Electricity - Joint-purchasing: The Legislator and the French Competition Council allow major industrial consumers to enter into long term joint purchasing agreements with electricity producers through consortium (Law, Dec., 30 2005 - Electro-intensives industries)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Law n° 2005-1720 of December 30, 2005 of rectifying finance for 2005 (Supply Consortium for the benefit of electro-intensive industries) – Conc. conc. opinion No 05-A-23 of 5 December 2005 on a proposed scheme to allow electro-intensive industries to benefit from specific conditions for the purchase price of electricity. For many months now, energy-intensive industries have been complaining about rising electricity prices and their impact on their production costs, even threatening to relocate some units if no corrective measures are taken. The Ministers for Industry and the Economy expressed their understanding of these demands and encouraged the