GDF SUEZ Commits to Liberalisation of the French Gas Market
Article from: OGEL 1 (2010), in Antitrust in the Energy Sector
Introduction
On December 3, 2009, the European Commission announced that it had adopted a decision accepting commitments offered by GDF Suez and making them legally binding. The commitments are intended to boost competition on the French gas market.[1] The Commission had initiated investigations into the French energy market in May 2006, at the same time as it was conducting its Energy Sector Competition Enquiry.[2] The anti-trust proceedings that resulted in the offer of commitments were formally opened against GDF in May 2008.[3] The Commission took the preliminary view that GDF ...