This special issue of The Oil & Gas Law and Taxation Review (now renamed the International Energy Law and Taxation Review) deals with the response to the Electricity Directive by individual states of the European Union. The Electricity Directive, enacted by the European Commission on December 19, 1996, is concerned with the establishment of a competitive European internal market for electricity. This report contains a series of 15 contributions from experts in leading law firms in EU member states. It provides: * An analysis of the structure of the electricity industry, including market structure and recent trends, in the light of Directive 96/92/EC * Translated legislation from each territory which has enacted domestic laws to bring about the goals set out in the directive * Timely information for all those interested in energy law and its international regulation * Updates to the special issue will be provided through the news section of the International Energy Law and Taxation Review.
