.1.1997, p. 20.
