Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity
- No longer in force
- CELEX number: 31996L0092
- Official Journal: JOL_1997_027_R_0020_011
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 1991/0384(COD), 1991/0384/COD
- Languages:
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - December 19, 1996
- January 30, 1997
- February 19, 1997
- Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See Art 28
- February 18, 1999
- At the latest See Art 27.1
- June 30, 2004
- Repealed by 32003L0054
Modified by
Corrected by:
- April 10, 1997 - 31996L0092R(01)
Modifies
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 June 2005. Vereniging voor Energie, Milieu en Water and Others v Directeur van de Dienst uitvoering en toezicht energie. Reference for a preliminary ruling: College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven - Netherlands. Internal market in electricity - Preferential access to the system for cross-border transmission of electricity - Undertaking previously responsible for the operation of services of general economic interest - Long-term contracts existing prior to the liberalisation of the market - Directive 96/92/EC - Principle of non-discrimination - Principles of the protection of legitimate expectation and of legal certainty. Case C-17/03.
- A07P5
- A16
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 April 2005. AEM SpA (C-128/03) and AEM Torino SpA (C-129/03) v Autorità per l'energia elettrica e per il gas and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Consiglio di Stato - Italy. Internal market in electricity - Increased charge for access to and use of the national electricity transmission system - State aid - Directive 96/92/EC - Access to the system - Principle of non-discrimination. Joined cases C-128/03 and C-129/03.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 September 2016. Essent Belgium NV v Vlaams Gewest and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regional legislation requiring the distribution, through the systems located in the region concerned, of electricity produced from renewable energy sources to be free of charge — Different treatment depending on the origin of the green electricity — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Free movement of goods — Directive 2001/77/EC — Articles 3 and 4 — National support mechanisms for the production of green energy — Directive 2003/54/EC — Articles 3 and 20 — Directive 96/92/EC — Articles 3 and 16 — Internal market in electricity — Access to distribution systems on non-discriminatory tariff conditions — Public service obligations — Lack of proportionality. Case C-492/14.
- A03P2
- A16
- A03P3
Legal basis
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TITLE I: PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 2: PROVISIONS COMMON TO SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS ARTICLE 189B
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES TITLE III: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL CHAPTER 3: SERVICES ARTICLE 66
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES TITLE III: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL CHAPTER 2: RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT ARTICLE 57
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TITLE V : COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS CHAPITRE 3 : APPROXIMATIONS OF LAWS ARTICLE 100A
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Electrical energy
- Internal market - Principles
- Electricity supply
- Energy transport
- Approximation of laws
- Energy production
- Other sectors for approximation of laws
- Single market
- Approximation of laws
- Electricity
- Energy