Report on progress in creating the internal gas and electricity market. Technical annex. D.G. TREN staff working document accompanying the communication.

Abstract

This summary technical report contains important background information relevant to the main 2008 Communication on the implementation of the electricity and gas Directives1. The bulk of the information is based on the reports made by national regulators, which were submitted in the second half of 2007. These individual reports have been published and can be found on the website of the European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (www.ergeg.org). This report consists of comparative tables and graphs which, as in previous benchmarking exercises, draw together key indicators submitted by regulators. In addition, the Commission has this year conducted separate country reviews of Member States which are more forward looking assessments of the prospects for competition.2 Since these comprise the main evaluation work of the Commission, no commentary has been provided for the tables in this document. Most of the data used was submitted at the end of July 2008 and generally reflected the position at that date. However, some data items, referring to the information in a particular calendar year, will refer to the year 2007 as a whole. Where data is currently unavailable, this appears in tables as follows: “NA” (not available) or in the case the data is not applicable for the abbreviation: "NAP".