The Council adopts common positions on the internal energy market package

The Council adopted[1] the common positions and the statements of the Council's reasons on the package of legislative measures concerning the internal energy market.

The Council's common positions were prepared on the basis of the unanimous political agreement reached at the Council meeting on 9 and 10 October 2008 and will be forwarded to the European Parliament for second reading under the co-decision procedure.

The third package of legislative measures concerning the internal energy market[2] was submitted by the Commission on 19 September 2007 at the behest of the 2007 spring European Council[3].

The package aims to supplement the existing rules to ensure that the internal market operates smoothly for all consumers and to enable the EU to achieve a more secure, competitive and sustainable energy supply.

The texts of the common positions and the statements of the Council's reasons can be found in the following documents: the electricity Directive (14539/08 and 14539/08 ADD1), the electricity Regulation (14546/08 and 14546/08 ADD1, 14546/08 ADD1 COR1), the Agency Regulation (14541/08 and 14541/08 ADD1), the gas Directive (14540/08 and 14540/08 ADD1, 14540/08 ADD1 COR1) and the gas Regulation (14548/08 and 14548/08 ADD1).

For more information please see press release 10310/08 p.6 on the TTE Council held on 6 June 2008 and press release 13649/08, p. 17 on the TTE Council held on 9 and 10 October 2008.