The EU Commission launches inquiries into the energy and financial service sectors

"Commission launches inquiries into the energy and financial service sectors"*General On 13 June 2005, the Commission adopted the decisions launching sector inquiries into the energy and financial services sectors pursuant to the Commission’s powers under Article 17 of Council Regulation 1/2003 [1]. The objective of the inquiries is to examine the underlying reasons why markets are not fully functioning in these sectors. Policy context The sector inquiries are part of the Commission’s efforts to re-launch the Lisbon Agenda with its goals to boost economic growth, increase employment and transform the European Union into ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world’.To help put the Lisbon Agenda back on its tracks, the Commission also counts on a more