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Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004.

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Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004.

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    11. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 11 Time Scale and Requirements Athens Nov 2002 MoU requirements: National legislation, following Electricity Directive, to create regulatory commission, and transmission system operator, by June 2003 Opening of the market to all non-domestic consumers by June 2005 Athens Dec 2003 MoU requirements: National legislation, following Directives on electricity, gas, and environment, by 1 July 2005 Strategy for establishing the market by June 2004 Monitoring of progress in June 2004 and annually thereafter (benchmarking) Implementation dates (e.g. for full market opening) for SEE may be later than the dates applying to Member States

    12. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 12 How does the EU work with SEE countries on the ECSEE? DG Transport and Energy works of the European Commission has been leading the Athens process and ensures currently its Secretariat. Ministerial Council once a year Permanent High Level Group (PHLG) (Ministries of Energy) meetings 3-4 times a year Meetings of Regulators quarterly (SEEER) Meetings of TSOs quarterly (SETSO) Athens Forum twice a year (PHLG/SEEER/SETSO) President of the Athens Process rotates round countries of region every six months (in the first half of 2004 Albania, currently Austria) Working language is English Only a single State level organisation can participate from each country

    13. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 13 Donor and IFI Coordination Official coordination by the EC Donor and IFI meetings twice a year on regional issues, more frequently in some countries eg Bosnia and Herzegovina Donors involved: EC, WB, EBRD, EIB, USAID CIDA, IES, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, France and Greece. The UK is associated through the work of EBRD Last meeting 2 June in Athens during the 3rd Energy Week

    14. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 14 ECSEE Treaty Will replace 2003 Athens MoUs with legally binding conditions and timetable for full market opening Will include regional regulatory authority Will cover relations regarding import from third countries Negotiations started on 14 July in Permanent High Level Group Meeting of Prime Ministers Advisors on 15 July Second negotiating session on 22 September Signing expected at the end of this year or early in 2005

    15. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 15 How is progress measured? Benchmarking measures reform tasks achieved by target deadlines Benchmarking is being set up for all countries in the market Separate benchmarking for Ministry of Energy or equivalent Regulatory Authority Transmission System Operator Benchmarks cover: Legislation: existence and appropriateness Institutions: numbers of staff, qualifications, budget, scope of activities Performance: what has the organisation done since it was set up

    16. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 16 What progress has been achieved? Nearly all countries have adopted legislation to implement Directive 92/96/EC. In two steps, they will have implemented 2003/53/54/EC Directives Regulators are in place (some not so independent) Tirana Declaration on the SEE Regulators Board for Electricity and Gas TSOs making progress although still some interference in vertically integrated companies Institutions will be operational by summer 2005 in all countries Non-household market should gradually be opened according to country ability

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    21. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 21 UCTE resynchronisation A crucial step for the creation of a Regional Electricity Market is to allow better electricity exchanges Region is already interconnected but requires replacements for missing HV transmission lines in BiH Funding was delayed due to lack of reform in BiH, but is now going ahead with World Bank Power III project Resynchronisation is due in the second half of 2004 Cross border trading mechanisms are already set up BiH will be able to export more electricity More income for BiH

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    28. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 28 Next Steps 11-12 October SEECP Conference in Bucharest for Parliamentarians, Social Partners and NGOs 26-29 October Energy Week in Athens New negotiating session probably in November December Ministerial Conference ECSEE Treaty signing in late 2004/early 2005

    29. Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2004. 29 More Information from Athens Process Newsletter www.seerecon.org/infrastructure/sectors/energy/newsletters.htm Information data base in preparation sponsored by Czech Rep. www.seenergy.org Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe www.stabilitypact.org/energy European Commission and World Bank (Joint Office/ISG) www.seerecon.org/infrastructure/sectors/energy US Agency for International Development on Regulation www.seerem.org or www.erranet.org Southeast European Electrical System Technical Support Project (Canadian Int. Dev. Agency) www.seetec-balkans.org Peter Houzer, Expert Working Table II, Stability Pact for SEE 50, rue Wiertz; 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel +32-2-401 87 17, Fax +32 2 401 8712, peter.houzer@stabilitypact.org

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