Energy - Sector inquiry: The European Commission finds energy market distortions and intends to use both regulatory reforms and full application of competition rules (Andris Piebalgs - Neelie Kroes)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Preliminary report and speeches by Andris Piebalgs and Neelie Kroes Launched in June 2005, the Commission's sector inquiry had already led to the publication of an initial findings document on 15 November 2005. In February 2006, three voluminous documents were published, entitled "Preliminary Report Energy I", "Preliminary Report Energy II" and "Preliminary Report Energy Annexes". In addition, the Commission organised a major hearing where Neelie Kroes and Andris Piebalgs commented on these initial findings and gave their initial thoughts for future action. With regard to the