Energiy – Electricity: The Council of State validates the 2009 decree concerning electricity regulated rates (SIPPEREC)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CE, 15 February 2012, Syndicat intercommunal de la périphérie de Paris pour l'électricité et les réseaux de communication (SIPPEREC), n° 332640 Although Ordinance No. 45-1483 of 30 June 1945 on prices was repealed by Ordinance No. 86-1243 of 1 December 1986 on freedom of prices and competition, Article L. 410-2 of the Commercial Code provides that "in sectors or areas where price competition is limited due either to monopoly situations or lasting supply difficulties, or to legislative or regulatory provisions, a decree in the Council of State may regulate prices after consultation with the Competition Council". With regard to electricity, the law, now