Guillaume Dezobry

A few weeks after the publication of the first sanction decision regarding privileged information on the French market (Decisions of the CRE’s CoRDiS dated April 25, 2022 imposing sanctions on EDF and EDF Trading Limited - CRE (see Concurrences 3-2022 : Chronique Régulation), the Dispute (...)

In order to cope with the sharp increase in electricity prices on the wholesale markets, and to limit the impact on end consumers in France, the Government has decided to increase by 20 TWh the volume of electricity available to alternative suppliers under the regulated access to historical (...)

Following the surge in energy prices in the late summer of 2021, the Commission has published a Communication on energy prices in which it describes the measures that can be put in place by Member States in the short to medium term to protect consumers from these significant increases. The (...)

Starting in September 2016, the wholesale electricity markets experienced a sharp increase in prices on the forward market. At the same time, a high level of unavailability of the nuclear fleet was observed over the winter of 2016-1017. Background As part of its mission to monitor the (...)

As early as 2015, the Hungarian gas transmission system operator [hereinafter "FGSZ"] and the Austrian system operator [hereinafter "GCA"] investigated a project to increase the additional capacities at the interconnection point between Hungary and Austria [hereinafter "HUAT Project"]. The (...)

The French Competition Authority was consulted on the basis of Article L. 462-2 of the French Code of Commerce for its opinion on the draft decrees and orders increasing the volumes of ARENH that can be sold and providing a framework for this additional allocation of regulated access volumes to (...)

On December 19, 2019, the Dispute Settlement and Sanctions Committee of the Energy Regulatory Commission [hereinafter "CoRDiS"] issued a financial penalty of one million euros against BP Gas Marketing Limited for market manipulation at PEG South (placing orders without the intention to execute (...)

This On-topic proposes to bring together the views of academics and practitioners on competition issues in the energy sector. Among the many questions raised by this vast subject, the authors have chosen to focus on themes that invite the reader to understand the extent to which the fourth (...)

On October 13, 2021, the European Commission made public its proposals to respond to soaring energy prices and limit the effects on the most vulnerable residential customers and the most exposed businesses. In its Communication "Tackling the challenge of rising energy prices: A policy and (...)

On 3 March 2021, the Government adopted three ordinances to complete the transposition of the directives adopted under the Clean Energy Package and, more specifically, Directives 2018/2001 of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and 2019/944 of 5 June (...)

In a press release dated 27 January 2021, the French and UK regulators announced that they were closing the public consultation launched in the context of the exemption request for the Aquind interconnector project. The press release states that, following the UK’s exit from the European Union, (...)

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 336-39 of the Energy Code, when the overall level of requests sent by alternative suppliers to the regulator under the system of regulated access to historical nuclear electricity (ARENH) exceeds the ceiling, the Energy Regulation Commission (CRE) (...)

The dispute between EDF and the alternative suppliers who wished to activate the force majeure clause provided for in the contract governing the terms and conditions for the transfer of volumes obtained under the ARENH (the "framework agreement") is continuing before the Paris Commercial Court. (...)

While the development of cross-border interconnections is a key element in the completion of the internal energy market, the legal and regulatory framework applicable to this type of infrastructure remains complex and hampers their completion. The judgment of the Court of First Instance of the (...)

“La présente affaire peut être décrite comme la partie juridique d’un litige entre les États membres favorables à l’énergie nucléaire et ceux qui y sont opposés.” Cette première phrase des conclusions présentées le 7 mai 2020 par l’avocat général Hogan résume parfaitement la tension qui se cristallise autour (...)

Like many sectors of the economy, the electricity sector is particularly affected by the health crisis. The emergency measures taken by the Government to deal with the epidemic are leading to a significant decline in industrial and tertiary activities, resulting in significant reductions in (...)

A subsidiary of the Norwegian energy company Statkraft, the Swedish company Baltic Cable has operated since 1994 a cross-border interconnector linking the German and Swedish electricity transmission networks. The operation of this 600 MW DC submarine facility is the sole activity of Baltic (...)

Opened by the President of the Republic on 27 November 2018, during his statement on The Strategy and Method for Ecological Transition, the debate on the future regulation of nuclear power is entering a new phase with the consultation launched by the Government on 16 January. Stakeholders had (...)

Adopted on 8 November 2019 and published in the Official Gazette on 9 November, the Energy-Climate law is an important text for the implementation of the national energy policy. Comprising 69 articles, divided into eight chapters, Article 1 of the law introduces in a rather symbolic way the (...)

When a parent company and its non-autonomous subsidiary file two separate bids in a public procurement, is it appropriate to apply article 420-1 of the Commerce code and/or article 101 of the TFEU if collusion has occurred? According to the French jurisdictions and the French Competition (...)