CHAPTER 7
Inter nal energy market – implementation still pending
Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes
7.1 INTRODUCTION: ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
One of the most ambitious endeavours of the European Union is the establishment of a single
European market, transforming the whole Union into an internal market for producers and con-
sumers alike: Article 26 (2) of the Lisbon Treaty – in continuation of earlier versions of the
European treaties – outlines the objectives: “The internal market shall comprise an area without
internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured
in accordance with the provisions of the Treaties”. The objective of an internal market is com-
plemented by specific regulations for ...