Internal Gas and Electricity Markets Key for EU Competitiveness, Commissioner Says

Ljubljana, 17 May - Functioning internal markets for natural gas and electricity, which the EU aims to establish by 2014, are crucial for competitiveness of the European Union, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger told a conference in Ljubljana on Friday.

Ljubljana European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger addresses the press on the sidelines of the annual conference organised by the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger addresses the press on the sidelines of the annual conference organised by the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger addresses the press on the sidelines of the annual conference organised by the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger addresses the press on the sidelines of the annual conference organised by the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger and director of the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Alberto Pototschnig speak on the margins of ACER's annual conference. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger and director of the European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Alberto Pototschnig speak on the margins of ACER's annual conference.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Building internal gas and electricity markets tops the annual conference organised by the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Building internal gas and electricity markets tops the annual conference organised by the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Infrastructure and Spatial Planning Minister Samo Omerzel addresses the opening of the annual conference organised by the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) dedicated to the internal energy market. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Infrastructure and Spatial Planning Minister Samo Omerzel addresses the opening of the annual conference organised by the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) dedicated to the internal energy market.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Director of the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Alberto Pototschnig addresses the opening of the annual ACER conference dedicated to the internal energy market. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Director of the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Alberto Pototschnig addresses the opening of the annual ACER conference dedicated to the internal energy market.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Director of the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Alberto Pototschnig addresses the opening of the annual ACER conference dedicated to the internal energy market. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Director of the Ljubljana-based European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Alberto Pototschnig addresses the opening of the annual ACER conference dedicated to the internal energy market.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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