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Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II GENERAL RULES FOR THE ORGANISATION OF THE SECTOR

    1. Article 3.Public service obligations and customer protection

    2. Article 4.Monitoring of security of supply

    3. Article 5.Technical rules

  4. CHAPTER III GENERATION

    1. Article 6.Authorisation procedure for new capacity

    2. Article 7.Tendering for new capacity

  5. CHAPTER IV TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATION

    1. Article 8.Designation of Transmission System Operators

    2. Article 9.Tasks of Transmission System Operators

    3. Article 10.Unbundling of Transmission System Operators

    4. Article 11.Dispatching and balancing

    5. Article 12.Confidentiality for Transmission System Operators

  6. CHAPTER V DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATION

    1. Article 13.Designation of Distribution System Operators

    2. Article 14.Tasks of Distribution System Operators

    3. Article 15.Unbundling of Distribution System Operators

    4. Article 16.Confidentiality for Distribution System Operators

    5. Article 17.Combined operator

  7. CHAPTER VI UNBUNDLING AND TRANSPARENCY OF ACCOUNTS

    1. Article 18.Right of access to accounts

    2. Article 19.Unbundling of accounts

  8. CHAPTER VII ORGANISATION OF ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM

    1. Article 20.Third party access

    2. Article 21.Market opening and reciprocity

    3. Article 22.Direct lines

    4. Article 23.Regulatory authorities

  9. CHAPTER VIII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 24.Safeguard measures

    2. Article 25.Monitoring of imports of electricity

    3. Article 26.Derogations

    4. Article 27.Review Procedure

    5. Article 28.Reporting

    6. Article 29.Repeals

    7. Article 30.Implementation

    8. Article 31.Entry into force

    9. Article 32.Addressees

    1. ANNEX A

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    2. ANNEX B

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