Pashkovskaya, I.G. The Lisbon Treaty: regulation of the activities of the EU in the sphere of power industry.

Abstract: The Lisbon Treaty, which amended the treaties establishing the EU and the EC Treaties, was signed on December 13, 2007 and it came into force on December 1, 2009. This treaty was a cornerstone to the legal grounds of the activities of the Member States of the EU and the energy companies in the inner energy market of the EU, as well as to the relations of the EU with the leading producing states and transit states for energy carriers, including Russia and the newly independent states. The EC Treaty, which after being renamed by the Lisbon Treaty, became called the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, for the fi rst time included new 5 articles and the Declaration, which are devoted either fully to energy issues, or include energy-related provisions.

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